European Union Studies Association-Japan (EUSA-Japan)

The 45th Annual Conference Programme
November 9-10, 2024
Asia University (Tokyo, Musashino)
Day 1: November 9 (Saturday)

Doors open/Registration starts 12:30
Board Meeting

11:00 - 12:45

Plenary Session:
Exploring a Role of EU as a Global Standard-setter
Plenary Session I 13:00-14:50 ( Japanese Session ) : Presentation 30 min & Discussion 20 min
Presenters

TopicsChair

Yoshiharu Ichikawa（University of Tokyo,

Implications of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for Competition Law

Japan Broadcastingand PolicyMidori OkabeCorporation）(SophiaUniversity)

Hisao Tonedachi
New Developments of EU Trade and Sustainability Strategy and(Japan Center for

Challenges as a Normative Power

Economic Research)
Break

14:50-15:00

General Assembly
Plenary Session II
Jean-Eric Paquet（Ambassador
Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of theEU to Japan）
Jim Cloos(Secretary General ofTEPSA , former
Director General at theGeneral Secretariat ofthe Council of theUnion)
Ken Endo(University of Tokyo)

15:00-15:30

15:30-17:50( English Session )15:40-16:15
The EU and Japan Partnership – Working Together as Global
Standard Setters Tamio

16:15-17:00

Nakamura

The EU in a Changing World: Can It Become a Major Global Player(WasedaWhile Preserving Its DNA?

University)

17:00-17:20 Acting as a Commentator
17:20-17:50 Discussion
Reception 18:10-20:00

Day 2: November 10 (Sunday) Doors open/Registration starts 9:30~

Parallel Sessions 10:00 -12:30

Presentation 20 min & Discussion 15 min
Session 1

Mahito Uchida

French Leadership towards European Monetary Union(Seijo University)
Hideki Nishigaki(Sumitomo Mitsui DSAsset Management)
Agata
WIERZBOWSKA(Kobe University)
Satoru Shibazaki(Waseda University)

Estimated Taylor Rules for ECB Monetary Policy

Chairperson:
Kenji Iwata(Kyushu University)

Banking Sector in the EU and Climate Change-related RisksEU Court Preliminary Ruling of 2018 about “Collateral Directive” (C107/17): Ukio bankas Case – Insolvency Proceedings against theCollateral Taker, Postdate Occurrence of the Enforcement Event Session 2Shinji Ayuha(University of Tokyo)
Haruka Takasaki(Toyo Eiwa University)
Izumi Yamamoto

Mid-term Evaluation on EU’s Decarbonization Policy Framework andPolicies Needed
Current Situation and Issues of the “Renovation Wave” Strategy in theEuropean Green Deal

A Study on EU Skill Policies in 2020’s

Chairperson:
Sayuri Ito(NLI ResearchInstitute)(Meijo University)
Soko Tanaka

Trade Policy of the EU: Recent Developments and the EV Industry(Chuo University)
Session 3
Hayata Hori
（Waseda University)

The Ambit and Limits of Regulation Indirect Information Exchange asConcerted Practice under EU Competition Law

Hiroyuki Kurokawa(Kanto-GakuinUniversity)

The Influence of the German Ordo-liberalism on the Formation ofEEC Treaty

Nobuo Nakamura(Waseda University)

Permission of Listing of Shares in SMEs Using MVSS and Appropriate
Legal Safeguards for Majority/Non-controlling Shareholders against
Accompanying Risks in EU

Chie Sato(Meiji University)

Role of EU Marine Spatial Planning Directive for Balancing Ocean Useand the Protection of the Marine Environment

Chairperson:
Junko Ueda
(Aichi University)

Session 4
MA, Zhe(Kobe University)

Evolving from the Brussels Effect: Transformative Shifts in EU Digital
PolicySatoru Namba(Takasaki CityUniversity)

Daisuke Ikemoto:Protection of Unaccompanied Minors and Border Controls in the EU(Meiji GakuinUniversity)

Akio Tamura(Embassy of theKingdom of theNetherlands in Japan)

Could the EU Deter Economic Coercions Employed by Russia?

Session 5
JO, Sam-Sang(Chuo University)
Stephen DAY(Oita University)
Kiyoto Miyamoto(Kobe University)

Rethinking EU Crises: Perspectives, Resilience, and Integration
Dynamics
European Elections 2024: Consequences and Repercussions for thePursuit of ‘Ever Closer Union’

Ariyoshi Ogawa:(Rikkyo University)

The EU Defending Democracy or Tolerating Democratic Backsliding? :A Case Study of National and Local Elections in Serbia in December
2023

Lunch Break and Board Meeting

12:40-13:30

General Assembly(Japanese)

13:35-13:50

Symposium (Japanese Session) 14:00-16:30: This session is open to the public
The EU and the Economic Security

Facilitator:
Presenters
Fumihiko Azuma (Sophia University)
Kazuto Suzuki (University of Tokyo)
Hitoshi Suzuki (International House of Japan)Kaoru Hoshino (Ritsumeikan University)

Yuichi Hosoya
Keio University