| Position | Vice President; Director, Regional Policy Concentration; Director, Young Leaders Program; Professor |
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| Degree | LL.M. (Harvard Law School) |
| Specialty | Local Public Administration and Finance, Local Revitalization |
| Current Research Interests | Comparative Research in Local Governance, Human Resources Development in Local Governments |
- Professional Career
| 1983 | Joined the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 1989 | Director-General, Ashikaga Tax Office, National Tax Agency |
| 1990 | Director (Human Resources Development Division, Taxation Division, Finance Division), Niigata Prefecture |
| 1994 | Deputy Director (Quasi-Local Public Enterprise Office, Subsidies for Political Parties Office, Political Funds Regulation Division), Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 1997 |
Deputy Director-General (Health, Medical and Welfare Department, Commerce, Industry and Labor Department), Director-General (Lake Biwa and Environment Department, General Affairs Department), Shiga Prefecture
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| 2002 | Director, Litigation Division, Fund for Local Government Employees’ Accident Compensation |
| 2003 | Director, Subsidies for Political Parties Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| 2004 | Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University |
| 2006 |
Professor, GRIPS
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| 2008 | Director, Financial Management Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| 2009 | Counselor, Cabinet Secretariat (Regional Revitalization Bureau) |
| 2011 | Secretary-General, National Commission for the Management of Political Funds, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications President, Japan Intercultural Academy of Municipalities |
| 2013 | Executive Director, Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques Association Professor, GRIP |
- Selected publication
“Introduction: Policies on Children and Childrearing by Urban Municipalities” and “Part 1, Chapter 6: Policies on Children and Childrearing by Urban Municipalities – Survey Results and Future Directions” in Policies on Children and Childrearing by Urban Municipalities, Japan Municipal Research Center, pp.1-14 and 131-139, 2017 (in Japanese)
“Local Governance and Decentralization in Asian Countries – What Determines the Form of Decentralization and Local Governance?” Koei-Kigyo (Local Public Enterprise) Vol. 46 No. 1, pp.2-14, 2014 (in Japanese)
“Decentralization in East and Southeast Asia – From the COSLOG Symposium –“ Chihou-Jichi (Local Autonomy) No.715, pp.2-24, 2007 (in Japanese)
“Strategy of Foreign Countries and International Organizations for International Cooperation in Local Governance” in Investigative Research Report on International Cooperation in Local Governance, Japan Center for Cities, pp.33-53, 2007 (in Japanese)
- Social contribution
Member, Evaluation Committee on Revitalization Grants for Depopulated Areas, MIC, 2016-
Member of the Board of Directors, Japan Municipal Training and Research Foundation, 2018-
Advisor, EROPA (Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration) Local Government Center, 2016-
Chairperson, Committee for the Formulation of the Next Term Administrative Reform Outline, Aichi Prefecture, 2019
- E-mail: takada-h
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