Yoshiaki Sato

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Affiliation: Professor (Director), Faculty of Law, Seikei University

Degree: Ph.D.(2006, The University of Tokyo)
LL.M.(1998, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo)
LL.B.(1995, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901032985614560
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Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

2020 - Present

Member, Science Council of Japan
2020 - Present

Director, Institute for a Super-Smart Society, Seikei University
2015 - Present

Lecturer, School of International and Area Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2010 - Present

Professor, Faculty of Law, Seikei University
2019 - 2021

Director, Institute for Future of Law, Seikei University
2016 - 2018

Councilor, Seikei Gakuen
2016 - 2018

Councilor, Seikei University
2011 - 2013

Academic Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
2010 - 2011

Lecturer, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2009 - 2011

Lecturer, Faculty of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
2011

Visiting Professor, Programme in International Business, Wroclow University of Economics
2008 - 2010

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Seikei University
2008 - 2009

Fellow, Recruit Works Institute
2007 - 2008

Assistant Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University
2005 - 2008

Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Seikei University
2005 - 2007

Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University
2007

Lecturer, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University
2003 - 2005

Research Associate, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
2005

Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
2004

Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Seigakuin University

Education

1995 - 2006

Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
1991 - 1995

Public Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo

Committee Memberships

2022 - Present

Member, International Editorial Board of Research Papers of Wrocław University of Economics and Business, Wrocław University of Economics and Business
2019 - Present

Vice Chairperson, Ethics Committee, Japan Lifesaving Association
2012 - Present

Referee, Ekonomika, Wroclaw University of Economics
2009 - Present

Intellectual Member, The Council on East Asian Community
2009 - Present

Member of the Editorial Board of "Amerika-ho", Japanese American Society for Legal Studies
2018 - 2022

Alternate on the International Committee on Participation in Global Heritage Governance, International Law Association
2016 - 2018

Secretary of the Committee on Outreach, Japanese Sosiety of International Law
2014 - 2016

Member of the Committee on Outreach, Japanese Society of International Law
2010 - 2012

Member, Publicity Committee, The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law

Awards

2009

Seikei Academic Prize, Seikei Alumuni Association

SATO Yoshiaki
2004

Grant for Publication, Seki Memorial Foundation for Science

SATO Yoshiaki

Papers

A Case Note on the Sapporo District Court’s Judgment on March 17, 2021, Concerning Marriage Equality

Yoshiaki SATO

Human Rights International, (33) 63-67, Oct, 2022 Invited
Gender, Sex and Sport: A Consideration on the World Athletes' Rules on Participation of Women with Differences of Sex Development

Yoshiaki SATO

Gender and Law, (19) 139-153, Sep, 2022 Invited
Olympic and LGB (6)

Yoshiaki SATO

Seikei Hogaku, 96 77-133, Jun, 2022
On Criminalization of Shipmaster: Responsibility of Shipmaster for Pollution of the Seas by Oil from Ships

Yoshiaki SATO

Captain, 139 26-47, Jan, 2022 Invited
Responsibility of States and Corporations for Pollution of the Seas by Oil from Ships

Yoshiaki SATO

Seikei Hogaku, 95 97-137, Jan, 2022
The Character of an Advisory Opinion: Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

Yoshiaki SATO

100 Cases on International Law, 3rd ed., 214-215, Sep, 2021 Invited
History and the Law (2): Best Mix of Litigation and Alternative Dispute Settlement (ADR) for Resolving the Disputes over Cultural Heritage

Yoshiaki SATO

Seikei Hogaku, 94 139-187, Jul, 2021
Olympic and LGB (5)

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikei Hogaku, 93 149-204, Feb, 2021
Olympic and LGB (4)

Sato Yoshiaki

Seikei Hogaku, 92 199-246, Jul, 2020
Olympic and LGB (3)

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikei Hogaku, 91 97-138, Dec, 2019
Jurisprudence for Future Law and Futurology of Law: Missions of the Institute for Future of Law

SATO Yoshiaki

IFL Discussion Paper, 1 1-48, Sep, 2019
Where Are You Going, Snail?: Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in Japan

SATO Yoshiaki

Asian Yearbook of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, 3 243-275, Aug, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvited
Olympic and LGB (2)

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikei Hogaku, 90 151-181, Jun, 2019
Olympic and LGB (1)

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikei Hogaku, 89 129-178, Dec, 2018
Rethinking the Idea of Justice Beyond Law: An Analysis of the Process Towards "Independence" of Kosovo

