Freedom of Party Formation through the Constitutions of Thailand Parin Jaruthavee （Researcher, King Prajadhipok’s Institute） March 22, 2024 Introduction When discussing freedom, one usually thinks of the freedom of expression, freedom of property, freedom of assembly, and other various types of freedom that one’s respective country would allow through rights. Nonetheless, one of the most […]

On December 14, 2023, Asahi Shimbun published a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article, “Japan’s Way of Life: ASEAN Countries Still Have High Expectations of Japan as Told by Former Prime Minister Fukuda.” The article is based on an interview with former Prime Minister Yasuo […]

Visualizing Record China Discourse through Exponential Family Embeddings Wu Tung-Wen （Data scientist at Service Development Group, dip Corp.） March 21, 2024 *This paper reflects opinion of the author as derived from an analysis using quantitative political science and data. It does not represent the views of the organization to which this author belongs. Introduction This […]

On January 15, 2024, Professor Yumiko Nakanishi of the Graduate School of Law participated in a discussion hosted by the Maison franco-japonaise on “What is the Future of (Cooperation) Europe? Between Enlargement and Deepening” as a discussant. The event featured a discussion on how the EU will change in the run-up to the European Parliament […]

On February 22, 2024, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted a GGR Talk Session titled “Reading Trends in the Greater China Region from China’s Constitutional History” featuring Dr. Motoya Nakamura (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo). Professor Nakamura began by stating that China has a constitutional history, which […]