SHIKATA NoriyukiThe Significance of the G7 Hiroshima Summit in the Context of Global Governance

Makoto SETAInternational Environmental Legal Rules for Regulating the REY-Rich Mud Development by Japan

Valérie NiquetTaiwan and the Senkaku Islands: The Impact of the Democratization Process on the Management of Territorial Claims to the Present

Monika ChansoriaLegal Sanction and Emerging Tenets of Territorial Lawfare: A Case Study of the Sea of Japan’s Nomenclature

Robert D. EldridgeThe First Senkakus Clash: The 1955 Daisan Seitoku Maru Incident, American, Okinawan, and Republic of China Responses, and Japanese Diplomacy

Hayashi EiichiThe Process of Heroizing the Holdout Japanese Soldiers in Indonesia

Ryoko NakanoReshaping the Cultural Heritage Regime: How Japan and China Engage in UNESCO’s Heritage Programs

Monika ChansoriaDefense Diplomacy as a Foreign Policy Tool: Understanding the Evolving Curve of Japan-India Joint Military Exercises

Valérie NiquetIssues of Memory and History: UNESCO and the Politicization of World Heritage Site Nominations

Atsuko KaneharaHow to Ensure the Safety of the Japan Coast Guard While Maintaining Its Nature as a Police Organ When It Conducts Missions in Collaboration with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force under the Control Guidelines

Kaoru IokibeHistorical Observations on the U.S.-Russia-China Nuclear Cold War: In Search of a Domestic Foundation for Japan’s Security

Tomoko FukamachiOriginal Title to Territory: To What and to What Extent Is the Concept of Title to Territory Applied?

Monika ChansoriaJapan’s Confluence of the Two Seas Conception: The Influence of Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh’s 1655 Text “Majma’-ul-Bahrain” [The Mingling of the Two Oceans]

Valérie NiquetTerritorial Conflicts in Europe: Possible Lessons for Japan?

The Takeshima Documents Study GroupA Reexamination of the 1877 Instruction of the Council of State

Monika ChansoriaJapan-India at 70: The Early Origins of a Relationship that Defines Asia’s Future

Atsuko KaneharaReconsideration of the Distinction between the Use of Arms in Law Enforcement and the Use of Force Prohibited by International Law ―With an Analysis of the Inherent Significance of This Issue to Japan―

Kitaoka ShinichiJapan’s responsibility in the international community: Reflections on the Asia-Pacific War, 1931–1945

Valérie NiquetThe Franco-German reconciliation model does not correspond to the challenges of the Japan-PRC relationship

Masao ShimojoThe Senkaku Islands Were No Man’s Land

Rikinobu FunasugiThe Understanding of the United States Government Regarding the Geography of Takeshima Immediately After the San Francisco Peace Treaty Came into Effect:Drawing on US Government-Issued Aeronautical Charts Published in 1953 and 1954

Wooyoun LeeRamseyer’s Paper: Criticisms of It, and Arguments in Its Favor

Kenji FujiiArticle 2 of the Treaty of San Francisco and Takeshima –With a Focus on the Negotiation Process in 1951–

Rumi AoyamaStructural Changes in Chinese Foreign Policy: From “Prosperous Nation Diplomacy” to “Strong Nation Diplomacy”

Valérie NiquetThe Limits of Repentance : Lessons from France for a Comparative Approach with the Japan-Korea History Debate