PROF. KENTARO FURUYA
Captain Kentaro Furuya (JCG) is an adjunct professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), a visiting professor at Keio University, and a professor at the Japan Coast Guard Academy. His career spans the realm of Coast Guard service, where he has dedicated himself to ensuring maritime safety and security both at sea and the development of policies onshore. Presently, he has been entrusted with the responsibility of being a faculty member in the Maritime Safety and Security Policy Program at GRIPS. Captain Furuya is responsible for instructing students in matters pertaining to the law of the sea, maritime security, and the formulation of Coast Guard operations.
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ATSUKO KANEHARA
Ms. Atsuko Kanehara is the Research Director for the Canon Institute for International Studies and Senior Fellow for the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. She was former Professor of International Law at Sophia University and former President of the Japanese Society of International Law.
Member of the Governing Board of IMO International Maritime Law Institute.
Concurrently, she is Policy Adviser for the Japan Coast Guard and member of the Committee on Submarine Cables and Pipelines under the International Law Association.
She delivered lectures at The Hague Academy of International Law in 2017, entitled “Reassessment of the Acts of the State in the Law of State Responsibility―A Proposal of an Integrative Theoretical Flamework of the Law of State Responsibility to Effectively Cope with the Internationally Harmful Acts of Non-State Actors,” which was published in Recueils des cours, Vol. 399 (2019).
Her principal recent publications in English are: “How to Ensure the Safety of the Japan Coast Guard While Maintaining Its Nature as A Police Organ When It Conducts Missions In Collaboration with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force under the Control Guidelines,” Japan Review, Vol 6, No. 2 (2024); “Refining Japan’s Integrative Position on the Territorial Sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands,” International Law Studies, Vol. 97 (2021); ”The Use of Force in Maritime Security and the Use of Arms in Law Enforcement under the Current Wide Understanding of Maritime Security,” Japan Review, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2019).
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