Policy Proposals and Activity since 2007

Administrative and Regulatory Reform, Economic Law

Regulatory Reform

Oct. 2014
Symposium
110th Symposium: “Big Data will Change Our Medical Care and Health II”
Sep. 2014
Policy Proposal
Big Data will Change Our Medical Care and Health
(Project Leader: Hiroyuki Morikawa, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
Mar. 12, 2014
Symposium
104th Symposium: “Big Data will Change Our Medical Care and Health”
Mar. 19, 2014
Symposium
105th Symposium: “Logistics/Distribution System as a Source of International Competitiveness - Toward the Creation of Innovation in Asia”

Doshusei

Mar. 2009
Policy Proposal
Doshusei (Integration of Prefectures into Regional Government Bodies) and Administrative Reform for the Establishment of Regional Economic Areas — Doshusei and the Tax and Fiscal Systems —
(Project Leader: Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University)
Mar. 12, 2009
Symposium
62nd Symposium: “Doshusei — Drawing its General Blueprint”
Apr. 22, 2008
Symposium
55th Symposium: “Regional Revitalization Strategy and Doshusei — Constructing a Country and Regional Blocks that are Attractive and Full of Vitality”
Apr. 2008
Policy Proposal
Regional Revitalization Strategy and Doshusei — An Approach Based on an Analysis of the Economic Effects of the Doshusei Strategy in the Case of Kyushu —
(Project Leader: Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University)

Local Autonomy

May 16, 2011
Symposium
81st Symposium: “Local Assemblies in the Era of Local Sovereignty”
Mar. 2011
Research
Key Actors in the Era of Local Sovereignty — The Research on the Role of Prefectural Assemblies —

Public-Sector Productivity

Jul. 27, 2011
Symposium
82nd Symposium: “Toward Independent Operation of Local Governments and Establishment of ‘Regional Financialism’ ”
May 2010
Policy Proposal
Local Government Finance in the Era of Local Sovereignty — Improving the Public Sector's Financial Productivity
(Project Leader: Shinichi Ueyama, Professor, Keio University)
Mar.2, 2010
Symposium
70th Symposium: “Local Government Finance in the Era of Local Sovereignty — Improving the Public Sector's Financial Productivity”
Oct. 2008
Policy Proposal
Productivity Improvements in the Public Sector — In the Case of Public Rental Housing —
(Project Leader: Shinichi Ueyama, Professor, Keio University)
Oct. 21, 2008
Symposium
58th Symposium: “Productivity Improvements in the Public Sector — ‘Visualizing’ Government Operations”
May 30, 2007
Symposium
49th Symposium: “Improving Public-Sector Productivity — Reform of Local Government Operations (In the Case of Osaka City)”

Foreign Investment Utilization

Feb. 6, 2009
Symposium
60th Symposium: “Foreign Investment Utilization and Regulation Beneficial to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy”
Nov. 2008
Policy Proposal
Interim Report: Healthy Globalization through the Constructive Use of Foreign Investment
(Project Leader: Ryuji Yasuda, Professor, Graduate School, Hitotsubashi University)

e-Government Services

Mar. 2009
Policy Proposal
Establishment of User-Oriented e-Government Services — Toward the Realization of Total Optimization of the Governmental Operations through IT —
(Project Leader: Osamu Sudoh, Professor, Graduate School, the University of Tokyo)
Feb. 16, 2009
Symposium
61st Symposium: “The Future of e-Government — Complete Reform of Governmental Services through IT”

Competition Law

Apr. 2013
Policy Proposal
Towards the Reform of the Antimonopoly Law
(Project Leader: Masahiro Murakami, Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University)
Feb. 21, 2013
Symposium
96th Symposium: “Towards the Reform of the Antimonopoly Law”

Business Law System

Feb. 7, 2012
Symposium
86th Symposium: “The Vision of the Business Law System — Based on U.S. and France Field Survey”
Jan. 2012
Policy Proposal
Report on Multiple Derivative Actions — Based on U.S. and France Field Survey
(Project Leader: Masami Hadama, Lawyer)
Mar. 2011
Policy Proposal
Report on the Vision of the Business Law System — In Comparison with the Actual Practice of the German Business Law System
(Project Leader: Masami Hadama, Lawyer)
Feb. 21, 2011
Symposium
79th Symposium: “Policy Proposal for the Revision of the Companies Act — Based on Field Study in Germany”