Master of Arts in Public Management
(or Master of Arts in International Development or Economics)
Credit and years needed for graduation
44 credits, 2 years
777 Kokusai-cho, Minami Uonuma-shi, Niigata 949-7277 Japan
Features of University
Features of Graduate School
Features of the Program
Necessary Curriculum to Obtain the Degrees
List of faculty members capable of guiding JDS Fellows
Message for Applicants
The International University of Japan (IUJ) was founded in 1982 as the first English-medium graduate school in Japan with extensive support from industrial, financial and educational communities such as the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, as well as from the local communities of Minami-Uonuma region, Niigata. IUJ’s mission is to develop future leaders in the globalized world, and for this purpose, it was initiated as the first English-medium graduate school in Japan. IUJ has accepted over 4,000 international students from 116 countries and has successfully established its long-standing reputation as a unique educational and research institution known as “mini United Nations.”
The uniqueness of IUJ comes from its campus environment. On our campus, about 360 students from about 50 countries and faculty members live together in dormitories, which enable students and faculty members to create close connections and interactions
IUJ consists of two graduate schools: Graduate Schools of International Relations (GSIR) and International Management (GSIM). GSIR, established in 1982, currently offers two-year master’s programs in International Development Program (IDP), Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP) and International Relations Program (IRP). GSIM, established in 1988 as the first US-style business school in Japan, offers a two-year or one-year master’s degree in Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a one-year master’s degree in E-Business Management.
Students and Learning Environment:
IUJ campus is multinational. Students can learn how to work with different cultural, historical and social backgrounds in ways that are not easily possible anywhere else. One of the strengths of IUJ is that overseas students live together on campus and study with Japanese students who can introduce them to various sides of Japanese society and culture. Many of IUJ’s overseas students, not limited to JDS scholarship students, are from such entities as government ministries, government agencies, and central banks.
IUJ’s strategic location in the serene heartland of rural Japan provides a unique learning place for young men and women from all parts of the world to gather and to learn from each other and from highly qualified international faculty. Although the International University of Japan is in a small countryside city with a population of approximately 60,000, the shinkansen (bullet train) provides very easy access to Tokyo, the journey taking approximately 90 minutes.
As of September 2016, the number of IUJ alumni has reached 4,006, representing 116 countries including 103 from Bangladesh, 12 Bhutan, 1 Brunei, 72 Cambodia, 206 China, 2 East Timor, 159 India, 540 Indonesia, 31 Korea, 9 Kazakhstan, 51 Kyrgyz Republic, 68 Lao P.D.R., 75 Malaysia, 84 Mongolia, 153 Myanmar, 38 Nepal, 17 Oceanian Countries, 143 Philippines, 65 Sri Lanka, 16 Tajikistan, 165 Thailand, 89 Uzbekistan, 143 Vietnam and 188 from 28 African countries.
The Graduate School of International Relations (GSIR) has been offering international education in English in accordance with global standards from its inception. GSIR equips students with essential political, economic and management skills as well as historical and cultural perspectives so that they may become specialists who understand, analyze a wide range of international issues and problems, contribute proactively, and lead the way to resolve the issues that the world is facing. GSIR, utilizing the experiences of Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, lets students examine these issues within a broad and coherent theoretical and empirical framework in the course of their two-year study.
By going through a process of writing a thesis under supervisors (who themselves have gone through vigorous graduate work at top-notch universities in the USA, the UK and Australia), students will be trained to develop the ability to identify and analyze the issues at a depth and develop problem-solving capabilities and apply these acquired skills and knowledge in their future career after graduation.
JDS Fellows will enroll in the following program:
Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP):
PMPP, a program established in 2010, is designed to meet the needs of good governance required to implement, administer and evaluate policies that effectively solve diverse public issues. The program, unlike that of any graduate school of public management and administration, emphasizes interdisciplinary concepts of social sciences -- management, economics, political science, law, and public administration -- with a mix of highly analytical and descriptive methodologies in order to solve various issues in the real world. Like IDP, PMPP is designed not only for students who wish to pursue careers in public institutions and international organizations, but also for those who wish to work in research institutes. Graduates of the PMPP receive a Master of Arts in Public Management.
The Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP) offers an excellent training program for governmental officials who would want to play a leadership role in the formulation, implementation, administration and evaluation of public policies. The program provides not only basic courses and seminars on general public administration and management issues, but also many practical and advanced courses as well as field training that will enhance students’ capacities for the formation and implementation of more specific social and socioeconomic policies. Students will also have various opportunities to improve their skills to analyze and evaluate policies quantitatively as well as qualitatively. Through writing their theses, students can further develop their capacities for conducting independent research on their own policy issues by applying knowledge and skills they have learned in their coursework. It is expected that students will play a pivotal role in the achievement of effective and efficient governance in their fields after they return to the country.
PMPP also offers pre-enrollment program either in Myanmar or in Japan before the first term starts to prepare the JDS Fellows. It also offers various field trip opportunities in Japan as well as various special lectures and seminars conducted by specialists from academics, government and corporations.
(1) Theoretical bases to administer and implement effective public policy:
PMPP provides the first-year students with academic and policy-oriented training with theoretical foundations in the fields of public management. The scholars take required courses in the first-year, such as Public Administration, Public Management, Public Policy Process, and Public Finance and Budgeting. Through the courses, the scholars acquire analytical and empirical skills as well as theoretical knowledge that are required to understand how public policies should be implemented to achieve good governance particularly from theoretical points of view.
(2) Application of theoretical knowledge to the formation of public policy:
PMPP in the second year focuses more on providing applied coursework. This is intended for the scholars who need to learn how theoretical knowledge they obtained in the first year can be effectively applied to evaluate, manage, and administer policy options in various social environments. These courses include Policy Evaluation and Management, Public Private Partnership, Development Planning, Public Organization Theory, Introduction to Electronic Government, Public Information Policy & Management, Public Human Resource Management, Environmental Policy, Agricultural Economics, Health Economics, Urban and Regional Planning, Local Government and Public Services, and Policy Evaluation and Management. At the same time, IUJ’s MBA program offers a series of management-related courses, such as Corporate Governance and Organizational Management. This enables IUJ to provide an excellent learning environment in which the scholars can learn how to manage policies from both public and private sectors’ points of view. In summary, the second-year program enables the scholars to understand how theories can be applied to the real policy issues.
(3) Practical skills for public policy:
PMPP organizes several short-term educational and training programs, such as a series of seminars and workshops as well as field trips in Japan. In seminars and workshops, IUJ invites special lecturers from public institutions, such as ministry of finance, central bank, and other institutions in Japan as well as foreign countries to give a lecture on the implementation of public policies. The scholars also visit some government offices and important sites associated with public issues in Japan. The combination of special lectures and field trips encourage the scholars to learn how to implement public policy with good governance from a practical perspective.
(4) Writing skills for the management of public policy:
Together with the course work and extra-curricular activities such as special lectures and field trips, the scholars are required to select a unique and important research topic and write a well-qualified master’s thesis under the mentorship of their academic supervisors. The thesis writing gives the scholars a crucial opportunity to learn how to analyze their topic in depth by integrating concepts and methods that they have learned during the entire two-year program. Close supervision by faculty members of the PMPP enables the scholars to write a highly-qualified master’s thesis which could contribute to practical solutions to the current policy issues. Through this process, the scholars are expected to further improve analytical and writing skills to independently administer and manage policy problems.
(5) International viewpoint, network and communication skills:
IUJ provides a diversified student body coming from about 50 countries with a rich educational and research environment. They are mostly from government agencies. Therefore, they can share their experience in formulating and implementing public policies with other students and foster an extensive global network for their future careers. In addition, the majority of students and faculty members live in on-campus housing, which facilitates close interaction among students, their family, and faculty members. Such an environment provides foreign scholars with a rich opportunity in interacting with Japanese students both inside and outside the classroom.
