"Securing the Senkaku Islands: A Cornerstone for the Rule of Law in East Asia"
Yoshiaki Sato
Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Professor of Law, Seikei University
Professor Sato received his LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D in Public International Law from the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on international law, immigration law, regional integration, and sports-related law. He has a book forthcoming, entitled Kokusaisaibansho [Judicial Minimalism of the International Court of Justice] (University of Tokyo, forthcoming in 2012). Professor Sato’s recent publications have appeared in Alberta Law Review, Journal of East Asia and International Law, and Journal of International Law and Diplomacy. While at Harvard, his research project has examined the possibilities and limits of judicial settlement of disputes in East Asia.
"North Korea’s Abduction of Japanese Citizens and the U.S.-Japan Alliance"
Kyosuke Sumii
Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Sankei Shimbun
Mr. Sumii earned his B.A. in Economics from Hiroshima University. At Sankei Shimbun, he has served as a Staff Writer in the City News Department at the Tokyo Head Office. He has traveled to Romania, South Korea, and the U.S. to conduct research on the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea. His published articles at Sankei have covered North Korean abductions and problems related to Japan’s nuclear power plants. Mr. Sumii is also the co-author of a book on architectural forgery in Japan (in Japanese). While at Harvard, Mr. Sumii has researched North Korea’s abduction of Japanese citizens and its implications for U.S.-Japan security cooperation.
“International Law and Japans’ Nuclear Futures”
Kotaro Shiojiri
Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan
Mr. Shiojiri earned his B.A. in Law and M.A. in International Studies (summa cum laude) in from University of Tokyo, and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has served in the G8/G20 Summit Office, Economic Policy Division, of the Economic Affairs Bureau. He is the recipient of the University of Tokyo President’s Award and has also served as an intern at the Council on Foreign Relations and Okamoto Associates. While at Harvard, Mr. Shiojiri has conducted research on Japanese foreign policy in the context of nuclear issues and international law.
Discussant: Reo Matsuzaki
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trinity College
