SHIMAZAKI, Kenji

• 
  • Position:
    Professor
  • Degree:
    Bachelor (Liberal Arts), University of Tokyo
  Specialty:
  Social Security Law, Health Security Law
• Current Research Interests:
  Health Care Policy, Corporate Pension Policy
• Professional Career:
  

  1993	Associate Professor of Chiba University
  1995	Director of Child Allowance, Ministry of Health and Welfare
  2001	Director of Heath Insurance, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
  2003	Deputy Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
  2007	Professor of GRIPS

• Selected publications:
  Prospects of Home Visit Care, in Japanese, Chyuouhouki, 2008.  (with A. Sato et al.)
  
  “The Development of Health Insurance System for the Elderly and Associated Problem Areas”,
  Papers on the Local Governance System and its Implementation in Selected Fields in Japan No.13, COSLOG, GRIPS, 2009, pp.1-32.
  
  “History and Development of Heath Insurance in Japan”, in Japanese, Endo,H and Ikegami,N (ed) Health Insurance and Reimbursement System, Keiso-syobou,2005,pp.1-53.
  
  “Issues on Financial System Reform viewed from Corporate Pension”, in Japanese, Jurist Supplement 2000-11 ( New Financial System and Law), Yuhikaku,2000, pp.81-87.
  
   “Internal Migration and Social Security”, in Japanese, Chiba University Law Journal, Vo.9,No.3,1995,pp. 75-127.
• Other notable activities:
  Member of Team Health Care Committee, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
• e-mail: shimazaki-kenji