This news release from the Japan Center for International Exchange discusses the recent meeting of the Sunnylands Initiative on Enhancing Democratic Partnership held in Odawara, Japan, over the course of two days in August 2022 and attended by Professor Maiko Ichihara. 30 prominent practitioners and scholars, including the professor, gathered in Odawara to discuss the […]

On August 24, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted the 7th GGR Brown Bag Lunch seminar titled “Judicial Dialogue in the EU Legal Space: European Arrest Warrant Mechanism as an Example,” with Dr. Yumiko Nakanishi as the lecturer. A judicial dialogue, which happens between courts through judgement, has contributed to the development of […]

On August 6, 2022, Professor Akiyama participated in a panel discussion in NHK World Japan where it broadcast an episode on the risk of a nuclear war. The panel members discussed the topic of Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War as well as the prospects of nuclear deterrence and arms control […]