Here only the description of IDP is provided. The International Development Program (IDP), which is one of the Master’s programs of the Graduate School of International Relations (GSIR), was created in 1995 as one of the pioneer programs in the field of international development in Japan. The program is highly policy-oriented and designed to educate future leaders in formulating and implementing economic as well as public policies geared for social and economic development. Since the launch of the IDP, several hundred policy makers from more than 30 countries have been registered as graduate students of the IDP. While most of our alumni work in important economic policy formulating agencies (e.g., central bank, ministry of finance, and ministry of trade), some have joined major international agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), African Development Bank (AfDB), and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), where they play vital roles in formulating development policies leading to improving the welfare of the developing world.
IDP has earned its high reputation through rigorous academic training. This is assured by the fact that most of the IDP students are supported by various types of scholarships provided by outside institutions, such as International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ministry of Education, Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Matsushita International Foundation, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship Foundation. Indeed, IDP has been one of the major programs accepting government officials in Asian countries under The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) financed by JICA. IDP has also been selected by the Indonesian government to run a double-degree master’s program with Indonesian universities under the Professional Human Resource Development Project funded by the JICA loan.
The core values of the IDP include:
Economics-centered curriculum:
IDP emphasizes coherent analytical and empirical frameworks through the economics-centered curriculum. In particular, the program trains JDS scholars to use various software packages for empirical and quantitative analyses, such as STATA, E-Views, TSP, GAUSS, Matlab, and LINDO, which are among the necessary tools to conduct empirical and quantitative studies and to formulate various policies of public and private sectors. The curriculum of the IDP enables the scholars to understand the wider scope and implications of economic issues faced by different countries.
Highly-qualified Master’s thesis:
Close supervision by faculty members of the IDP enable scholars to write a highly-qualified master’s thesis which could contribute to practical as well as academic solutions to current economic issues. The faculty of the IDP is unique in that every single member holds a Ph.D. degree from reputable universities abroad, which is unseen anywhere else in Japan. The quality of the IDP theses can be proved by the fact that many of past theses have been published in internationally refereed academic journals.
Complemented by other fields of social sciences:
Public policy issues and problems are interdisciplinary in nature. Various dimensions of social sciences, such as economics, regional science, management, international relations, and political science, are as important as the socioeconomic context. To widen the visions, IDP scholars can enroll in the courses offered by other programs (Public Management and Policy Analysis Program, International Relations Program, and International Peace Studies Program) in GSIR. Furthermore, IDP scholars have the option to enroll in the MBA type courses offered by the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) in order to gain deeper insight into financial markets and institutions as well as corporate policymaking in management. Some of the courses are jointly offered by both GSIR and GSIM.
Residential campus with diversity of student body:
Most IDP students are from government agencies with formulating and implementing economic and public policies of their home countries so that they can share development experiences of different countries and develop an extensive global network for their future careers. In addition, most students and faculty members live in on-campus dormitories and housings. This facilitates close relationships among them, leading to close supervision by faculty members. Such an international environment with residential campus provides foreign scholars with a rich opportunity in interacting with Japanese students both inside and outside the classroom.
[Curriculum of IDP]
IDP provides the JDS scholars with the academic and policy-oriented training through the combination of theoretical and practical foundations in the field of economics. Through training the scholars, the program assists in enhancing the professional skills of key economic agencies in developing and emerging countries faced with consistently changing economic circumstances. In terms of the coverage and quality of the offered courses over the wide fields of economics and related social sciences, IDP’s curriculum is among the best in the world when compared to other master’s-level professional programs.
The curriculum of the two-year master’s program consists of a combination of required courses and elective courses: the former provides analytical and empirical skills and knowledge that are required to understand all aspects of economics and related fields and to apply them to policy-oriented issues; the latter focuses more on the specific aspects of practical and policy-oriented issues and expands the theoretical capability and descriptive knowledge developed in required courses. This combination allows the scholars to facilitate problem identification and problem solving in regional and international economic policy agendas.
