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 […]

Social networking sites have been overflowing with disinformation in recent years, and it is no longer easy to identify the truth. Disinformation is also fueling conflicts and shaking up democratic society itself. How can we protect our society from disinformation? This intensive seminar invites leading experts in the field of countermeasures against disinformation from Japan […]

GGR will arrange a Webinar which will be held as below: ■Title: Local Governance in NUG-Controlled Sagaing Region ■ Speaker: Mr. Khine Win (Executive Director, Sandhi Governance Institute) ■Date/Time: August 1st, 2025 (Friday), 12:40-13:40 ■ Meeting Platform: Zoom (The Zoom link will be shared after pre-registration) ■Language: English ■Pre-registration: https://forms.gle/CCvXJArf34EzWuX49 About the speaker: He earned […]