On Friday, September 12th, 2025, GRIPS’ 2025 Graduation Ceremony was held in Soukairou Hall at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and the total of 175 graduating students from 49 countries and regions were conferred their degrees.

[Commencement Speech]

Ms. Yoshie Nakatani, Special Advisor to the Ambassador, Embassy of Paraguay in Japan

[Dean’s Award]

Doctoral Program
- Disaster Management Program: Md Shahinur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Master’s Program
- Young Leaders Program: Prince Erin Isla Jane (Australia)
- One-year Master's Program of Public Policy (MP1)/
Two-year Master's Program of Public Policy (MP2): Nepomuceno Samantha Louise Sincioco (the Philippines)
- Macroeconomic Policy Program (One year/ Two years): Kathuria Pushkar (India)
- Public Finance Program: Ndunda Victor Muli (Kenya)
- Economics, Planning and Public Policy Program: Ahmad Thoifur (Indonesia)
- ASEAN Initiatives Program: PeeOn Sem (Cambodia)
- Disaster Management Policy Program: Robin Md Ilias (Bangladesh)
- Maritime Safety and Security Policy Program: Singh Balwinder (India)
- Strategic Studies Program: Go Yonezawa (Japan)

[Valedictory Speech]
 Strategic Studies Program: Kentaro Sakabe (Japan)