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikei Law Review, 88 211-254, Jun, 2018
History and the Law (1)

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikei Hogaku, 86 25-58, Jun, 2017
International Court of Justice: Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria, Counter-Claims; Intervention

SATO Yoshiaki

The Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, 116(1) 54-68, May, 2017 Invited
"Settled completely and finally": A Japanese perspective on the repatriationism of cultural property

Yoshiaki Sato

Journal of East Asia and International Law, 10(1) 197-219, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflictfrom Intentional Destruction and Incidental Damage

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikei Hogaku, 85 77-106, Dec, 2016
Law v. History: Who Possesses Khao Phra Vihan/ Temple of Preah Vihear

SATO Yoshiaki

Seikou Hogaku, 84(84) 119-150, Jun, 2016

Misc.

Opinion: Protection of Cultural Properties that Supports the Inheritance and Development of Local Communities

Subcommittee on the, Protection, Utilization of Cultural, Properties, Committee on History, Science Council of Japa

Sep, 2023 Invited
Opinion: Developing Human Resources who can Deal with Legal Issues Related to Globalization

Science Council of Japan, “Globalization, Law” Subcommittee, Jurisprudence Committee, Science Council of Japa

Sep, 2023 Invited
Learning the Literacy of International Law: The Purpose of Publishing an "Introduction to International Law, Focusing on Japan in International Society"

Yoshiaki SATO et al.

Syosai-no-Mado, 686 33-37, Mar, 2023 InvitedLead author
Towards a Super-Smart Society as a Human-Centered Society

Yoshiaki SATO

Website of Institute for a Super Smart Society, Seikei University, Jan, 2023
The Power of the Mind: From 1913 to 2018

Yoshiaki SATO

Website of Institute for a Super Smart Society, Seikei University, Oct, 2022
Final Report, Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance, International Law Association

Committee on Participation in, Global Cultural Heritage Governance, International Law, Association

Jul, 2022 Invited
Past and Future: On Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Yoshiaki SATO

Website of Institute for a Super Smart Society, Seikei University, Jun, 2022
Beyond Super Smart Society

Yoshiaki SATO

Website of Institute for a Super Smart Society, Seikei University, Apr, 2022
The 79th Conference of the International Law Association in Kyoto (Online): Committee on Participation in Global cultural Heritage Governance

Yoshiaki SATO

Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, 119(4) 105, Jan, 2021 Invited
Lex sportiva and International Law: Special Reference to the Olympic Movement

SATO Yoshiaki

Expert Comment, Japanese Society of International Law, 2020(7), May, 2020 Invited
The 78th Conference of the International Law Association in Sydney: Committee on Participation in Global cultural Heritage Governance

SATO Yoshiaki

Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, 117(4) 185-186, Jan, 2019 Invited
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

SATO Yoshiaki

Expert Comment, Japanese Society of International Law, 2016(7), Oct, 2016 Invited
A Case Note on Garcia v. Texas, 131 S. Ct. 2866 (2011)

Yoshiaki SATO

Amerikaho, 2012(2) 369-376, May, 2013
Professor Hisakazu Fujita and Sake

SATO Yoshiaki

Reminiscence of Professor Hisakazu Fujita, 41-42, 2013 Invited
Book Review: Transboundary Environmental Problems in East Asia

SATO Yoshiaki

CAPS Newsletter, 107 11, 2010 Invited
Book Review: Economic Development and Environmental Problems in Asia

SATO Yoshiaki

CAPS Newsletter, (103) 11, 2009 Invited
"Unity in Diversity" and Legalization of East Asia

SATO Yoshiaki

Social Science Japan Newsletter, 38 8-11, 2008 Invited
CREP (Comparative Regionalism Projyect)

The University of Tokyo Action Plan Guidebook 2008, 130-131, Dec, 2007
Book Review: John Yoo's The Powers of War and Peace

SATO Yoshiaki

Amerika-ho, 2006(2) 316-323, Aug, 2007 Invited
Judging Executive Detention: The War on Terror and World War II

Craig Green, SATO Yoshiaki

Amerika-ho, 2006(1) 192-212, Aug, 2007 Invited

Books and Other Publications

Regional Cooperation and Resilience in East Asia

Sebastian Bobowski (Role: Contributor, Foreword)

