MUTO Ichiyo

mutoi@mrj.biglobe.ne.jp

Muto Ichiyo is a long-time member of the ARENA Council of Fellows and initiator of PP 21 (People's Plan for the 21st Century), credited with coining the term 'ransborder participatory democracy at the first PP 21 gathering in Minamata in 1989. He has been one of the moving spirits behind the search for rural-urban alternatives and cross-border alliances as reflected in the Japan-Philippines alliance, and
a veteran campaigner for peace and against militarisation of the Asia-Pacific region.

Muto was Executive Director of Pacific Asia Resource Center and founder of People's Plan Study Group (PPSG 21). A Visiting Professor at the New School of Social Research, New York,  Muto has written and lectured on a wide range of issues and concerns relating to people's sovereignty. Associated with various national and regional organisations,

Muto is on the advisory board of Asian Cultural Forum on Development (ACFOD) and Focus on the Global South (FOCUS).