Being Connected from Myanmar: “We Are Still Here” Interviewer and writer: Sulastri (Master’s student, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University) April 30, 2024 *This paper was written based on an interview conducted on March 8, 2024. Hnin Htet Htet Aung arrived in Japan in 2021, fleeing the aftermath of the coup in Myanmar. […]
On January 22, 2024, Professor Nobumasa Akiyama of the Graduate School of Law appeared on TV Tokyo’s program titled “Deteriorating Nuclear Disarmament Treaties: China, North Korea, India… World Accelerating Nuclear Arms Race.” This program discusses how Japan should deal with the growing threat of nuclear weapons in the international community, with Russian President Putin suggesting […]
On December 20, 2023, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article “‘Donate Cameras’ Japanese Journalists to Support Those in Myanmar” was published. This article is about Japanese journalists who were detained in military-controlled Myanmar after the coup in 2021, and who launched a project this […]
On April 14, 2024, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) held the 10th 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 dis(mis)information based on the outcomes […]
On December 19, 2023, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article, “‘Press Work Suddenly Becomes a Crime’, Trial Begins for the Founder of Apple Daily in Hong Kong” was published. The article discusses the trial in a Hong Kong court of Jimmy Lai, the founder […]