Outline
Regional Policy
With devolution and regional restructure looming, regional society is currently facing a myriad of different and complex issues from the redevelopment of manufacturing industries to regional revitalisation, from municipal mergers to information disclosure. To survive this those in local government and businesses need the ability to plan and manage projects based on precise and comprehensive judgement. This programme provides the skills necessary to develop your economic and business sense by furthering your understanding of politics, economics, finance and business administration. This programme offers units in regional policy, resource management, regional information, regional finance and agricultural management.
Cultural Policy
In response to our ever-changing society, we aim to produce leaders in NGO/NPO activities, regional news distribution, cultural and educational policy, while respecting the values of the individual. To do this, this programme provides professional training in IT and information policy, knowledge of the theory of life and law, and education in economics and business administration.
Programme features
Regional Policy Theory
This compulsory 2 credit point unit aims to produce leadership skills for use in regional management and policy.
Project Research
The project topics are set based on the demands of the regional community and are announced at the time of application to our PhD programmes. Students take part in the projects for their first two years.
Recent topics
Foreigners and citizenship, Project design and the local community, History and tourism
Doctorate Thesis Presentation Day (Feb 2006)
From the faculty building
Field trip to Satsumasendai-shi Project Research Presentation Day
Education and Teaching Staff
| OTA Ichiro | Sociolinguistics |
| OZAKI Takahiro |
Cultural Anthropology, Central Asian Regional Studie |
| KIDO Hideyuki |
Sociology |
| SAKURAI Yoshio |
Contemporary Culture |
| SHIBATA Kenji |
Philosophy, Ethics |
| TAKATSU Takashi |
Song Dynasty Literature, Literary ariticism, Biography, Natural History |
| TAKEUCHI Katsunori |
American Literature |
| TAKEOKA Kenichi |
German Literature, Publication Research |
| TONAI Tetsuya |
Western History, Italian Early Modern History |
| TORAO Tatsuya |
Japanese Ancient History |
| NISHIMURA Satoru |
Institute of Developing Economies |
| NIWA Kenji |
Japanese Early Modern Literature |
| HAGINO Makoto |
Management Information Studies |
| HIRAI Kazuomi | Japanese Modern Political History, Local Politics |
| HOSOKAWA Michihisa |
Canadian History, British Imperial and Commonwealth history |
| MATSUDA Tadahiro |
Commercial Law, Maritime Law |
| YANAGAWA Hidetoshi |
Celtic Studies, Western History, Foreign Literature, Local Culture Research, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnomusicology |
| YAMATO Takayuki |
English Literature |
| WATANABE Yoshiro |
Ceramic Archaeology, Material Culture Studies |
| TAKAMIYA Hiroto | Prehistoric Anthropology, Island Prehistory |
| ICHIKAWA Hidetaka |
System Construction and Analysis, Manufacturing System, Product |
| OH KYOGAI (WANG JINGKAI) |
Corporate Finance |
| HINO Michihiro |
International Economic Policy,International Environmental Policy |
| MIKI Natsuka |
Chinese Language Studies |
| YAMAMOTO Sota |
Ethnobotany, Tropical Agriculture |
| ISHIDA Tomoko |
Archaeology, Earth Science |
| OTA Yukio |
History of Human Interaction in the Sea of East Asian, Chinese Early Modern History |
| KANESHIRO Itoe |
Cultural Anthropology, Regional Studies |