In December 2024, Professor Hitomi Takemura (Graduate School of Law,) contributed “Chapters 9: International Law and the Individual” and “Chapter 16: Armed Conflict” to the first edition of International Law, edited by Nobuyuki Kato, Hiroyuki Banzai, and Takuhei Yamada. This book is designed as a comprehensive introductory text for undergraduate students who are new to […]

On May 21, 2025, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) at Hitotsubashi University hosted a Talk Session titled “People’s Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed U.S.–China Relations during the Cold War” featuring Kazushi Minami, Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Public Policy, Osaka University. Dr. Minami began his talk by discussing the tense U.S.–China […]

On December 30, 2024, a comment on the Asahi Shimbun article “Where will Trump lead the world? In 2025, the US is heading toward isolationism” by Professor Maiko Ichihara (Graduate School of Law) was published. This article introduces views of former US officials and others on President Trump’s actions that are affecting the international situation. […]

On April 25, 2025, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) at Hitotsubashi University hosted a Talk Session titled “Economic Expectations and Attachment to the European Union After the Invasion of Ukraine: A Reappraisal Using Observational and Experimental Evidence” featuring Mr. Luis Russo, Ph.D. candidate, Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute. Mr. Russo began […]

GGR will hold a Brown Bag Lunch Seminar which will be held as below: Title: Norway, security and the role of research Speaker: Dr. Janet Martha Blatny [Director of the Total Defense Division, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI)] Date: August 19, 2025 (Tuesday) Time: 12:40-13:40 Place: Hitotsubashi University Kunitachi Campus (The venue will be notified […]