The Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal (APLPJ) is a web-based, American legal journal covering issues in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Our objectives are to disseminate legal research by law professors, legal practitioners, social scientists, economists, and students; to increase awareness of legal issues impacting the region and to provide a forum to discuss legal topics that fall within the Journal’s geographic scope. In addition to the web format, the journal is available through the legal databases LexisNexis.
APLPJ publishes articles, translations, book reviews, essays, case notes, and comments on current topics in comparative and transnational law focused on one or more of the following countries or geographic entities: Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region), East Timor, Fiji, Hawai‘i, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam.
2022 – 2023 Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
Executive Board & Staff Editors
Editors-in-Chief
Keoni Williams
Jimmy Nguyen
Executive Editor
Jenna Moriwaki
Executive Publications Editors
Matt Shimabukuro
Jeremy Yamamoto
Managing Editor
Cov Ratcliffe
Staff Editors
Christian Ferrer
Kacey Fujino
Nakoa Gabriel
McKenzie Gallagher
Stephanie Haro-Sevilla
Michelle He
Evan Miyaki
Elyse Nakamoto
Kalina Nguyen Le
Ivette Olivares
Nicole Tabios
Wil Tottori
Senior Editors
Mallorie Aiwohi
Madelyn McKeague
Shannon Wong
Faculty Advisors
Troy Andrade
Garrett Halydier
Mark Levin