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Public Economics Program--------------------------------------

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Asian Public Policy Program------------------------------------

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Course ListingPrinciple
There is an increase in the need to foster specialized skills necessary for professional
work in today’s society where competition has intensified on the personal, business,
national, regional and international level. Moreover, the fluidity of employment
has changed the career formation in which new graduates used to be trained
through company education. Hence, there is demand for graduate schools of social
sciences to train specialists and professionals based on the feedback from society andpractice.

The establishment of a professional graduate school reflects such demand.

In addition, the demand for the improvement in specialized and practical skills has
also increased for better formulation and implementation of international and public
policies in international organizations, national governments, local governments and
NGO/NPOs. Policies that are designed from the perspective of one country or one
region are insufficient in this globalized era. Against the backdrop of questions being
raised on the role and responsibility of the public sector, it has become necessary tonurture future leaders with advanced and specialized analytical skills with a wide
range of knowledge in law, economics and international relations. Moreover, in theage of meritocracy, an individual’s true ability is being tested in an organization.
In order to adapt to these changes, our university has established a professional
graduate school, School of International and Public Policy, in collaboration with the
Graduate School of Law and Economics, and aims to foster leaders that are able toidentify relevant public policy problems and find their solutions. In achieving thisgoal, we will be guided by the following four basic principles.

Basic Principle 1: Professional education based on the foundation of state-of-the-art
research
Hitotsubashi University has achieved many accomplishments concerning researchon public policy and has created an excellent research environment in Japan. In thefield of economic analysis, our project, ‚Normative Evaluation and Social Choices inContemporary Economic System‛, was selected as the 21st century COE Program.
This project is contributing to the formation of a centre for research on economic
institutions and policy. Moreover, the ‚Asian Public Policy Program‛ that started in2000 has been conducting specialized education to improve policy-making anddecision-making abilities of international students, selected mainly from the public
sector of Asian countries, and has steadily achieved tangible results.
In the fields of pubic law and global governance, we have advanced research on
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governance principle, administrative reform, policies on environment, science, andtechnology, and business tax system. Moreover, we have achieved notable results not
only as a centre for research on theories, history, and legal institutions ofinternational society, but also by actively proposing policies concerning international
relations. Furthermore, our university was chosen as the academic centre for EU
Institute in Japan (EUIJ), the first of its kind in Asia, which was initiated andsupported by the European Commission. In April 2009, EU Studies Institute (EUSI)
succeeded EUIJ and continues to hold a variety of programs and conferences on EU
studies.
Founded on the above basic principle, the objective of the School of International andPublic Policy is, first and foremost, to bridge the gap between the latest research on
domestic and international public policy and their practice, and to promptly address
problems and issues that arise in practice in our education and research activity.
More specifically, the program aims to conduct an advanced education for
professionals through the collaboration with practitioners on challenges in the fieldsof governance system reform, macro financial and monetary policies, taxation
system, social welfare, local government finance, policies on environment, science,and technology, the UN and regional conflict and reconstruction assistance, Japan’s
ODA policies, and economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Basic Principle 2: Foster leadership with multiple viewpoints through cross-cutting
analysis
Public policy is a multi-dimensional process. After a complex political process,policy –proposals are made based on scientific analysis, institutionalized as treaties,
laws and ordinances, and then implemented. Therefore, the policy and decision
makers in international organizations, national and local governments and
NGO/NPOs must have general knowledge of law, international relations andeconomics, as well as advanced and specialized knowledge in a certain field.
Nurturing such policy/decision makers is consistent with the tradition of
Hitotsubashi University, a school that has strived to ‚Integrate Social Sciences‛ as its
mission and has produced many professionals with specialized knowledge
grounded on a broad understanding of social science.
The 2nd basic principle of the School of International and Public Policy is to place anemphasis on the cross-cutting aspect of policy research among law, international
relations and economics. In order to realize this principle, not only does the
program offer interdisciplinary courses, but also accept cross admissions, namely,
graduates from the Faculty of Economics into our International and Public2Administration course and graduates from the Faculty of Law or International
Relations to our Public Economics course. Moreover, the program offers lecturesthat analyze one policy issue from various different perspectives including law,international relations and economics.

Basic Principle 3: Emphasis on multi-faceted and practical policy analysis
The 3rd basic principle of the School of International and Public Policy is to aim for
multi-faceted and practical policy analysis. To do so, the program will train
students’ ability to evaluate the effects of policies from the practical point of view, bycollaborating with not only practitioners and staff members of governmentorganizations but also international organizations, local governments, privatecompanies, economic associations, think-tanks and NGO/NPOs.
The program also emphasizes the improvement in practical ability to analyze thesubject matter, including the structure of international society, the process of
diplomatic negotiation, domestic legal institutions and legislative process, and thecircumstances and policy effect of national and international economy. To do so,students will be encouraged to initiate a project on policy effects and will be guided
by faculty members to acquire a practical sense of policy formulation andimplementation. Furthermore, the program also places an emphasis on the
re-education of professionals with previous work experiences, and will offer a
stimulating environment that will foster new perspectives among the students.

