Yoshiaki Sato

Book Review for “The International Court of Justice” (University of Tokyo Press, 2025)

The 447th Meeting of the University of Tokyo International Law Research Group, Nov 29, 2025  Invited

Science and Identity: Overcoming Racism and Positioning Human Remains as Natural History Properties

127th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of International Law, Sep 3, 2024  Invited

Resilience in the Digital Society: An International Law Perspective

Science Council of Japan, Light and Shadow in an Super Smart Society and the Law: Focusing on Users, Data, and Access, Sep 1, 2023  Invited

Incommensurability in International Human Rights Law: Divided "Opinio Juris" Concerning Sexual Orientation

Lecture Series on Incommensurability in International Law, Institute of International Relations, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Mar 16, 2022  Invited

Gender, Sex and Sports: A Consideration on the World Athlete's Rules on Participation of Women with DSDs

Japan Association of Gender and Law, Dec 12, 2021  Invited

A Case Note on Judgment of March 17, 2021, by Sapporo District Court (Marriage Equality)

The International Human Rights Law Association, Nov 21, 2021  Invited

Protection of Cultural Heritage from Armed Conflicts and Natural Disaster

Public Lecture Series No. 5, Japanese Society of International Law, Oct 31, 2021  Invited

Cultural Property and International Law: Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Event of Disasters

Working Group on Protection and Utilization of Cultural Properties, Committee on History, Japan Science Council, Sep 24, 2021  Invited

Grounding of WAKASHIO and Criminalization of the Shipmasters

Japan Captains' Association, Lecture Series for Captains, Sep 10, 2021  Invited

Progressing at a Snail's Pace: Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in Japan

3rd Asian Yearbook of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law International Conference: Law, Gender & Sexuality, Oct 26, 2018

LGBT and the Olympic Games

Open Lectures Series No. 3 by the Japanese Society of International Law, Oct 22, 2017  Invited

History Against Rules: Is the Nationalistic Quest for Returning the Cultural Properties of Ancient Kingdoms Dangerous to the Rule of Law?

Critical Legal Conference, Sep 3, 2016

Territorial Issues on the Senkaku Islands and Rule of Law

Vortrag, Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien, May 15, 2014  Invited

Securing Senkaku Islands: A Cornerstone for the Rule of Law in East Asia, and Beyond

Associates’ Panel on Japan and East Asian Security, Harvard Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, May 9, 2013  Invited

Immigration Policy and Foreign Workers in Japan

MIT-Japan Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apr 8, 2013  Invited

Building a Transnational Network of Nurses in East Asia

Associates’ Panel on Japan’s Labor Market: Competition, Inequality, and Globalization, Harvard Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, May 10, 2012  Invited

Current Situation of Foreign Workers in Japan

MIT-JapanProgram, Masaachusetts Institute of Technology, Feb 27, 2012  Invited

Constructing an Imagined Community in East Asia: A Bottom-Up Approach for Community Building

4th International Conference on Faces of Competitiveness in Asia Pacific, Wroclaw University of Economics, Nov 21, 2011  Invited

Overhauling Sovereignty: Emergence of Cosmopolitan Law-Makers as Participants in the World Order

W.G. Hart Legal Workshop 2011, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, Jun 28, 2011

Regionalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Identity Trimming: The Prospects for Asian Integration and the Altered Japanese Legal Landscape

Sixth EUROSEAS (European Association for South Asian Studies) Conference, University of Gothenburg, Aug 26, 2010

Discretion of the International Court of Justice in the Construction of the Operative Clauses of Its Judgments

Spring Conference, the 113rd Year, Japanese Society of International Law, May 8, 2010  Invited

The Changing Legal Landscape of Japan: Prospects for Asian Integration

East Asian Legal Studies lunchtime Talk, Harvard Law School, Mar 22, 2010  Invited

東アジアにおける事業展開を見据えて外国人研修・技能実習制度の再活性化へ

Works Symposium 2009｢グローバル人材の論点｣, 2009

Cosmopolitan Law for Global Governance: The Third Form of Law-Making in Transnational Society

Four Societies Workshop on International Law and Democratic Theory, University of Alberta, Sep 13, 2008  Invited

Figuring Out How to Fix the Legal Loopholes: The Industrial Training Program, Subcontracting, and the Rights of Foreign Workers in Japan

Oxford Round Table 20th Anniversary Session, Oxford Union, University of Oxford, Aug 5, 2008  Invited

A Case for Cosmopolitan Law: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the community building in East Asia

17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference, University of Otago, Nov 23, 2007

Draft Charter of the East Asian Community: Organisations

CREP International Symposium 2007: The Future East Asian Regionalism (Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Jul 21, 2007  Invited