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Regional Policy Program
The dilemmas, problems, and opportunities facing today's regional areas are manifold, and it is only through rigorous analysis and planning that decision makers can arrive at policies that encourage the growth and development of a particular region. The Regional Policy Program is designed to prepare local government professionals to examine and analyze regional problems, devise effective strategies for solving those problems, and guide the implementation of those plans. It teaches public policy knowledge and techniques with an emphasis on regional issues to a target group of junior and mid-career local government officials who will be taking policy initiatives and devising new strategies as the local government executives of the future.
The Program's core courses provide a firm basis for logical thinking and analysis, develop sensitivity to policy problems, and enhance students' planning abilities. The curriculum also includes a Policy Research Seminar and several other courses in which students are exposed to a broad array of issues, skills, knowledge, methods, and techniques. In the Policy Research Seminar, students develop relevant solutions to real-world policy issues facing local governments today. Students prepare a Proposal Paper in which they present their own policy issue responses.
Japanese junior and mid-career local government officials
High-level executive positions in local government
See here (Japanese only).
Regional Policy Program in brief
Trains local government officials to analyze and solve regional problems
Program Director:
Professor Kiyotaka Yokomichi
Associate Director:
Professor Hiroshi Ikawa
Degree Offered:
Master of Policy Studies
Language of Instruction:
Japanese
Program Duration:
1 year
Enrollment:
April
Graduation:
March
Application Deadline:
October, January
Application Result Notification:
November, February
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