On March 17, 2024, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article, “Demonstrating Will to the Government: ‘Anti-Putin Noon Protests’ Held Throughout Russia” was published. This article covers the events of the final day of the Russian presidential election on March 17, when supporters of the […]

The 15th Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) Workshop was held on May 25-26. The workshop was held at the Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. A total of 50 researchers, practitioners, and activists from Japan and abroad participated in the two-day workshop. The workshop was divided into three parts. The first part (10:15-16:15, […]

On February 19, 2024, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article, “Wife of Navalny Pledges to Carry on His Legacy: About 60,000 Demand Handover of His Body” was published. This article is about the demand to hand over the body of Russian anti-government leader Alexey […]

On June 30, 2024, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) held the 12th Zoom meeting as part of the GGR Intensive Seminar entitled “Countering Disinformation and Protecting Democracy” held in February 2023. The participants of the GGR intensive seminar are currently working on papers on strategies to combat dis(mis)information based on the takeaways from […]