Lecture by Prof. Yokomichi                           Saitama Prefectural Police
                                                                            Communications Command Room

GRIPS conducted training programs in response to a request from the King Prajadhipok’s

Institute (KPI) in Thailand. Sessions took place on December 13th, 2010 for national

parliament members,high-ranking officials in the government and executives of private

companies in Thailand. On December 13th, 36 trainees headed by Associate Professor

Woothisarn Thanchai (Deputy Secretary General of KPI) visited GRIPS and attended

a lecture on “Local Autonomy in Japan” by Professor Kiyotaka Yokomichi in the morning,

and visited Saitama Prefecture in the afternoon. At Saitama Prefecture, they visited

prefectural police communications command room and attended a lecture about

Saitama Prefectural Administration given by officials of Saitama Prefecture.