The Center for Advanced Legal and Political Education and Research, affiliated with the Graduate Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, will hold a special meeting of its Legal Theory Research Group entitled "Contemporary Aspects of Relations between Politics and Religion."

 


 

  • Date and time: Saturday, August 1, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
  • Location: Room W101, Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Education and Research Building, Hokkaido University

    (High flexibility with online meetings, see below)

  • Overall theme: Contemporary aspects of the relationship between state and religion.
  • Presenter and topic:
    • Ichiro Ozaki (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, Legal Sociology)

      "Purpose of the joint research"

    • Yoshihide Sakurai (Visiting Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sociology of Religion)

      "Two things hidden in the Yamagami trial"

      --Administrative and judicial inaction and political deference.

    • Keinobu Inaba (Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Sociology of Religion)

      "Disaster Cooperation Between Religious Organizations and Government: Current Situation and Challenges"

 

For more details, please click here. *This link will take you to the website of the Center for Advanced Legal and Political Education and Research, Graduate Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University.