RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY

Policy science research requires the integration of a wide range of academic knowledge in order to look holistically at policy issues, analyze their root causes, and develop appropriate policy-based solutions. At the Graduate School of Policy Science we take a problem-solving approach to formulating visions for the future while ensuring that students obtain the appropriate methodological skills that enable them to excel in their analysis. We equip students in the program to operate within the business domain through training in negotiation and networking, in the public domain through fieldwork research, and in the NPO-NGO domain by providing students with numerous opportunities to interact with such organizations.

While problem resolution requires skills in collecting information, analysis, drafting practical solutions, decision making, implementing policies, and evaluating results, we ensure that students also acquire a variety of general skills including the following:

• The improvement of foreign language abilities in order to grasp issues from a global perspective and propel policy based on an understanding of international society.
• Skills in information technology that will allow them to exchange information and communicate regardless of nationality, place, and time.
• The skill of pursuing practical solutions through summarizing ideas, expressing their opinions clearly through presentations, and discussing with those who have differing opinions and ideas through debate.

Chancellor

Professor MIKAMI Takahiro Ph.D.	Research Field:Administrative Law

Academic Staff for English Program

TAKAO Katsuki	Professor	Research on contemporary Japanese economy
KANEGAE Hidehiko	Professor	Planning Science and Technology
NAKAMURA Shuzo	Professor	International Economics, Development Economics
MURAYAMA Hiroshi	Professor	Politics
TABAYASHI Yo	Professor	Feminist Theory Cultural Studies American Literature
YOSHIMURA Teruhiko	Professor	Public Administration
OTSUKA Yoko	Associate Professor	Welfare Policy, Gender Studies
NAKAMURA Akinori	Associate Professor	International Business, Business Strategy, Organization Culture
KOSUGI Takanobu	Associate Professor	Technology Development Policy for Environment

Academic Staff for Japanese Program Only

ISHIHARA Kazuhiko	Professor	Urban Planning, Residential Environmental Planning
OBATA Norio	Professor	Social System Engineering
KATSUMURA Makoto	Associate Professor	Local Politics, Modern History of Japan
KISHI Michio	Professor	Administrative and Fiscal Reform Public Management
KISHIMOTO Tatsuo	Professor	International Finance, Energy Policy, Medical Policy
SATOH Mitsuru	Professor	Political Process
SHIGEMORI Tamihiro	Professor	Politics, History of Philosophy, Ethics
ZHOU Weisheng	Professor	Energy and Environmental Policy
TAKADA Susumu	Professor	City Planning and Building Planning
TONEGAWA Koichi	Professor	System Simulation, Management Information System
HATTORI Toshiyuki	Professor	Management of Knowledge, Management Accounting, Environmental Preservation
HIRAO Hideo	Professor	English Linguistics, English Applied Linguistics
HIRAOKA Kazuyuki	Professor	Local Public Finance, Regional Economy
HOSOI Koichi	Professor	Business Administration, Information System
HONDA Yutaka	Professor	Economic Policy, Econometrics
MIKAMI Tatsuya	Professor	Computer Network, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence
YASUE Noriko	Professor	Politics, Public Law, International Law
YAMANE Hiroshi	Professor	Contemporary German Literature, Modern Japanese Culture
YAMAMOTO Ryuji	Professor	Civil Law
INABA Mitsuyuki	Associate Professor	Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Software Engineering
MIYAWAKI Noboru	Associate Professor	International Public Policy, International Politics
MORI Takatomo	Associate Professor	Electronic Measurements, Control Engineering
MORI Hiroyuki	Associate Professor	Public Finance, Urban Political Economy, Local Public Finance
FUJII Tadasuke	Associate Professor	Public Administration Study