News & Announcements
International Festival (Open Day) 2025 Coming soon! Saturday May 24th
IUJ invites you to its annual Open Day event, International Festival 2025.
This year, food booth is back to open and students will serve their home countries foods.
Enjoy our international community where students from over 60 countries and regions gather.
International Festival 2025 (Open Day)
📅 Saturday May 24th, 2025
🕑 2 PM – 6 PM
🏫 IUJ Campus (Minamiuonuma, Niigata)
FOOD BOOTH
2:00PM – close when all sold out
Taste world foods – our students’ specialties of their home countries
Cooking Teams：
Bhutan / Ghana/ India/ Indonesia/ Japan/ Laos/ Mongolia/ Nigeria/ Pacific Community/ Pakistan/ Sierra Leone/ Sri Lanka/ Tajikistan/ Uganda/ Uzbekistan/Vietnam
STAGE EVENT
2:30PM – 6:00PM
Enjoy the beautiful display of cultures – our students’ amazing singing and dancing performances with home songs
Performance Teams：
African community/Egypt/India/Japan/Laos/Latin America/Myanmar/Philippines/Thailand/Taiwan/Timor Leste/Vietnam
※ For those unable to come on sight, the stage performance will be streamed live on YouTube.
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Contact:
Office of Student Service
025-779-1435
Special Seminar: International Challenges of Japanese MNCs vs. Chinese and Russian Companies, Organized by IRI
The IRI Special Seminar on March 13th, 2025
We were honored to host a mini symposium at IUJ on March 13th, featuring three distinguished guest speakers:
Professor Ralf Bebenroth (Kobe University)
Professor Takuma Kobayashi (Matsuyama University)
Professor Victor Gorshkov (University of Niigata Prefecture)
During this IRI special seminar, they shared fascinating research on the challenges faced by Japanese, Chinese, and Russian multinational corporations (MNCs) in today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) global environment.
Seminar Highlights:
🕒 Introduction by Yingying Zhang, IUJ Research Institute Director
🕒 Prof. Bebenroth: “Corporate Governance Scores: Japanese Acquirers and its Impact on M&A Premium Payments”
🕒 Prof. Kobayashi: “Will Manufacturing Industries Move out of China? An Analysis on the Upgrading of China’s Industrial Structure”
🕒 Prof. Gorshkov: “Internationalization of Russian Financial Multinationals Amid International Sanctions”
The event concluded with an informal social gathering where students and guest speakers engaged in enriching discussions.
Thank you to everyone who participated! Stay tuned for more inspiring seminars at IUJ—your chance to explore a world of ideas.
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Hobbes the Critic of Empire? Questioning the Foundations of International Law by Prof. Joorahm Kim
We were thrilled to welcome Prof. Joorahm Kim to our recent IRI Lunch Seminar series.
Prof. Kim, an IUJ faculty member and PhD graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shared fascinating insights from his research on international law.
His presentation delved into Hobbes’ engagement with the “New World,” challenging the perception of Hobbes as a Eurocentric political theorist.
Prof. Kim examined Hobbes’ critique of Grotius on natural law and sovereignty, shedding light on Hobbes’ rejection of universal natural law as a basis for European intervention.
We look forward to hosting more engaging seminars on a wide range of topics in the future and encourage everyone to participate.
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Office of Research Institute
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