On December 14, 2023, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article, “The ‘China or Us’ Dichotomy Limits Japan’s Ability to Strengthen Ties: So, What Attitude Should Japan Adopt?” was published. The article is based on an interview with Professor Mie Oba of Kanagawa University regarding […]

Reflections of a Myanmar Activist: Navigating Struggles and Fostering Resilience in Japan for the Homeland Interviewer and writer: Hnin Htet Htet Aung (Master’s student, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University) April 12, 2024 *The paper was written based on an interview conducted on March 1, 2024. The Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) […]

On December 9, 2023, the Nikkei Shimbun published an article entitled “Aiming for Nuclear Disarmament, Proposal with Chinese and Russian Experts for NPT26 Meeting,” quoting remarks of Professor Nobumasa Akiyama at a press conference who attended the third session of the International Group of Eminent Persons. The conference, in which members from both nuclear-weapon states […]

On December 11, 2023, the RAND Corporation released a report of an international conference on challenges facing democracies, “Democracy at Risk?” in which Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law participated. Against the backdrop of concerns about the declining trend of global democracies and the increasing loss of traction of allied efforts to […]

On March 1, 2024, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) at Hitotsubashi University hosted the 26th GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar titled “The Effects of Warring and Civil Oligarchs on Colombia’s Subnational Democracy” featuring Dr. Jan Boesten as a speaker. Dr. Boesten is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin and an Associate Member, […]