Basic Principle 4: Foster leaders that will play an active role in the world and build a
research centre in the Asia-Pacific region
The 4th basic principle of the School of International and Public Policy is tocollaborate with overseas policy research institutes in the fields research andeducation. The university aims to form a research and education centre forinternational and public policies in the Asia-Pacific region by incorporating the‚Asian Public Policy Program‛ (originally a Master’s course for Graduate School forInternational Corporate Strategy) and the ‚Asia-Pacific International Relations
Program‛ (originally a part of the Graduate
School of Law) into the School of Internationaland Public Policy. The school is accepting
many international students from the countriesof the Asia-Pacific region to train future leadersin the region. To do so, the school conducts
classes in English for international students.
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The school also trains Japanese students so that they will be able to analyze policies
from a global perspective and to become leaders that will play an active role in theworld.
Based on these four basic principles, the School of International and Public Policy
aims to foster leaders with the following qualities: Firstly, individuals who havelearnt the analytical methods of either law, international relations and economics asprofessionals of public policy; secondly, those who can understand the analyticalmethodology of related professional fields so as to be able to respond to complex
issues; thirdly, individuals who can conduct policy analysis and make practicalpolicy proposals, in domestic and foreign government activities or the local society,and have the ability to persuade others that their proposals should be implemented
as actual policy; lastly, leaders who will play an active role in policy-making in theworld.
Some of the career paths for graduates of this program are civil servants in Japanese
local and central government, international civil servants in the U.N., World Bank,and IMF, as well as economic associations, think tanks, NGO/NPOs, and private
sector companies. Moreover, possible career paths for international students
include government organizations in their home countries. The objective of thisprogram is to create opportunities so that graduates can contribute to policy making
from a wide range of careers.

4Characteristics

1. Program
As shown in Fig. 1, the School of International and Public Policy consists of 2
courses: the ‚International and Public Administration Course‛ that places anemphasis on an approach mainly from law and international relations, and the‚Public Economics Course‛ which is based on economics. Each of these twocourses is divided into two programs, ‚Public Law‛ and ‚Global Governance‛, and‚Public Economics‛ and ‚Asian Public Policy,‛ respectively.
Figure 1: Program and Number of Students Accepted
CourseInternational and Public Administration

ProgramPublic Law

Global Governance

DegreeMaster of International and
Administrative Policy

Duration of
ProgramFor

2 years

General,Mid-career students,
International students

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1 yearMid-career students

15

Public Economics
Public Economics

Asian Public Policy

Master of Public Policy

Students accepted
15(only Mid-career
students)

The Asian Public Policy Program is a program offered mainly to international
students working for public sectors in Asian countries. All of the classes are
conducted in English, and students will need to complete 2 years of education to
obtain a Professional Master’s degree. On the other hand, mid-career students withprevious work experiences can obtain a Professional Master’s degree in 1 year fromthe other 3 programs. The Global Governance Program is a program that has many
international students and most of the classes are conducted in English. The
number of students accepted for each program is shown in Fig. 1, and separate
entrance exams are conducted for each program.
The primary students we have in mind are mid-career students who are working as
national, local, and international civil servants, staff of government relatedorganizations, NGO/NPOs and think-tanks, as well as newly graduated students
who wish to work in these organizations in the future. Regardless of their career,
however, those students that have strong interests in public policies and wish to
study in depth are of course all welcome.
2. Characteristics in Education and Research
Next, we would like to explain some of the characteristics of education and research5

at the School of International and Public Policy at the Hitotsubashi University.
(1) Small classes that facilitate the close relationship between students andinstructors
The number of students accepted to the School of International and Public Policy is
55 every year. We do our best to select a good balance of new graduates, mid-career
students and international students, in hopes that new and innovative discussions
can be facilitated on various policy issues through the exchange of opinions among
different groups. One of the traditions of Hitotsubashi University is the close
relationship between professors and students. We continue this tradition at the
School of International and Public Policy. We feel that having small classes is amust to foster and train true professionals in policy and decision making.
(2) Rich curriculum offered both in English and Japanese
The characteristic of the courses at the School of International and Public Policy isthat we offer a variety of lectures both in English and in Japanese. The wide rangeof lectures given in English is something that you will not see in other graduate
schools in public policy. Students who have been recognized to have a certain
degree of English ability can register for these English courses. Moreover, ouruniversity hosts many seminars and symposiums conducted in English whichanyone can participate in. They offer students an opportunity to think about policy
issues in English. We hope that students actively participate in many of the lecturesand seminars offered in English.
(3) Education aimed for the synthesis of law, international relations and economics
At the School of International and Public Policy at Hitotsubashi University, we take amulti-dimensional approach to various policy issues, based on the framework of law,international relations and economics. While students are required to select a majoror program they wish to study in order to specialize in a particular field, they arealso recommended to study and become familiar with various other approaches.
As part of the curriculum the program offers subjects called ‚cross-program
subjects‛ taught jointly by faculty members from different academic fields, wherestudents and faculty members are given the opportunity to discuss policies fromvarious perspectives.
(4) Policy research based on collaboration with the government and private sector
One of the other traditions at Hitotsubashi University is the strong relations with theprivate sector. In line with this tradition, the School of International and Public
Policy conducts education and research on policy through collaboration with not
only government but also private organizations. With the help of various
6organizations of the private sector, the program offers relay lectures by guest
speakers from private think-tanks, and provides professional training throughinternship or consulting projects in order to foster leaders that can analyze policies
from the perspective of the private sector.
(5) Formation of educational and research centre in the Asia-Pacific region
Needless to say, cooperation with countries in the Asia-Pacific region is important forJapan. Our university has promoted activities for the establishment of an education
and research centre in the Asia-Pacific region through two educational programs,‚Program in International and Asia-Pacific Region‛ which comprises the core of the
Global Governance Program, and the ‚Asian Public Policy Course‛ which comprises
the core of the Asian Public Policy Program, by facilitating interaction with scholars
and students from this important region. These two programs have now been
integrated into the School of International and Public Policy at Hitotsubashi
University, which continues to promote activities to facilitate the formation of acentre for research and education.

