Events

Democracy and Human Rights Program

[GGR Intensive Seminar] Countering Disinformation and Protecting Democracy

Event date：September 2-5, 2024
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【Sunnylands Initiative】Democracy Advocates at Risk (DAR) Program Official Launch

Event date：December 15, 2024
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【GGR Intensive Seminar】Countering Disinformation and Protecting Democracy: Follow-Up Session: The 15th Zoom Meeting

Event date：February 19, 2025
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The Third Milk Tea Alliance Japan Strategy Meeting

Event date：February 16, 2025
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【GGR Workshop】 Human Rights as Recognized by the PRC / CCP

Event date：October 23, 2024
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【GGR Talk Session】My Experience as a Refugee in Africa

Event date：January 14, 2025 (Tuesday)
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Intensive Seminar】Countering Disinformation and Protecting Democracy: Follow-Up Session: The 14th Zoom Meeting

Event date：November 30, 2024
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【GGR Talk Session】Campaign Policy VS. Policy Implementation: The Case of the Thai Digital Wallet Scheme

Event date：December 13, 2024 (Friday)
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【GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar】The peril of hyper-presidentialism in the Philippines

Event date：September 30, 2024
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【The 30th GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar】Aligning Values and Interests: Japanese and Australian Democracy Support in the Pacific and Southeast Asia

Event date： July 30, 2024
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Publications

Democracy and Human Rights Program

Sunnylands Initiative Statement in Indonesia

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateFEBRUARY 25, 2025
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Political Culture, Democracy Support [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateJanuary, 2025
Democracy and Human Rights Program

The Information War Targeted the “Divide” in Society: Election Interference by Russia, China, and Iran [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateDecember 10, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Division and Chaos in the United States: Exacerbated by Other Countries [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateNovember 10, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

“Trump’s Next Administration: ‘Worse Than the First’—Democracy Weakens in Three Aspects” [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateNovember 9, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Vertical Accountability in Japan’s Governance: Impact of Public Conception (Interim Report)

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateNovember 5, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

＜Understanding Democracy from Scratch＞ One-Point Lesson [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateOctober 19, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Influence Operations through Social Networking Service by Authoritarian States: Objectives, Methods, and Japan’s Response [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateOctober 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Japan’s United Nations Policy Through the Lens of Human Rights Diplomacy

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateSeptember 30, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Japan as a Hub for Democracy Assistance in Asia [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateAugust 11, 2024
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Researchers

Full-time Researchers

  • NameICHIHARA Maiko
  • Position and AffiliationProfessor, Graduate School of Law / School of International and Public Policy
  • Research areasInternational relations, Japanese foreign policy, human rights and democracy diplomacy, democracy support, influence operations

Assistants

  • Name JEONG Minhee
  • Position and Affiliation Doctoral student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, refugee and asylum policy, resettlement
HANNIG Nunez Sascha
  • Name HANNIG NUÑEZ Sascha
  • Position and Affiliation Doctoral student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, influence operations, democratic studies, technology and society
  • Name HOSSAIN Billal
  • Position and Affiliation Doctoral student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, green innovation
  • Name KUMASAKA Kenta
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s Student, School of International and Public Policy
  • Research areas International relations, policy process, decision-making
  • Name NAKAJIMA Takahiro
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, international norms, LGBT rights
  • Name YAN Feng
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, East Asian studies, media studies
  • Name WATANABE Eru
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s student, School of International and Public Policy
  • Research areas International relations, ODA policy, rule of law assistance
  • Name KISHI Akihito
  • Position and Affiliation Undergraduate student, Faculty of Law
  • Research areas International relations, peacebuilding, governance