Together with the course work, the scholars select a unique and important economic policy-related research topic and write a well-qualified master’s thesis while participating in advanced seminar sessions with their academic supervisors. Indeed, writing a master’s thesis and defending it are the center of the demanding components of the program, as in typical academic graduate-level studies. The thesis writing gives the scholars a crucial opportunity to learn how to discuss and analyze their research topic in depth by integrating the concepts and methods that have been acquired during the entire two-year program as well as the knowledge that had been developed in their previous professional careers.
To earn a Master of Arts in International Development, the scholars need to complete the required number of credits through course work and to submit a well-qualified master’s thesis to the GSIR. Altogether they must complete at least 44 credits. The scholar’s achievement in course work is evaluated on a scale of letter grades, A (distinguished), A- (very good), B+ (good), B (satisfactory), B- (satisfactory low), C (poor), and F (failure). The evaluation criteria for each course are given in the course syllabus and include class attendance, presentations and/or written/oral examinations.
The first-year curriculum:
The first-year curriculum introduces required courses that provide the scholars with tools, concepts, and theories in economics and related fields. These courses expose the scholars to cutting-edge knowledge in economics, thus helping them to analyze public policy issues within inclusive and coherent theoretical and empirical frameworks. The scholars start preparations for a master’s thesis toward the end of the first-year. Before the spring term of the first year, all scholars need to decide their research topic and choose an academic supervisor. In addition, the scholars with their supervisor’s guidance have the opportunity to enroll in elective courses that help them explore their research topic.
The second-year curriculum:
The second-year curriculum consists of elective courses and a master’s thesis writing. Practical and policy-oriented second-year courses strive to expand the theoretical and empirical capabilities developed in the first year. The scholars identify a unique, economic related issue and write a master’s thesis on a research topic of their choice while participating in advanced seminar sessions under supervision of faculty members. Through the process, the scholars have an opportunity to analyze their research topic in depth by integrating theories, methods, concepts and their practical applications that they have acquired in the entire two-year program.
Thesis writing (Advanced seminars I, II, and III):
GSIR regards a thesis as an important final stage in intellectual development. The purpose of a thesis is to give evidence of the scholar’s ability in collecting and evaluating information, critically analyzing empirical facts based on theories in the chosen field of economic arguments. A thesis also demonstrates the scholar’s ability to present research results concisely and in a scholarly form. No credits are allotted to a thesis itself in GSIR. However, the scholars need to register for their supervisor’s three advanced seminars (Advanced Seminars I, II, and III) in three consecutive terms, beginning in the spring term of the first year. These advanced seminars together account for 6 out of the 44 required credits. A thesis with good quality will be sent to outside evaluators to see if they deserve a grade of “distinction.” “Distinction” is awarded to those theses that are of publishable quality in the international referred journals. The JDS Fellows will enroll in either IDP or PMPP. Here only the description of IDP is provided.
MA in International Development or MA in Economics (International Development Program/IDP)
Course Titles/ Number of required credits
for MA in International Development
for MA in Economics
Required Courses Microeconomics I
Macroeconomics I
Mathematics for Economics and Management (A)
Microeconomics II
Macroeconomics II
Microeconomics I
Advanced Seminar I
Advanced Seminar II
Advanced Seminar III
Elective Required Courses Applied
Courses Agricultural Economics
Applied Time Series Analysis
Computable General Equilibrium Modeling
Cross-Sectional and Panel Data Analysis
Development Planning (Multisector Models)
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Financial Markets and Globalization
Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Inequality and Poverty: Measurement and
Investment and Asset Pricing
Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting
Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis
Monetary Economics and Policy Analysis
Public Finance and Budgeting
Public Policy Process
Public Sector Economics
Quantitative Methods for Decision Making
at least 12 credits
Japanese Banking and Financial Systems
Regional and Country Courses Development of Japanese Industry and Business
Japanese Energy Policy and Regulations
Japanese Public Finance and Administration
Postwar Japanese Economy
at least 4 credits
Electives From among all the courses offered in GSIR and GSIM, excluding courses offered in Language Programs.
From among all the courses offered in GSIR and GSIM, excluding courses offered in Language Programs.