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Campus

There are two campuses for the School of International and Public Policy at
Hitotsubashi University. One is the Kunitachi campus, which is located in a quiet
suburban neighborhood. The other is the Kanda campus, which is near the
Imperial Palace in the center of Tokyo. Both campuses are strategically very
important for the university.
First, some words on the Kunitachi campus. The administration office and lecturerooms for the School of International and Public Campus are located in the Mercury
Tower on the East side of the campus. This rather new building that was designed
for graduate students and scholars embodies the function and atmosphere forprofessional education. The Kunitachi campus offers an intellectual environment
appropriate for students and scholars to consider and discuss policy issues,
including the university library which exceeds other libraries in the country in thecollection of social sciences.
Let us now turn to the Kanda campus. This campus primarily offers English
lectures on public policy for students enrolled in the Asian Public Policy Program. Its
location is very convenient when the Program invites practitioners from publicorganizations for seminars and lectures.
It is our hope that the two campuses of Hitotsubashi University, the calm and quiet
Kunitachi campus and the Kanda campus near the city center, will offer a great
environment for students who wish to study at our university.

8Curriculum

1. Basic Structure
The courses that are offered are classified into four categories, ‚basic subjects,‛ ‚core
subjects,‛ ‚applied subjects,‛ and ‚case studies‛. First, the ‚basic subjects‛ consistof compulsory courses that students must complete for policy analysis. Upon
learning the ideas and theories in the basic subjects, students are then able to take the‚core subjects‛ in order to study about the basic issues and problems concerning
policies. Moreover, students will be able to learn about policy issues in depth andon a wider scale through the ‚applied courses‛. Lastly, students will be able toobtain the ability to analyze and evaluate policies through the theories and analyticalmethodology learnt from the other courses using real case studies from the ‚casestudies‛ courses.
Figure 2: Basic Structure of IPP Curriculum
Professional Trainings
Internship

Case Studies:

Workshops

Consulting Project

Learn how to analyze and evaluate policies

Applied Course: Work on specialized issues of Public Policies

Core Subjects： Work on basic issues of Public Policies

Basic Subjects： Learn fundamental theories
Technical Trainings

Furthermore, as a professional graduate school, the School of International andPublic Policy offers professional training as well as technical training (academic
training) through the lectures mentioned above. Such training is offered throughworkshops, as shown in Fig. 2. These workshops offer students various skills
necessary to play an active role in society, such as presentation techniques,
techniques for facilitating stimulating discussion and deliberation, as well as writing
abilities to summarize the themes that are given to them. In other words, the goalof professional training is to improve communication skills, that is, the ability tolisten to others and present one’s opinion.
92. Conditions for Registration
This section will explain the general outline concerning the necessary conditions forregistration in order to obtain a professional Master’s degree.
First, the number of the credits required to obtain a professional Master’s degree is
44 credits. ‚Credits‛ in general are calculated as ‚2 credits‛ for the ‚completion ofa half-year course that takes place once a week‛.
In addition to this credit requirement, each program also requires the completion of
the designated ‚compulsory courses‛ and ‚elective courses‛.
‚Compulsory
courses‛ are courses that everyone must complete in order to graduate. ‚Elective
courses‛ refer to courses that students can choose from to fulfill the designatedamount of credits. Students can choose the electives of their choice according totheir research interests.
The conditions mentioned above are applicable both technical and professional
training, and students are required to balance out their courses so that they receive
both training.
As a general principle, the School of International and Public Policy does not require
students to write a Master’s thesis. However, they are required to write a research
paper or policy report as a part of the professional
training for each program.
This is because
graduates of the School of International and Public
Policy are expected to write a quality report directly
related to policies, as well as to have abilities toapply what they have learned through technicaltraining to real life policy issues.
3. Characteristics of the Curriculum
The School of International and Public Policy provides a multi-dimensional
approach to various policy issues. While students are required to select a major orprogram they wish to study in order to specialize in a particular field, they are also
recommended to study and become familiar with various other approaches. As
part of the curriculum, we offer courses called ‚cross-program subjects‛ taught
jointly by faculty members from different academic fields, where students andfaculty members are given the opportunity to discuss policies from various
perspectives.

10Figure 3 shows the conceptual model of the curriculum of the School of Internationaland Public Policy. As indicated in this figure, ‚cross-program subjects‛ are offered
where the 3 academic fields of law, international relations and economics overlap.

