On August 16, 2023, Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law commented on the Asahi Shimbun article, “(Editorial) Japan and South Korea – Efforts to Prevent Backsliding.” The article describes hope for improved relations between Japan and South Korea in response to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s commitment to strengthening security and economic […]

Geopolitical Challenges of Chinese Smart Cities Kazuki Ichida (Visiting Researcher, Cyber Security Research Institute, Meiji University) October 31, 2023 Mark Leonard, a British political scientist and board member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says that while most Western leaders and policymakers try to preserve the existing rules-based international order, Chinese strategists increasingly define […]

On October 1, 2023, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) held the 5th 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 developing essays on strategies to combat disinformation based on the outcomes […]

On August 13, 2023, Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law commented on the Asahi Shimbun article, “Why I Fled to Japan, My ‘Second Home’, only to Return to My Homeland under the Rule of the Taliban.” The article is about a man who fled his home country after a ‘political upheaval’ shortly […]

On September 27, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted the 20th GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, “Development Cooperation on the Ground – Through Governance and Peacebuilding Development Assistance” with Ms. Chikako Kodama (Ph.D. student, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University). Prior to her doctoral studies, Ms. Kodama worked for the United Nations Development […]