Research crowdfunding campaign for the 6th academist Prize (Humanities & Social Sciences) reached its ¥750,000 goal. The project asks who decides that a nuclear reactor starting up on an uninhabited Moon is "safe", and aims to design verification institutions before the first reactor runs. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported, shared and cheered on the project. The campaign remains open until 29 October.

Poster accepted for the Technical AI Governance Forum 2026, organised by the Cambridge ERA:AI Fellowship and the Oxford AI Governance Initiative (14–15 November, Prince Philip House, London). The second edition of the Forum brings together 180 technical researchers, policymakers and funders working on how technical mechanisms can enable effective governance of increasingly capable AI systems, with a focus on trustworthy auditing, AI verification and AI R&D automation.

Two papers accepted for the 68th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), "Amnesia and Reckoning" (Atlanta, 21–24 March 2027): "Who Decides What 'Under Control' Means? Definitional Authority and the Hollowing of Oversight in a Nuclear Disaster" (panel: Planetary, Catastrophic, and Crisis Governance) and "Who Speaks for Humanity on the Moon? Legitimation Audiences, Translation Devices, and Authority Architecture in Lunar Governance" (panel: Before the Rules Harden: The Struggle to Govern the New Space Order).

Article "Who Speaks for Humanity on the Moon?" accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal International Political Anthropology (IPA).

Selected as an adopted researcher for the 6th academist Prize, Humanities & Social Sciences edition (supported by Infomart). The cohort was unveiled at a launch event on 1 September at Inspired.Lab and online, marking the start of the research crowdfunding campaign.

Presented research at the 26th JAXA Space Science Symposium. Afterwards discussed planetary defence governance with Dr. Makoto Yoshikawa, Hayabusa2 mission manager and head of the JAXA Planetary Defence Team, at the JAXA Space Science Centre.

Presented "Who Speaks for Humanity on the Moon?" at the CCIR Research Symposium 2026, University of Cambridge (30–31 July).

Selected as one of 20 mentees worldwide for the 2026–27 Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme, run by the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) under the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium. Will attend the EUNPDC Annual Conference in Brussels in November 2026.

Selected as one of thirty innovators for the Innovation Cup, a Recruit Holdings hackathon supported by Google Cloud, OpenAI and Indeed, with $70,000 in prizes and accelerations. To be held in Silicon Valley, 25–27 September 2026.

Both entries to the Global Trust Challenge — Govern the Human and Faultline — advanced to the Prototyping phase (80 teams worldwide; 6 from East Asia, two of which are these projects). The Challenge originates from a G7 call to action and is led by the IEEE Standards Association, the OECD, and AI Commons, with UNESCO as a founding partner.

Paper "Naming as Authority: Attribution as Interpretive Authority in Cyber Conflict, and Its Stakes for AI Governance" accepted at Data for Policy 2026 (8–10 September, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in partnership with Cambridge University Press & Assessment).

Served as staff at SPACETIDE 2026, the largest space conference in Asia-Pacific.

SG[Japan] 2026 (Space Generation Advisory Council) held in Tokyo, 4–5 July. As Space Policy Programme Chief, designed the Space Policy Day and its workshops — including a six-actor negotiation on removing non-cooperative debris — and moderated the day.

Selected by JAXA as a delegate to the International Space Education Board (ISEB) at the International Astronautical Congress 2026.

Invited talk at the Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) in Berlin, a community of innovation hubs, makerspaces and grassroots technologists rooted in the Global South.

Three abstracts accepted for the 77th International Astronautical Congress (Antalya, October 2026): "Conditional Openness: How Universalist Language Produces Boundaries in Future Lunar Exploration Governance" (E3); "Mythic Naming as Soft Infrastructure in Competing Lunar Orders: Artemis and Chang'e" (E5); "Dual-Use Neutralisation and Responsible Behaviour Norms in Lunar Infrastructure Governance" (E9).