Figure 3： Integrated Discipline and Cross-program Subjects

NGO/NPO Studies
Comparative Foreign Policies
EU Studies
International Human Rights Law･･････International Relations
International Political Economy
International Economy and Finance

Cross-program Subjects

Economics

Law

Policy Decision Process
Global Environment and Developmental Assistance････････

Theory and Principle of Taxation
Administration and Public Finance
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Public Law Program

General Outline
The Public Law Program aims to promote the professional and practicalunderstanding of public law among students, and has taken on the mission to send
leaders with the ability to form legal policies to the national and local government.
More precisely, we aim to send leaders and talented individuals that have theexcellent ability to analyze legal policies and propose legal policies for legislation in
the fields of human rights, environment, information and administration. We also
aim to foster pioneers of legal policies in this global era that have the sense of
publicness for today’s trend in national government and local governments that isconstantly being affected by globalization.

General Outline of the Curriculum【Courses】
The curriculum of the Public Law Program is divided into four categories, including‚Basic Courses‛, ‚Core Courses‛, ‚Applied Courses‛, and ‚Case Studies &Workshop‛ like other programs at School of International and Public Policy. The
courses in the different categories will be explained in detail in the following.
< Basic Courses >‚Basic Courses‛ consist of courses that students can learn the basics of public law.
Students will learn the basic theories in constitutional law, administrative law andpublic administration, and obtain the necessary and basic knowledge to conduct
policy analysis and make policy proposals. Through these courses, students will beable to obtain a clearer image about what publicness and legal policies are.
< Core Courses >After students learn about the formation of legal policies, they will advance to more
specialized courses. These courses are the ‚Core Courses‛. The knowledge obtained
through the Basic Courses and the reinforcement of specialized knowledge willcertainly be an extremely powerful tool for policy proposal and analysis.

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< Applied Courses >After studying the ‚Core Courses‛ and obtaining basic and professional knowledge,
students will be taught how to use such knowledge. To do so, it is necessary to knowwhat kind of legal policies exist, how they are formed, and what kind of problems
exist. In other words students must know the actual situation of policy proposal andhow they are evaluated. Students will know how to apply the knowledge that they
have learnt. The objective of these courses is to instill the ability to apply theirknowledge to real world situation.
< Case Studies and Workshops >Students will analyze case studies of real life legal policies, and attempt to evaluate
policies, or to make a policy proposal. After proposing a policy, students need topersuade others through a convincing presentation. We offer courses in this categorythat enable students to learn such skills, that is, how to write policy proposals andhow to develop persuasive arguments.
< Cross-program Courses, Common Courses >The Public Law Program offers interdisciplinary and cross-cutting courses incollaboration with other programs, because it is not enough to take courses in publiclaw when actually proposing and evaluating legal policies in real situation. These
courses are called the cross-program courses and common courses.
One of the characteristics of the global era is the diminishing lines between domestic
and international issues. Issues that seem to relate to the proposal of domestic legal
policies may actually relate to issues to governance at the global level. This is also
true for economic issues such as finance and taxation. For example, in order to drafta law concerning finance, one must have knowledge on finance. Moreover, in orderto propose legal policies concerning pension issues, an issue that has received muchattention in recent years, one must have knowledge on social insurance.
In order to adapt to such situation, the Public Law Program offers Cross-program
courses as well as Common Courses for students in the International and
Administrative course.

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Faculty Members
Takahashi, Shigeru
Professor, School of International and Public Policy (IPP), Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Administrative Law
He received his Ph.D. in Law from Hitotsubashi University in 1993.
His recent work includes Commentary of Administrative Procedure Act , 2006,
and Policy Proposal-Grund Design of the Public Records Act in Japan , 2007.

Komari, Akihiko
Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Taxation
He graduated from Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo in 1982.

Hirano, Takashi
Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Local Autonomy and Public Administration
He graduated from Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo in 1984.

Tsuji, Takuya
Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Politics and Public Administration
He received his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies of Social Sciences from the
University of Tokyo in 1994.

Shishido, George
Associate Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Constitutional Law
He graduated from Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo in 1997.

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Global Governance Program

General Outline
The objective of the Global Governance Program is to foster talented individuals
with specialized knowledge in such fields as international relations, history ofinternational relations and international law, and to train individuals that will play
an active role in the government, international organizations and NGOs, based on an
educational program that concentrates on international relations. There is anincrease in the sectors engaged in activities beyond national borders, and a
dynamism has appeared in international politics to form a new order or create aconflict. On the one hand, a horizontal connection in the form of a global civilsociety has advanced, while, on the other, a ‚dark dynamism‛ that brought about
conflicts such as the ‚9.11 terrorist attack‛ has developed; therefore, it is necessary
foster people, with new ideas, who could respond to such changes and become
actively involved in conflict resolution, international security, human security andinternational regional cooperation. The Global Governance Program aims to foster
true globalists that can play an active role in this changing world.

