IKAWA, Hiroshi

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  • Position:
    Professor, Director of Institute for Comparative Studies in Local Governance
  • Degree:
    BA(Law), University of Tokyo
  • Specialty:
    Local Government, Local Public Finance, Administrative Law
• Current Research Interests:
  Decentralization, Local Government Finance, Comparative Studies in Local Governance, Local Government Reform
• Professional Career:
  

  Joined the Ministry of Home Affairs, 1975

  Director, Hospital Administration Division, Yamagata Prefecture, 1981

  Director, Municipality Division, Yamagata Prefecture, 1984

  Associate Professor, GSPS, Saitama University, 1985

  Deputy Director, Local Public Service Personnel Department, Local Administration Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, 1988

  Director, Research Department, Local Autonomy College, 1990

  Director, Finance and Budget Division, Osaka Prefecture, 1992

  Director, the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), Singapore, 1994

  Professor, Faculty of Law, Hokkaido University, 1999

  Director, Research Office, Japan Center for Cities, 2002

  Visiting Professor, GRIPS, 2002

  Professor, GRIPS, 2004

  Director of Institute for Comparative Studies in Local Governance, GRIPS, 2007

• Selected publications:
  Volume 3 The Development of the Prewar Local Autonomy System (1909 - 1929), Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Local Governance (COSLOG, GRIPS), March 2010.
  
  Trinity Reform of Local Fiscal System in Japan", pp.29-53 (Ichimura, Shinichi and Bahl, Roy (eds.), Decentralization Policies in Asian Development, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, January 2009).
  
  15 Years of Decentralization Reform in Japan, Council of Local Authorities for International Relations （CLAIR）and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Local Governance （COSLOG, GRIPS）, March 2008.
  
  Recent Local Financial System Reform （Trinity Reform）, Council of Local Authorities for International Relations（CLAIR）and The Institute for Comparative Studies in Local Governance （COSLOG, GRIPS）,March 2007
  
  “Responsibility of the central government and securing revenues for policies of local governments I,” in Japanese, Jichi kenkyu (Journal of Local Governance Studies), vol. 82, 10, October 2006.
  
  “Responsibility of the central government and securing revenues for policies of local governments II,” in Japanese, Jichi kenkyu (Journal of Local Governance Studies), vol. 82, 11, November 2006.
  
  The New Local Autonomy Law and autonomy of local governments, in Japanese, Koujin no tomosya, March 2001.
  
• Social contributions:
  Lecturer of Local Autonomy Collage, Japan Academy for Municipal Personnel, Japan Intercultural Academy of Municipalities, etc.