Tomoko Fukamachi
(born in 1969) is Professor of public international law at Fukuoka Womenâs University. She obtained her m.l. from Kyushu University in 1994. Her recent publications are as follows: âRyÅiki ni kansuru Genshi Kengen: RyÅiki Kengen Ron wa nani o dokomade atsukaunoka [Original Title to Territory: To What and To What Extent Is the Legal Framework of Title to Territory Applied],â HÅgaku SeminÄ 765 (2018) (in Japanese), which is translated into English and published in Japan Review 6 (1) (2023).
Atsuko Kanehara
a graduate from the University of Tokyo, is Research Director for the Canon Institute for Global Studies, and Senior Fellow for the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. She is an expert on public international law. Her main publications are as follows: âReassessment of the Acts of the State in the Law of State Responsibility: A Proposal of an Integrative Theoretical Framework of the Law of State Responsibility to Effectively Cope with the Internationally Harmful Acts of Non-state Actors,â Recueil des cours 399 (2019); âRefining Japanâs Integrative Position on the Territorial Sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands,â International Law Studies 97 (2021).
Tomofumi Kitamura
(born in 1979) is Associate Professor of public international law at the University of Tokyo. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. His main publications are as follows: âKokusaihÅ ni okeru JijÅ HenkÅ Gensoku no HÅteki Konkyo [Legal Basis of the rebus sic stantibus Principle in International Law],â Kokusai Kankeiron KenkyÅ« 27 (2008) (in Japanese); âKokusaihÅ jÅ no KinkyÅ«hinan ni kansuru Ichi KÅsatsu [A Study of Necessity in International Law],â HÅgakkai Zasshi 55 (2)â56 (2) (2015â2016) (in Japanese).
Tadashi Mori
(born in 1970) is Professor of public international law at the University of Tokyo. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2008. His main publications are as follows: Origins of the Right of Self-Defence in International Law: From the Caroline Incident to the United Nations Charter (Brill, 2018); âCollective Self-Defence in International Law and in the New Japanese Legislation for Peace and Security (2015),â Japanese Yearbook of International Law 60 (2018); âDecisions in Japan to Use Military Force or to Participate in
Hironobu Sakai
(born in 1963) is Professor of international economic law at Waseda University and Emeritus Professor at Kyoto University. He obtained his m.l. from Kyoto University. His main publications are as follows: âLa bonne administration de la justice in the Incidental Proceedings of the International Court of Justice,â Japanese Yearbook of International Law 55 (2012); âThe Quest for a Win-Win Solution in the Delimitation of Continental Shelf in the East China Sea: An Irreconcilable Conflict between China and Japan?â in James Kraska, Ronan Long, and Myron H. Nordquist (eds.), Peaceful Maritime Engagement in East Asia and the Pacific Region (Brill, 2022).
Yuichi Sasaki
(born in 1987) is Associate Professor of Japanese political and diplomatic history at Meiji Gakuin University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2016. His main publications are as follows: Teikoku Nihon no GaikÅ, 1894â1922: Naze Hanto wa Kakudai shitanoka [Japanese Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Imperial Expansion, 1894â1922] (University of Tokyo Press, 2017) (in Japanese); Kindai Nihon GaikÅ-shi [Japanese Diplomatic History, 1853â1945] (ChÅ«Å KÅron Shinsha, 2022) (in Japanese); âReception and Practice of Diplomacy in Modern Japan: Power, Interests, and Norms,â International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 22 (2) (2022).
Dai Tamada
(born in 1974) is Professor of public international law at Kyoto University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 2014. His main publications are as follows: Kokusai Saiban no HanketsukÅ Ron [Legal Effects of Judgments of International Courts and Tribunals] (YÅ«hikaku, 2012) (in Japanese); Whaling in the Antarctic: Significance and Implications of the icj Judgment (co-edited, Brill/Nijhoff, 2016); Theory and Practice of Export Control: Balancing International Security and International Economic Relations (co-edited, Springer, 2017); Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: State Practice of China and Japan (co-edited, Springer, 2021).
Tetsuya Yamada
(born in 1965) is Professor of public international law at Nanzan University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Kyushu University. His main publications are as follows: Kokuren ga Tsukuru Chitsujo: RyÅiki Kanri to Kokusai SoshikihÅ [Does
Masaharu Yanagihara
(born in 1952) is Professor of public international law at the Open University of Japan and Emeritus Professor at Kyushu University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1981. His main publications are as follows: Vorufu no KokusaihÅ Riron [The Theory of Christian Wolff] (YÅ«hikaku, 1998) (in Japanese); âSignificance of the History of the Law of Nations in Europe and East Asia,â Recueil des cours 371 (2015); Teikoku Nihon to FusenjÅyaku: GaikÅkan ga mita KokusaihÅ no Genkai to KibÅ (Japanâs Engagement with Briand-Kellogg Pact) (nhk Publishing, 2022) (in Japanese).