General Outline of the Curriculum【Courses】
One of the unique characteristics of the Global Governance Program is that many of
the classes are conducted in English. There may be some problems with placing too
much emphasis on English, but in order to become an individual who can play anactive role in the world, it is necessary to have a good command of the English
language.
The courses are divided into 4 categories, including ‚Basic Courses,‛ ‚Core
Courses,‛ ‚Applied Courses,‛ and ‚Case Studies/Workshops,‛ which are the same asother programs at School of International and Public Policy. The courses in the
different categories will be explained in more detail in the following.
< Basic Courses >First, the ‚Basic Courses‛ are provided so that students can learn the basic theories
of international relations. The objective of these courses is for students to learn
about the complex situation of the world and acquire basic knowledge through thetheories of international relations, historical trends in international relations, and therole of international law and legal norms. Another aim is to provide classes in15

which students can think about general global issues. Through the Basic Courses,
students will be able to obtain a clearer image about the current situation ofinternational politics and international relations.
< Core Courses >After obtaining a clear image of the current international relations and international
politics in the basic courses, students are then asked to obtain knowledge and themethod to think about more specialized issues. The ‚Core Courses‛ have been
established for this purpose. In order to propose policies for global governance, theknowledge obtained through the basic courses and the reinforcement of specialized
knowledge will certainly be an extremely powerful tool for policy proposal andpolicy analysis.
< Applied Courses >After studying the ‚Core Courses,‛ students will be taught specialized knowledge
that directly links to policy proposal and how to use this skill. To do so, it isnecessary to know what kinds of problems exist in international relations, what kindof policies can be established, and the effects of such policies. Students will know
how to apply the knowledge that they have learnt, and will become familiar with themore complex aspects of current issues in international relations.
< Case Studies and Workshops >Most of the courses mentioned above help students obtain knowledge and thethinking process of how to use such knowledge. In order to become a professional ininternational public policy making for global governance, it is necessary to train
students to find answers to international issues by themselves, as if they were theactual parties concerned through the past and present case studies. Moreover,students will need to be able to explain their policy proposals to others, and convince
them of the effectiveness of policy prescriptions in the proposals and their feasibility.
Therefore, faculty members including practitioners have established someomnibus-type courses of ‚Case Studies‛ and ‚Workshops.‛

Faculty Members
Oshiba, Ryo
Professor, School of International and Public Policy (IPP), Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Politics, International Relations
Oshiba received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. He was a
Visiting Fellow at University of Oxford and Princeton University. He is the author of16

Political Economy of International Organizations (1994), Introduction to International
Political Economy (co-author, 1996), American Democracy Analyzed: Its Universality,
Uniqueness, and Interweaving Influences (co-edited with Chieko Kitagawa Otsuru,
2000), and Pearl Harbour as Memory (co-editor with Chihiro Hosoya and Akira Iriye,2004).

Kawasaki, Kyoji
Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: International Law
He is the author of the following articles: ‚Draft Articles on State Responsibility
Adopted by the International Law Commission in 2001: A Brief Overview‛,
Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and Politics, Vol.30, 2002, pp.35-55, ‚The Content and
Implementation of the International Responsibility of States: Some Remarks on the
Draft Articles on State Responsibility Adopted by the ILC's Drafting Committee in2000‛ Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and Politics, Vol.29, 2001, pp.25-40, ‚The ‘Injured
State’ in the International Law of State Responsibility‛, Hitotsubashi Journal of Law
and Politics, Vol.28, 2000, pp.17-31.

Yamada, Atsushi
Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: International Political Economy
Yamada received his Ph.D. in law from Hitotsubashi University. He was a grantee ofFulbright Graduate Studies scholarship at Columbia University (1991-93). His major
publications include Neo-Techno-Nationalis: Technology and International Relations in an
Age of Glocalization (yuhikaku, 2001, in Japanese), ‚Glocalization and theTransformation of the State‛ International Relations, no. 124, (2000, in Japanese).

Akiyama, Nobumasa
Associate Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: International Relations
He received his M.A. in international relations from Cornell University. He was asenior research fellow at Japan Institute of International Affairs. He is the author of‚Human Security at the Crossroad: Human Security in the Japanese Foreign Policy
Context,‛(in Hideaki Shinoda and Ho-Won Jeong eds., Conflict and Human Security:
A Search for New Approaches of Peace-building (Hiroshima: Institute for Peace
Science, University of Hiroshima, 2004), ‛The Socio-Political Roots of Japan’s Nuclear
Posture‛ (in Benjaimin L. Self and Jeffery W. Thompson eds., Japan’s Nuclear Option:
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Security, Politics, and Policy in the 21st Century (Washington, D.C.: The Henry L.
Stimson Center, 2003).

Kwon, Yongseok
Associate Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: International History
He was born in Seoul, Korea in 1970, and received his Ph.D. in law from
Hitotsubashi University. He is the author of the ‚Asian Diplomacy" of the Kishi
Administration: the Paradox of “Asianism” and “Autonomous Diplomacy toward theUnited States (Kokusaishoin, 2008, in Japanese), Contemporary History of Nationalism ofJapan, China, Korea（co-author, Nihonkeizaihyoronsha, 2006, in Japanese）, “The
Repartriation of Koreans in Japan and Korea-Japan Relations,” The Hitotsubashi Journalof Law and International Studies, Vol.6 No.1, 2007(in Japanese), “The 1958 Lebanon
Crisis and “Fujiyama Diplomacy””, The Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and International
Studies, Vol.6 No.2, 2007 (in Japanese).

