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Tetsuya TOYODA


Title

Director

Nationality

JAPAN

Research Fields, Keywords

History of Modern International Law, Regional Economic Institutionalization

E-Mail Address

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Profile

DEA en droit international, Université of Paris-II. BA in law from the University of Tokyo. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994-2000). COE Project Researcher at the University of Tokyo (2006-07). Teaching at Akita International University since 2007. Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2013-14). Author of Theory and Politics of the Law of Nations (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 2011).

Research Field

- modern history of international law
- territorial disputes in East Asia
- regional cooperation in East Asia

Recent Activities

Presentations at Academic Conferences in 2013
- “Taking Justice Seriously in East Asian Islands Disputes" at Uppsala University's East Asia Program's annual conference (hosted by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam) at Hanoi on Oct. 19, 2013.
- “International Law versus Historical Justice in Territorial Disputes in East Asia?" at the American Society of International Law's mid-year research forum at New York on November 1, 2013.
- “Territorial Disputes and the Possible Return to Pre-Modern International Law in East Asia" at the Asian Society of International Law's biennial conference at New Delhi on November 15, 2013.

Since 2011, he is visiting Vladivostok one or twice a year for lectures at the School of Regional and International Studies of the Far Eastern Federal University and is a visiting professor since October 2012 for the international relations master's program there.
He is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from August 5, 2012 to April 12, 2013 to work on the research topic of "Reconsidering the International Territorial Law in East Asia."
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Academic Background (Graduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

  • University of Paris Pantheon-Assas, International Law, Public International Law

    Master's Course, 1997/10, Completed, FRANCE

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Professional Career On-Campus 【 display / non-display 】

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Coordinator, Themed House Promotion (Komachi Hall), 2023/04 -

  • Akita International University Nakajima Library, Director, 2022/04 -

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Global Studies Program (Ryoiki), Professor, 2021/04 -

  • Akita International University Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Collaboration, Director, Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Collaboration, 2019/04 - 2022/03

  • Akita International University Center for East Asia Research AIU Global Review, Editor, AIU Global Review, 2012/09 - 2015/02

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Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Asian Society of International Law, 2007/04 - , SINGAPORE

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Field of Expertise 【 display / non-display 】

  • International law

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Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Universality and Peculiarity of the Concept of Exclusive Territoriality — The Linearization of Borders and Territorial Sovereignty in East Asia Since the Late 19th Century —, Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol.66 (p.338 - 358) , 2023/02, Tetsuya TOYODA

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, English

  • Legacies of International Critical Legal Studies - an exploration with focus on Martti Koskenniemi's works, Annual of the Japanese Association of World Law (40) , 2021/01, Tetsuya Toyoda

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Japanese

  • Prohibition of Wars of Aggression and the Aggressive Use of Force, Theories of Law, vol.43 (p.21 - 40) , 2025/02, TOYODA Tetsuya

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Japanese

  • Exclusive Legal Personality of States in East Asia and the Legacy of Bandung Pragmatism, Indonesian Journal of International Law, vol.21 (2) (p.315 - 328) , 2024/02, Tetsuya TOYODA

    DOI:10.17304/ijil.vol21.2.4, Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, English

  • Book Review: AKASHI Kinji and HAN Sanghee (eds) Universalitas juris public Europaei et historia mundi (Keio University Press, 2023) 320 pages, The Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, vol.123 (4) (p.459 - 463) , 2025/01, TOYODA Tetsuya

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Japanese

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Preventing Conflicts from Escalating to War, Nippon Hyoron Sha Co.,Ltd., 2025/03, NISHI Taira, HAMAMOTO Shotaro, TOYODA Tetsuya et al.

    Scholarly Book, Allotment Writing, Japanese

  • The League of Nations and the Development of International Law - A New Intellectual History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists, Routledge, 2021/09, Tetsuya Toyoda

    Scholarly Book, Allotment Writing, English

  • Horizon of Studies of International Law, Toshindo, 2008, NAKATANI Kazuhiro (ed.)

    Scholarly Book, Single Author, Japanese

  • International Society, Yuhikaku, 2008, KOTERA Akira and DOGAUCHI Masto (editors)

    Scholarly Book, Single Author, Japanese

  • International Security and Crimes, University of Tokyo Press, 2005, NAKATANI Kazuhiro and YAMAGUCHI Atsushi (editors)

    Scholarly Book, Single Author, Japanese

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, International Conference, 2023/08, Questioning the Exclusive Legal Personality of States in East Asia, Oral Presentation (general)

  • 2022年度国際法学会研究大会, Domestic Conference, 2022/09, Universality and Europeanity of the Modern Delimitation of Territories, Oral Presentation (general)

  • International Law Association Regional Conference, International Conference, 2019/06, "Law and Politics on the New Regulatory Framework for Expanded Immigration in Japan: Political Flaws with the 2018 Immigration Act and Some Probable Consequences", Oral Presentation (general)

  • 6th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, International Conference, 2017/08, Three Powers' Scramble for the Spratlys in 1930s and its Resonance with the Present Dispute, Oral Presentation (general)

  • 6th Godang International Conference on Law, International Conference, 2016/11, "Leibniz’s Concept of Res Juris Gentium: Political Theorization of State-Centric International Law Beyond Time", Oral Presentation (general)

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On-Campus Classes/Subjects In Charge of 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2025, Spring, CCS100-1_S, Orientation: AILA and Residential Learning

  • 2025, Spring, HIS298-1_S, History of Modern Europe

  • 2025, Spring, JAS225-1_S, Japan's Constitution and Law

  • 2025, Spring, CCS290-1_S, Cross-Cultural Collaboration Projects

  • 2025, Spring, CPS490-8_S, Capstone Seminar: AILA IV

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