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Yasuyuki Kawabata

Dean of Department of International and Business Law
Graduate School of International Social Sciences
Yokohama National University

Welcome to Department of International and Business Law, Yokohama National University and to our website. I hope you visit often to learn more about latest information on our faculty, students and alumni.

With long history and enough experience, articled academic community, accomplished students and distinguished alumni, the Department of International and Business Law offers an exceptional environment in which you can study law and politics.

Department of International and Business Law is a community dedicated to academic experience and education of our students. We provide our students the insights, confidence, skills and the courage to find fulfillment in the law and politics. At our Department, faculty and students as well as short-time visitors join together to develop unique academic community of intellectual thoughts-exchange.

Our faculty consists of leading scholars of law, politics, development assistance, as well as articled practitioners in various areas of law and politics. More than thirty full-time professors are involved in the Department’s educational activities each year. Dozens of adjunct lecturers, visiting professors including practicing lawyers are also part of our academic team. They contribute to developing your scholarly study of law and politics, providing you with an education that will lead to your high performance after graduation. Conferences and events are planned throughout the year, showing you exceptional opportunity to accept academic thoughts.

In addition to our native field of Law and Politics, We prepare cross-discipline research and educational activities. Our Department belongs to the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University. Faculty and students of our Department keep close research relationship with other academic disciplines, such as Business Management, Financial Accounting, Economics, and exchange views to each others.

As Dean of our Department, I look forward to welcoming you to Yokohama and having you join our students in academic study and research activities. I am deeply committed to maintaining and developing our tradition of world-class scholarship and education.



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