On December 10, 2024, a comment on the Asahi Shimbun article ““I don’t mind being exposed.” The Non-Popular Alliance’s demonstration calling for the destruction of Christmas.” by Professor Maiko Ichihara (Graduate School of Law) was published. The article introduces a group that is holding a “demolition demonstration” against Japan’s capitalist Christmas culture on Christmas and […]

On May 7, 2025, Hitotsubashi University’s Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted its 38th Brown Bag Lunch Seminar titled “Figurations of Digital Futures – or: Why We Need Media and Communication Research on Emergence” featuring Andreas Hepp, Professor, Media and Communications, Head of ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Germany. Professor Andreas Hepp began his talk […]

On December 10, 2024, a comment on the Asahi Shimbun article ““People who kill dreams” are close at hand: Yusei Kikuchi reveals his thoughts on ”how to break out your shell”” by Professor Maiko Ichihara (Graduate School of Law) was published. The article features an interview with Yusei Kikuchi, a pitcher for the Los Angeles […]

On May 19, 2025, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted a GGR Talk Session titled “Trump 2.0: The Twilight of the Transatlantic Alliance?” The guest speaker was Dr. Garret Martin, Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and Co-Director of the Transatlantic Policy Center at the School of International Service, American University. This session was held […]