Routledge, 2024
International Court of Justice

Yoshiaki SATO

The University of Tokyo Press, 2024
Routledge Handbook of Heritage and the Law

Yoshiaki SATO (Role: Contributor, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Heritage)

Routledge, 2024
Introduction to International Law: Focusing on Japan in International Society

Yoshiaki SATO (Role: Joint author, Chapters 1, 5, 6, 8, 16)

Yuhikaku, Nov, 2022
Jurisprudence for the Future

Faculty of Law, Seikei University (Role: Contributor, An Introduction to Jurisprudence for the Future; Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the Future of International Law)

Yuhikaku, Aug, 2022
International Relations and Rule of Law: Commemoration of Hisashi OWADA's Retirement from Judge of the International Court of Justice

Yoshiaki SATO (Role: Contributor, President of the International Court of Justice)

Shinzansya Publisher, Jul, 2021
Anthropology of Globalizing Justice: Law-making and Locality in International Society

SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Joint editor, Pursuit of "Justice" and Hubris: Has "Independence" of Kosovo Realized Justice?)

Showado, Feb, 2019
Pool Lifeguarding

Japan Lifesaving Association

Taishukan Publishing Co.Ltd., Sep, 2017
The Development of International Adjudication and Modern International Law

ASADA Masahiko (e, KATO Nobuyuki, SAKAI Hironobu (e, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Contributor, The Functional Analysis of the Concept of Judicial Function in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice)

Sanseido Publishing Company, Jul, 2014
The Constitutional Law Stories in the U.S.

OSAWA Hideyuki, OBAYASHI Keigo (e, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Contributor, "War on Terrorism" and Habeas Corpus)

Seibundou Publishing Company, May, 2014
Humane International Law for Peace, Liberty and Prosperity: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Yozo Yokota’s 70th Birthday

AKIZUKI Hiroko (e, NAKATANI Kazuhiro, NISHIUMI Masaki (e, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Contributor, Politics Regarding to the ‘Right’ of Family Reunification: Structure of Debate on the Reception of the Foreign Workers in Japan)

Kokusai-Shoin Publishing Company, Oct, 2011
Faces of Competitiveness in Asia Pacific

Boguslawa SKULSKA, Anna H. JANKOWIAK (e, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Contributor, The Drift of East Asian Community: Why Promoting Freedom of Movement Now?)

Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics, 2011
Festschrift in Honour of Professor Hisakazu Fujita’s 70th Birthday

SAKAMOTO Shigeki (e, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Contributor, New Law of Nations: The End of Governmental Monopoly in Transnational Law-Making)

Yushindo Publishing Company, Jul, 2009
East Asian Regionalism from a Legal Perspective: Current Features and a Vision for the Future

NAKAMURA Tamio (e, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Joint author, "Open Regionalism": Creating Multi-layered Orders in World Governance)

Routledge, 2009
A Draft Charter of the East Asian Community

NAKAMURA Tamio, SUAMI Takao, USUI Yoichiro, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Joint author)

Syowa-do Publishing Company, Jun, 2008 (ISBN: 9784812208397)
The Multi-Layered Order of European Law

OKI Masao, NAKAMURA Tamio (e, SATO Yoshiaki (Role: Contributor, Law of Perpetual Peace: European Union as a Cosmopolitan Legal Order)

Seigakuin University Press, May, 2008

Presentations

Resilience in the Digital Society: An International Law Perspective

Yoshiaki SATO

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

Yoshiaki SATO

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

Yoshiaki SATO

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)

Yoshiaki SATO

The International Human Rights Law Association, Nov 21, 2021 Invited
Protection of Cultural Heritage from Armed Conflicts and Natural Disaster

Yoshiaki SATO

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

Yoshiaki SATO

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

Yoshiaki SATO

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

SATO Yoshiaki

3rd Asian Yearbook of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law International Conference: Law, Gender & Sexuality, Oct 26, 2018
LGBT and the Olympic Games

SATO Yoshiaki

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?

