Notes on Contributors
Yumiko Kaneto
graduated from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and at the same time completed her study at Université de Mons in Belgium in 1995. After graduation, she worked as a civil servant at Osaka University for 8 years, including a one-year stay in Canada for a working internship program at McGill University. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, Chuo University in 2004. She obtained a master’s degree in law at Graduate School of Law, Chuo University in 2006 and Master in European law at Université de Strasbourg in 2008. She received a Doctoral Degree in law at Chuo University in 2013. She is currently a lecturer at several universities in Japan mainly in charge of international environmental law, European environmental law, and French constitutional law.
Masahiro Kato
is a career diplomat and currently serving as First Secretary at the Japanese Embassy in Vienna. He holds a master’s degree in law from Chuo University and an ll.m. from Heidelberg University. Before his current position, he served among others as an officer at the International Legal Affairs Division, the icj Whaling Case Division and the International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Satoshi Kodera
is a professor at the Faculty of Law in Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan. His research focuses specifically on public international law, international economic law, international law of development, and psychology of international law. He is a co-author of The Introduction to wto and FTA Law, 2nd ed. (Horitsu Bunkasha, 2021, in Japanese). He has also published numerous articles including “Evolution of the Organic Japanese Agricultural Standard Systems: A 20-year History,” in B.C. Goh and R. Price (eds.), Regulatory Issues in Organic Food Safety in the Asia Pacific (Springer, 2020); “Dynamics Between Multilateralism and Regionalism in Relation to Trade Liberalization and Culture,” Public Policy Review, Vol. 16, No. 5 (2020); “A Critical Stream in the French Doctrine of International Law: Charles Chaumont and the Reims School,” Yearbook of World Law, No. 40 (2021, in Japanese).
Chie Kojima
is a professor of international law at the Faculty of Law, Chuo University, Tokyo. She holds Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees in law from Chuo University, and an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from Yale Law School. She previously served as a Professor of International Law at Musashino University in Tokyo, an Assistant Professor of Maritime Law and Policy at World Maritime University in Malmö and a Senior Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. Her recent publications focus on the protection of the marine environment, maritime security, and human rights at sea. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of Ocean Development and International Law (odil), Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (apjolp), and The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (lpict).
Maki Nishiumi
is a professor of international law at the Faculty of Law, Chuo University. His main research focus is in the fields of culture, development, and humanitarian issue. His publications include: « Le droit international comme théâtre d’enjeux » (in French), E. Jouannet, H. Ruiz Fabri, J-M Sorel eds., Regards d’une génération sur le droit international, Pedone, 2008; « Réception et application du droit international moderne par le Japon: son Attitude évolutive de 1858 à 1945 » (in French), H. Ruiz Fabri ed., Selected Proceedings of the European Society of International Law, Hart Publishing, 2010; “Cultural Aspects of Sustainable Development” (in English), Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol. 57, 2015. Contemporary International Law – Development, Culture and Humanitarian (in Japanese), Institute of Comparative Law in Japan, 2016. Les résistances à la mondialisation (ed. in French and Japanese), Institute of Social Sciences of Chuo, 2022.
Yuko Osakada
is a professor at the Chuo Law School. She holds master’s degrees in law from Utrecht University (the Netherlands), and in Human and Environmental Studies from Kyoto University (Japan). She received her Ph.D. in Human and Environmental Studies from Kyoto University (Japan). She was the alternate of the International Law Association’s Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Her publications include: “An examination of arguments over the Ainu Policy Promotion Act of Japan based on the
Kuniko Ozaki
is a professor of international law, Chuo University Faculty of Law (2021–present). She holds a B.A. in International Relations (1978, Tokyo University) and a M.Phil. in International Relations (1982, Oxon.). She previously served as a Judge of International Criminal Court (2010–2019) and Second Vice-President of International Criminal Court (2015–2018). Prior to joining the ICC, she served as Director for Treaty Affairs for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2006–2009). Earlier in her career, she worked for the Japanese government in a number of positions, including Ambassador and Special Assistant to the Foreign Ministry (2009), Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the Foreign Ministry (1991-2001), Director for Refugees in the Justice Ministry (1998–1999) and Specialist to the Criminal Affairs Bureau of the Justice Ministry (1995–1998). She has also taught international law at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Law and at other universities and has written extensively on international criminal law, refugee law and law of human rights.
Ryo Sasaki
is an associate professor of international human rights law at the Department of International Studies in the University of the Sacred Heart (USH) in Tokyo. Before joining USH in 2019, he was an adjunct lecturer in Atomi University in Saitama and Tokyo (2014–2018), and non-tenured assistant professor at the Center for International Exchanges in Shimane University (2018–2019). He studied international law and human rights in a Master’s (2009–2011) and doctoral (2011–2019) programmes at the Graduate School of Law in Chuo University, and York Law School, University of York in the
Akari Takeuchi
is a professor at Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan. She is an expert of International Law of the Sea and gender studies. She also has extensive working experience at a research institution (Ocean Research Policy Foundation), Japanese Government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Cabinet Office of Japan), as well as teaching experience at several universities. She has published several articles regarding the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea.
Masatoshi Takeuchi
is a professor of international law and international relations at the Faculty of Global Communications, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in policy studies and law respectively from Chuo University. He has served as Adjunct Professor in various universities. Recent publications include areas of interdisciplinary theory of International Law and International Relations. He is a member of the Japanese Society of International Law (JSIL), Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) and Japanese Association of International Relations (jair).
Hiroyuki Taniguchi
is a professor of law and gender/sexuality, Faculty of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University. His research focuses on issues related to gender and sexuality that are often marginalized, such as LGBTQ and sex workers, and international human rights policies. In 2016, he was appointed as a member of the Science Council of Japan and working as Chief Secretary of LGBTI Division. He published many books and articles, such as “Case Book on Sexual Minorities” [in Japanese] (2011), “Law and Society concerning LGBT” [in Japanese] (2019), and “Sexual and Gender Minorities in International Human Rights Law: Jurisprudence of the European Convention on Human Rights” [in Japanese] (2022) among others.