On April 30, 2025, Hitotsubashi University’s Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted its 38th Brown Bag Lunch Seminar titled “The EU and Gender Equality: The Istanbul Convention and Its Impact on the EU” featuring Dr. Sara De Vido, Professor of International Law at Ca’ Foscari University, Italy. Dr. De Vido opened her talk by […]

On March 5, 2025, a comment on the Asahi Shimbun article “’America is Back’: Trump’s 99-Minute Self-Congratulatory Speech – 5 Key Takeaways” by Professor Maiko Ichihara (Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law) was published. This article explains President Trump’s policy speech. Professor Ichihara notes that, unlike typical speeches, the President highlighted his achievements without Congress, […]