SATO Yoshiaki

Critical Legal Conference, Sep 3, 2016
Territorial Issues on the Senkaku Islands and Rule of Law

SATO Yoshiaki

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

SATO Yoshiaki

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

SATO Yoshiaki

MIT-Japan Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apr 8, 2013 Invited
Building a Transnational Network of Nurses in East Asia

SATO Yoshiaki

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

SATO Yoshiaki

MIT-JapanProgram, Masaachusetts Institute of Technology, Feb 27, 2012 Invited
Constructing an Imagined Community in East Asia: A Bottom-Up Approach for Community Building

SATO Yoshiaki

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

SATO Yoshiaki

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

SATO Yoshiaki, ABE Keisuke

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

SATO Yoshiaki

Spring Conference, the 113rd Year, Japanese Society of International Law, May 8, 2010 Invited
The Changing Legal Landscape of Japan: Prospects for Asian Integration

ABE Keisuke, SATO Yoshiaki

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

Teaching Experience

2023 - Present

International Human Rights Law (in English) (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
2023 - Present

International Law (in English) (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
2008 - Present

International Law (Lecture) (Seikei University, Seikei Law School, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
2005 - Present

International Law (Seminar) (Seikei University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Hiroshima University)
2014 - 2022

Sports Law (Seminar) (Seikei University)
2017

Culture and Law (Seminar) (Seikei University)
2005

Introduction to Legal Studies (International Christian University)
2004

Constitutional Law (Seminar) (Seigakuin University)
Immigration Law (Seminar) (Seikei University)

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Human Relationships and Law in Japanese Society in 2030

Academic Research Grants, Seikei University, 2019 - 2021

SATO Yoshiaki
Negotiating Global justice

Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Seikei University, 2015 - 2018

HOSOYA Hiromi
Technical Intern Training Program

Recruit Works Institute, 2008 - 2009

SATO Yoshiaki
East Asian Regionalism from A Legal Perspective

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 2005 - 2007

NAKAMURA Tamio
Emergence and Evolution of Cosmopolitan Law

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 2005 - 2007

SATO Yoshiaki
Decision-Making Process and Construction of the Reasoning by the International Court of Justice

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 2005 - 2007

OKUWAKI Naoya
Domestic Process in International Law Making

The Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation, 2003 - 2004

SATO Yoshiaki
Possibility of Humanity Against Power Politics

Suntory Foundation, 2003 - 2004

HAMASHITA Masahiro

Social Activities

Legal Risk Management

Lecturer, Consultant

Saitama Prefecture Park Association, Training Program for the Managers of Leisure Pools, 2011 - Present
Lifeguard Training Program, Shizunami Surf Stadium

Lecturer

Surf Stadium Japan, Apr 3, 2021
International Lifeguard Training Program Instructor

Lecturer

Ellis & Associates, Sep, 2013 - Aug, 2015

Media Coverage

Super Smart Society that Solves Social Problems and Achieves Economic Development

Yokogawa Digital Corporation, DX Today No. 5, pages 6 and 7, Oct, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
Looted paintings from World War II found in Tokyo, just before auction, returned to Poland free of charge.

Kyodo News, The Ise Shimbun（Hokuriku chunichi Shimbun, ）, page 12（page 1; page 1; page 7）, Jul 2, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
Institute for a Super-Smart Society, Seikei University

Nihonkeizaisimbun, Morning paper, page 31, Apr 26, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
De facto Restriction of Foreign Travel for President Putin

Asahi Shimbun, Morning paper page 9, Mar 20, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Property and International Law

Nihonkeizaishimbun, Morning paper page 48, Mar 25, 2022 Newspaper, magazine
Treating Mr. Omi as acting ultra vires: How did scientists consider Mr. Heizo Takenaka's remarks

Mainichi Shimbun, Digital, Jun 8, 2021 Newspaper, magazine
Why the mass infection happened in the S.S. Diamond Prince

Kanagawa Shimbun, page15, Dec 15, 2020 Newspaper, magazine
Who Is Responsible for the Mauritius Oil Spill?

The Japan Maritime Daily, page 1, Aug 26, 2020 Newspaper, magazine
Examining the Case of the Cruise Ship Diamond Princess: What Is Expected of of the Cruise Ship Diamond Princess: What Is Expected of a Port of Call

The Japan Maritime Daily, page 1, Mar 26, 2020 Newspaper, magazine
Institute for Future of Law

Seikei Daigaku Simbun, May, 2019 Newspaper, magazine
Japan's policy toward international adjudication

Sankei Simbun, Dec 6, 2015 Newspaper, magazine
Thinking About War

Tokyo Metropolitan Television, Weekly Program for Everyone's Literacy, Apr 18, 2015 TV or radio program
Of Foreign Workers

TV Asahi Corporation, Super J Channel, May, 2014 TV or radio program
Whaling in the Antarctic

TV Asahi Corporation, Akira IKEGAMI's News Commentaries, Apr 21, 2014 TV or radio program

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