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Public Economics Program

General Outline
The Goal of the Public Economics Program is to train students so that they acquire
skills in:
1. analyzing, explaining and evaluating various policy issues in tax system, social
security system, local public finance, and other areas of public policies, based on
clear understanding of economics; and2. designing and implementing public policies to improve the quality of our life
under the resource constraint of our society.
The Public Economics Program is a master program consisting of two-year programand one-year mid-career program. In the two-year program, we train students who
intend to work as professional policy analysts and policy makers in, for example, thenational government, local governments, NGOs, NPOs, research institutes, andinternational organizations.
In the one-year mid-career program, we target mid-career people who have working
experience in some public policy issues and hope to brush up their skills in policy
analysis and policy making.
The Master of Public Policy will be awarded to the students who successfullycomplete at least 44 credits of graduate study and meet other requirements.

General Outline of the Curriculum
Economics has become an indispensable tool for public policies, but students have to
study economics systematically in order to become capable of using economics as atool for policy making. Thus, we adopt a curriculum for the students to study it
step-by-step. In the first semester of the first year, the students of both two-year
program and one-year program have to take ‚basic subjects‛ in microeconomics,
macroeconomics, econometrics, and public economics. All of these are compulsory
courses that every student of the public economics program is requires to completein order to graduate and all these courses are quite intensive.

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After finishing these ‚basic subjects‛, students are ready to choose courses of theirinterest, out of a large variety of ‚applied subjects‛ and ‚case studies‛. They arealso required to take some ‚cross-program subjects‛.
For students enrolled in two-year program, we require them to take a special course
called ‚consulting projects‛. In ‚consulting projects‛, students are asked to submit
a paper on some policy issue to a client outside the university, for example, agovernment agency, a local municipality, or a think tank. These clients sendevaluation report on the papers by the students to the university. Thus, thestudents can have a quasi-working experience as a policy consultant and thisexperience is expected to be very useful for them to become a good policy analyst.

Faculty Members
Tajika, Eiji
Professor, School of International and Public Policy (IPP), Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Public Economics
He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota in 1981. His
publications include ‚The Role of Personal Income Tax to Mitigate Widening Income
Inequality: The Case of Japan,‛ Journal of Income Distribution 16(3/4), 2007 (with H.
Yashio); "Fiscal Decentralization in Japan: Does It Harden the Budgets of Local
Governments?" (with Y. Yui) in K. Kaizuka and A. O. Krueger (Eds.), Tackling Japan's
Fiscal Challenges: Strategies to Cope with High Public Debt and Population Aging(International Monetary Fund, Palgrave Macmillan) 2006; and ‛The Public Pension
System in Japan: The Consequences of Rapid Expansion,‛ World Bank InstituteWorking Paper No. 37203, 2002. He has also co-authored and edited many books
on public finance.

Watanabe, Satoshi
Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Taxation, Law and Economics
He received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1985. His
publications include ‚VAT in Japan with a Focus on International Transactions,‛
Bulletin for International Taxation 16(9/10). 2007; Introduction to Tax Strategy: Basic
Theory and Examples of Tax Planning (Toyokeizai-Shimposha), 2005 (in Japanese); andThe Internet and Tax Systems (Toyokeizai-Shimposha), 2001 (in Japanese).

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Yamashige, Shinji
Associate Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Public Finance and Social Policy
He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Johns Hopkins University in
1992. His publications include ‚Decentralization and Economic Development:
An Evolutionary Approach,‛ Journal of Public Economic Theory 7(3), 2005 (with M.
Sato) and ‚Families, Communities and Governments in Improving Socio-Economic
Performances: Japanese Experiences,‛ World Bank Institute Working Paper No.
37204, 2002. He also co-authored and co-edited Japan’s Transportation Network (Chuou
Keizaisha, 2007, in Japanese) with Strategic Management Research Center, Daiwa
Institute of Research, which won the Japan Transportation Association’s 33rd Award
for Books on Transportation in 2008.

Hayashi, Masayoshi
Associate Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Public Economics, Applied Econometrics
He received his Ph.D. in economics from Queen's University at Kingston(Canada)

in

1998.

His publications include ‚An Empirical Analysis ofIntergovernmental Tax Interaction: The Case of Business Taxes in Canada,‛ Canadian
Journal of Economics 34(2), 2001 (with R. Boadway); ‚An Evaluation of theStabilization Properties of Equalization in Canada,‛ Canadian Public Policy 30(1), 2004
(with R. Boadway); and ‚Increasing Marginal Costs and Satiation in the Private
Provision of Public Goods: Group Size and Optimality Revisited,‛ International Tax
and Public Finance 14(6), 2007 (with H. Ohta). He also co-authored The Economics of
Public Assistance (The University of Tokyo Press, 2008, in Japanese) which won the2008 Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economics.

