A workshop entitled "Governance of Low Skilled Labour Migration - The Technical Intern Trainee Program between Vietnam and Japan as a Case Study" was held on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The workshop was organized by the Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research (A) project: "Analysis on Multi-layered Structure of Global, National, and Local Legal Orders and the Principles of their Coordination" and the Center for Asian Legal Exchange, Nagoya University (CALE).The speaker, Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy is a lecturer from Hanoi Law University in Vietnam. The event took place at the Conference Room, 2F, Asian Legal Exchange Plaza (ALEP), Nagoya University, from 15:00 to 17:00.This workshop provided an opportunity for participants to delve into the complexities of low skilled labour migration governance and gain insights from the case study of the Technical Intern Trainee Program. It served as a platform for academic exchange and discussion among professors, students, researchers of Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University.The Graduate School of Law and the Center for Asian Legal Exchange, Nagoya University, will continue to organize such workshops and events to further enhance understanding and collaboration in the field of legal research.

  A special lecture by Prof. Yarik KRYVOI entitled "Three Dimensions of Inequality in Investor-State Arbitration" was presented on May 23, 2023. Prof. Yarik KRYVOI is a Senior Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum at The British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London. He has been invited by Professor Dai YOKOMIZO of Nagoya University's Graduate School of Law. The lecture was held in International Building 2nd floor CALE FORUM and attracted a diverse audience consisting of professors and international students of the Graduate School of Law. His presentation was well received by the audience, as he explained the system of international investment law and investor-state arbitration into its historical context, examined economic data and discussed the views of states regarding inequalities in the field. During his lecture, a lively question-and-answer session was conducted in which participants discussed several measures for reducing inequalities in investor-state arbitration, which greatly interested the participants. 

On 19 May, members of the Office of the Judiciary of Thailand (OJT) led by Chief Justice Chotiwat Leaungprasert, President of the Supreme Court of Thailand, visited the Graduate School of Law (GSL). He and President Naoshi Sugiyama witnessed the signing by Mr Teerasak Ngeyvijit, Secretary-General of the OJT, and Dean Masahiro Yano of a new Memorandum of Understanding which aims at further encouraging and promoting cooperation between the OJT and the GSL. The signing ceremony was held at Asian Legal Exchange Plaza and the attendees included Mr Yoshihiro Miwa, Royal Thai Honorary Consul-General, Nagoya, Judge Apipong Sarntikasem, who obtained a doctoral degree at the GSL, and Judge Sirikarn Dittabhakdi, who is currently a GSL doctoral student.

Nagoya University is pleased to share that its university team is the first in Japan's history to compete as the Eighth Finalists at the 20th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot.The competition saw a total of 111 teams and 353 participants from universities across the world; requiring competitors to submit written memorandums for both the Claimant and Respondent in the hypothetical dispute, before proceeding onto the oral pleadings.The team, comprising of 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗴𝘂𝘂𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗵 (G30 Law Programme), 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 (G30 Law Programme), 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗲 (G30 Law Programme), 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝗲 (Campus Asia Programme), 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗲 (Campus Asia Programme) and 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗲 (LLM) represented Nagoya University in the competition, held from the 19th-26th March.Additionally, the team achieved several milestones:1) First Japanese Team to compete in Rounds of 322) First Japanese Team to compete in Rounds of 163) Neil Kaplan Award for Best Individual Oralist (Honorable Mention) – Samuel Wee4) Ranked 2nd Best Individual Oralist (of 353 Participants) – Bilguun GanuskhThe team would like to express their gratitude to 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼 and 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗼 for their guidance, as well as to their coaches, Mr 𝗗𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗜𝘇𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘃 and Mr 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗵 for their support.

On March 27, the graduation ceremony for Spring 2023 was held. Twenty-seven Master's students were conferred their degrees.Congratulations to all.This year, we returned to the pre-Covid-19 pandemic method of conferring degrees, and the Vice Dean and Dean of the Graduate School personally awarded each student a diploma in turn.The number of Master's graduates by nationality is as follows.・China 11・Vietnam 3・Myanmar 2・Germany 1・Taiwan 1・Uzbekistan 1・Japan 8

Ms. Lu Xiaohan (M1) has got the third prize in the 9th FALIA (The Foundation for the Advancement of Life & Insurance Around the World) Essay Competition with the essay entitled "Research on Morals and Risk Prevention Measures in Life Insurance Regulations: Mainly Death Insurance in Cases where the Insured is Underage" (in Japanese).FALIA Essay Competition Awards Ceremony 2022https://falia.info/award2022FALIA Essay Competition 2022 Award Winners' Presentationshttps://falia.info/presentation2022 

Congratulations to 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙜𝙪𝙪𝙣 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙠𝙝 (G30 Law), 𝘾𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙮 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 (G30 Law), 𝙃𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙚 (Campus Asia), 𝙅𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙚 (G30 Law), 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙆𝙚 (LLM) and 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙒𝙚𝙚 (Campus Asia) for emerging as the champions of the 16th Vis Moot Japan!The 16th Vis Moot Japan is a preparatory moot for the Vis Moot, which is the world’s preeminent moot that centres on international commercial arbitration. Teams are required to draft written pleadings and engage in oral hearings on topics involving arbitral procedures and contract law under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.In addition to the team’s excellent results at the competition, Samuel also won the Best Oralist Award in the English Division.The team would like to thank 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼 and 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗼 for their constant and generous support. The team also expresses their gratitude to their coaches, Mr 𝗗𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗜𝘇𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘃 and Mr 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗵, for their guidance and invaluable advice.

On February 21, 2023, Nagoya University Graduate School hosted the international conference "Taking Legal Cultures Seriously. Perspectives on Diversity in Contemporary Law", co-organized with the Research Unit "Decolonizing Arbitration", Nagoya University. Prof. Dai Yokomizo, Professor and Vice-Dean, offered the opening remarks. After that, Dr. Joshua Karton, Associate Professor at Queen's University and Tsai Wan-Tsai Visiting Chair Professor of International Law, National Taiwan University College of Law gave a keynote speech on the role of comparative law in arbitration, with Prof. Tomoko Ishikawa, Nagoya University Graduate School of International Development, as discussant.The conference then continued with a session where Nagoya University Graduate School Ph.D. candidates presented their research. Ms. Munkhnaran Munkhtuvshin delivered a paper on the issue of the lack of gender diversity in arbitration in East Asia; Mr. Ahadjon Khakimov discussed the complex, formal and informal, role of sharia in the decisions of tribunals in Uzbekistan; Anh Quang Nguyen presented on the issue of liquidated damages and penalties in Vietnamese law from a comparative perspective.The conference was then closed by a keynote speech by Prof. Livia Holden (Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne) on cultural expertise and its role in Europe, with Prof. Shiho Kato (Tokyo Metropolitan University) serving as discussant.The conference was attended by many in person participants, as well as via Zoom.With initiatives like this Nagoya University Graduate School of Law continues in its tradition of innovative research on legal and cultural diversity, and it is honored to attract leading scholars to its events.