On February 3, 2025, the Hitotsubashi University Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) held the 36th GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar titled “Climate Change and China in the Arctic,” featuring Marius N. Pedersen, researcher with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). The seminar examined climate change and security developments in the Arctic, with a particular […]

On January 8, 2025, an article titled “Protecting Pro-Democracy Activists from Persecution Based in Japan – A Network of Asian Researchers” appeared in the Chunichi Shimbun, introducing the press conference held in December of the previous year to announce the launch of the Democracy Advocates at Risk (DAR) program. The article highlights that DAR is […]

On November 27, 2024, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) at Hitotsubashi University held the 33rd GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar titled “Britain and Japan in the 1973 Middle East Oil Crisis: Washington’s Silent Partners,” featuring Dr. Erika Miller, Assistant Professor at the University of Niigata Prefecture. Dr. Miller picked up four important points […]

On December 17, 2024, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Graduate School of Law and the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) at Hitotsubashi University, hosted a lecture titled “6 Years to Go: Dialogue with the UNDP Administrator on Innovative Approaches for a Sustainable Future” under the sponsorship of Josui-kai. The […]