Sato, Motohiro
Associate Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Public FinanceHe received his Ph.D. in economics from Queen's University at Kingston(Canada) in 1998. His publications include "Prior health expenditures andrisk sharing with insurers competing on quality," Rand Journal of Economics 34 (4),2003 (with M. Marchand and E. Schokkaert); "Long Term Care: The State, the Market,
and the Family", Economica 75(299), 2008 (with P. Pestieau); ‚Bureaucratic Advice andPolitical Governance‛, Journal of Public Economic Theory 10(4), 2008 (with R.
Boadway); ‚Too Big or Too Small? A Synthetic View of the Commitment Problem ofInterregional Transfers‛, Journal of Urban Economics 64(3), 2008 (with N. Akai); and21

‚Optimal Tax Design and Enforcement with an informal Sector‛, American Economic
Review: Economic Policy 1(1), 2009 (with R. Boadway). He is an associate editor of
Journal of Public Economics. He also co-authored The Economics of Local Allocation
Tax: Reform of Intergovernmental Transfers in Japan (in Japanese) which won the 2004
Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economics.

Bessho, Shunichiro
Assistant Professor, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
Fields of specialization: Public Economics and Public FinanceHe received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tokyo in 2006.
His publications include ‛Economic Studies of Taxaton in Japan: The Caseof Personal Income Taxes,‛ Journal of Asian Economics 16(6), 2005 (with M.
Hayashi); ‛When Do People Visit a Doctor?‛ Health Care Management
Science 9(1), 2006 (with Y. Ohkusa); and ‛Unemployment Risk andBuffer-Stock Saving: An Empirical Investigation in Japan,‛ Japan and theWorld Economy 20, 2008 (with E. Tobita).

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Asian Public Policy Program

General Outline
The principal aim of the Asian Public Policy Program (APPP) is to meet Asia’s
ever-increasing need for trained professionals able to undertake economic policy
formulation and implementation based on a firm understanding of the theory andanalytical implications of fiscal, monetary and other public policies.
In developing as well as industrialized economies, governments play an importantrole in mobilizing resources through taxation and borrowing, and allocating theseresources in the provision of key social and infrastructural services. This task is
performed while sustaining macroeconomic stability and addressing the issues ofsocial equity in the most efficient manner. These are significant challenges for any
government.
To meet these challenges, professionals dedicated to public service need quality
education and training. They need to be equipped with analytical skills,
understanding of best practices, and policy formulation capacity in macroeconomic
management, public finance, fiscal and monetary operation, and other relevant areas
so that they can effectively contribute to policy processes. Their informed
contribution to economic policy-making will serve to complement a well-functioning
political decision-making process.
The Master’s program at the APPP targets young professionals in Asian
governments, central banks and other policy-related organizations. The APPP has
been and continues to be an important stepping-stone for such individuals to
become fully-fledged fiscal, monetary, or financial economists, economic planners,
policy analysts, and policymakers in their governments as well as in internationalorganizations.
All courses are offered in English, and provision is made for those whose first
language is not English. The program strives to have the student body and faculty
members as internationally-based as possible.

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Faculty Members
Maehara, Yasuhiro
Director and Professor, Asian Public Policy Program
School of International and Public Policy (IPP), Hitotsubashi University
He was formerly Advisor to the Governor at the Bank of Japan. He has a longcareer at the Bank of Japan (1974-2005) and experience in international finance andmonetary policy making. He received Ph.D. in Economics from London School of
Economics in 1981.
Fields of specialization: Monetary Policy, Financial Policy, and International
Financial Policy

Takeda, Masahiko
Professor, Asian Public Policy Program, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
He has a wide experience in monetary policy and international finance.

He worked

at the Bank of Japan (1981-2002). He was seconded to the Bank for International
Settlements (1989-1992). He served as Alternate Executive Director for Japan at the
IMF (1998-1999). He received Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology in 1988.
Fields of specialization: Macroeconomics, and International FinanceIi, Masako
Professor, Asian Public Policy Program, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
She received Ph.D. in Economics from University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1993.
Fields of specialization: Health Economics, Public Economics and Development
Economics

Kunieda, Shigeki
Associate Professor of Asian Public Policy Program, IPP, Hitotsubashi University
He worked at the Ministry of Finance (1984-1999). Before joining Hitotsubashi
University, he taught at Osaka University. He received Ph.D. in Economics from
Harvard University in 1989.
Fields of specialization: Public Finance and Macroeconomics

24Course Listing
International・Administrative Policy Course
Public Law Program （PL）
Administrative
Law: Overview
Basic
Constitutional Law and Policy
Subjects Basic Structure of Government

Global Governance Program（GG）
Introduction to International Politics
International Organization
Japan Studies I
Japan StudiesⅡ
History of Cold War
Global Governance Theory
Presentation for English Interaction
English Writing for Researchers

Public Economics Course
Public Economics Program（PE）
Microeconomics Analysis
Macroeconomics Analysis
Quantitative AnalysisⅡ
Econometrics Analysis
Public Economic AnalysisⅡ

Globalization Studies
History of International Order【Common Subjects / International・Administrative Policy Courses】

Introduction to International Law，Science of Public Administration I【Common Subjects / PL, GG, and PE】

