On Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, GRIPS’ 2024 Graduation Ceremony was held in Soukairou Hall at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and the total of 148 graduating students from 46 countries were conferred their degrees.

[Commencement Speech]

Ms. Yuko Kawamoto, President of the National Personnel Authority

[Dean’s Award]

Doctoral Program
- Disaster Management Program: Illangasingha Sanjeewa Punsiri Bandara (Sri Lanka)

Master’s Program
- Young Leaders Program: Janas Magdalena Agnieszka (Australia)
- One-year Master's Program of Public Policy (MP1)/
Two-year Master's Program of Public Policy (MP2): Perera Gamage Amanda Nishamini (Sri Lanka)
- Macroeconomic Policy Program (One year/ Two years): Islam Touhidul (Bangladesh)
- Public Finance Program: Vanaja Aswathy (India)
- Disaster Management Policy Program: El Hamri Fatima Ezzahra (Morocco)
- Maritime Safety and Security Policy Program: Nakata Shinnosuke (Japan)
- Strategic Studies Program: Sato Kosuke (Japan)

[Valedictory Speech]
Maritime Safety and Security Policy Program: Nakata Shinnosuke (Japan)