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, […]

On December 4, 2023, Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law published her comment on the Asahi Shimbun article, “I Will Never Return to Hong Kong in My Life: Agnes Chow from Hong Kong Announces Departure for Canada.” This article is about Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow, who was asked by Hong […]

On March 14, 2024, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) held the 9th 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 preparing essays on strategies to combat dis(mis)information based on the outcomes of the […]

Hong Kong Activism from the Perspective of Journalism and Cultural Ideas Interviewer and author: Sulastri (Master’s student, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University) March 28, 2024 *This paper was written based on an interview conducted on February 27, 2024. Patrick Poon, a member of the Milk Tea Alliance Japan, was born during Hong […]