Introduction to Administrative Law，Introduction to Civil Law，Introduction to International Politics，Quantitative AnalysisⅠ,
Public Economic AnalysisⅠ, Fundamentals of Economics I，Fundamentals of EconomicsⅡ
Law
and Public Policy
International Security PolicyCore
Administrative Law: Specific Issues US-Japan Security Relations since 1945
Subjects Science of Public AdministrationⅡ International Political Economy I
Tax Policy
International Political Economy II
Restructuring Administrative System UN and NGOs
Administrative Management
Regional Studies I
Regional Studies II
Human SecurityⅠ
Human Security II

Japan's Foreign Policy【Common Subjects / International・Administrative Policy Courses】

Special Issues in Politics，International Human Rights Law，Methods of
Policy Analysis I，Methods of Policy AnalysisⅡ【Cross-Program Subjects/PL, PE】

Theory and Principle of Taxation I, Theory and Principle of TaxationⅡ, Theory and Principle of Social
Security Systems I, Theory and Principle of Social Security SystemsⅡ, Law and Economics, Policy Decision Process
Information
Law and Policy
Community Interests and International Law I Project Evaluation
AppliedEnvironmental Law and Policy
Community Interests and International Law II Local Government Finance
U.S. Foreign Policy and East Asia since World War II Economic Transaction and Taxation
Subjects Labor Law I
Applied Econometrics I, II, & III
Labor Law II
Gender and International Relations
Antitrust Law
International Political Economy of Asia-Pacific Economic Analysis of Public Expenditure
International Economic Policy
Intellectual Property Law I
Peace Studies
Health Insurance: Theory and PracticeIntellectual Property Law II
New Approaches to Law and International Relations Health Care Industry and Management
Local Government Policies
International Security Governance
Health Care Policies
International Relations in East Asia
Health Promotion and Care
Medical Management【Cross-Program Subjects / PL, GG】
Healthcare and Risk Management
Comparative Foreign Policies【Cross-Program Subjects / PL, PE】

Administration and Public Finance I, Administration and Public Finance II【Common Subjects / PL, GG, and PE】

Monetary Economics

Case
Studies【Common Subjects / PL, GG, PE, and APPP】
Public Policy in Asia
Legislative Studies
Japan's Foreign Policy Making I
Studies on Policy and Legal Affairs Japan's Foreign Policy Making II
Case Studies on Public Policies
International Politics and Economic Policy
Special Seminar(Public Law）
Japan-Europe Relations

Social Security Policies
Special Seminar (Public Economics)
Seminar on Public Policy I
Seminar on Public Policy I
Special Seminar (Global Governance) Seminar on Public Policy I I
Global Environment and Developmental Assistance Seminar on Public Policy IV【Cross-Program Subjects / PL, GG】

EU Studies, NGO/NPO Studies, Social Safety and Security Policy
Business Community in Decision Making
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International・Administrative Policy Course
Public Law Program （PL）
Global Governance Program（GG）

Public Economics Course
Public Economics Program（PE）【Cross-Program Subjects / PL, PE】

Studies on Land, Infrastructure and Transport【Cross-Program Subjects / PL, GG, and PE】

Special Seminar I, Special Seminar II, and Special Seminar III
Workshops Workshop on Public Law I, II, III, and IV Global Governance Seminar I, II, III, and IV
Special Workshop I (One-Year Course) Debate I (Basic）
Special Workshop II (One-Year Course) Debate II (Basic）
Special Seminar for Research Paper Writing Debate III (Advanced）
Debate IV (Advanced）

Global Governance Workshop I and II
Debate (International Negotiations)
Special Seminar for Research Paper Writing

Workshop on Public Policy
Workshop on Public Law I, II, III and IV
Special Workshop I (One-Year Course)
Special Workshop II (One-Year Course)
Consulting Project I
Consulting Project II
Special Seminar for Research Paper Writing【Common Subject / International・Administrative Policy Courses】
Internship*Courses in italics are conducted in Japanese.
Public Economics CourseCore Subjects

Applied Subjects

Workshops

Asian Public Policy Program (APPP)
Microeconomics for Public Policy
Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy
Fundamentals of Econometric Methods
Economics of Public Sector
Financial Programming for Macroeconomic Policy Formulation
Economic Analysis of Public Investments
International Economy and FinanceFiscal Decentralization and Local Government FinanceTax Policy I : Tax Policy and Systems
Tax Policy II : International Taxation
Economic Analysis of Social Policy
Economic Analysis of Regulation and Public Enterprise
Financial Sector Reform and Development
Field Research on Tax Administration
Asian Economic Development
Tax Policy in Asian Countries
Monetary Policy in Japan
Economic Analysis of Tax Systems
Economic Analysis of Social Security Systems【Common Subjects / PL, GG, PE, and APPP】
Public Policy in Asia
Workshop on Current Topics
Issues on Public Policy I
Issues on Public Policy II
Issues on Public Policy III
Issues on Public Policy IV
Issues on Public Policy V
Issues on Public Policy VI
Issues on Public Policy VII
Issues on Public Policy VIII
Issues on Public Policy IX
Issues on Public Policy X
English Thesis Writing I
English Thesis Writing I-A
English Thesis Writing I-B
English Thesis Writing II
Seminar I
Seminar II

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School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
Address:

2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8601, Japan

Phone: (+81) 42-580-9135

Fax: (+81) 42-580-9085

E-mail: info_ipp@ad.hit-u.ac.jp

U RL: http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/IPP/