Total number of required credits
MA in Public Management (Public Management and Policy Analysis Program/PMPP)
Required Courses Core Required Courses Microeconomics I
Mathematics for Economics and Management (1 credit)
Public Policy Modeling
Advanced Seminars Advanced Seminar I
Elective Required Courses Comparative Government and Politics
Development of Japanese Industry and Business
Foundations of Web Technologies*
Governmental Accounting and Reporting
International Taxation*
Introduction to Electronic Government
IT Strategy and Policy Planning*
Local Government and Public Services
Policy Evaluation and Management
Public Human Resource Management
Public Information Policy and Management
Public Management Information Systems
Public Organization Theory
*GSIM courses
Electives From among all the courses offered in GSIR & GSIM, excluding courses offered in Language Program.
Academic English I
Academic English I *
Academic English II
Academic English II *
Academic English III
Academic English III *
Advanced Japanese I
Advanced Japanese II
Advanced Japanese III
Advanced Japanese IV
Advanced Japanese V
Advanced Japanese VI
Applied Statistics *
Basic Japanese I
Basic Japanese II
Basic Japanese III
Basic Japanese IV
Basic Japanese V
Basic Japanese VI
Brand Management *
Business Applications with iPhone/iOS Devices *
Business Communication *
Business Ethics *
Changing Security Paradigm
Chinese Foreign Policy
Comparative Analysis of Public Policy
Competing in Emerging Markets *
Computer Based Decision Modeling *
Contemporary Japanese Politics
Corporate Finance *
Corporate Financial Reporting *
Corporate Governance *
Corporate Level Strategy *
Corporate Restructuring and M&A *
Corporate Social Responsibility *
Cross-cultural Communication *
Cross-Cultural Management *
Customer Relationship Management and Data
Analysis*
Database Design and Management Strategies *
Debt Securities Markets *
Derivatives Markets *
Development Project and ODA Loans
Diplomacy : Theory and Practice
Diplomacy and Statecraft
Economics of Education
Elementary Japanese I
Elementary Japanese II
Elementary Japanese III
Energy and Green Technology *
English for Professional Communications
English for Thesis Writing I
English for Thesis Writing I *
English for Thesis Writing II
English for Thesis Writing II *
Entrepreneurial Finance *
Entrepreneurship & New Business Creation in Japan *
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development *
Entrepreneurship and Technology Practicum *
Entrepreneurship Strategy *
Environment and Human Security
Essentials of Economics
Essentials of Economics *
Financial Accounting *
Financial Statement Analysis *
Foundations of Web Technologies *
General Management *
Global Issues: UNU Global Seminar
Global Market Seminar
History and Culture of Japan
History of International Relations
Human Resource and Global Talent Management *
Human Rights and Global Justice
Infrastructure Planning and Management *
Innovation and New Business Creation *
Interactions, Institutions and Economic Development
Intermediate Japanese I
Intermediate Japanese II
Intermediate Japanese III
International Career Development *
International Conflict Resolution
International Economic Systems and Order
International Finance *
International Migration and Human Security
International Political Economy
International Relations in Eurasia
International Relations in the Middle East
International Taxation *
Introduction to Contemporary International Security Issues
Introduction to Japanese History and Culture
Introduction to Japanese History and Culture *
Investments *
IT Strategy & Policy Planning *
Japan’s National Security Policy
Japanese Economy and Macroeconomic Policies
Japanese Government and Politics
Japanese Language Courses *
Labor Economics
Leadership *
Leadership Bootcamp *
Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Formulation I
Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Formulation II
Macroeconomics *
Managerial Accounting *
Managerial Economics *
Marketing Communications *
Marketing Management *
Marketing Research *
Marketing Strategy *
Mathematics for Economics and Management (B)
Mathematics for Economics and Management (C)
Mobile Business Strategies *
Money and Banking in Japan *
Negotiation Strategy *
Networking and Secure Data Transmission *
New Product Planning and Development *
Nuclear Issues: Safety and Non-Proliferation
Operations Management *
Organizational Behavior *
Paradigm Shift in War and Peace
Peace, War and the Development of Modern Japan
Policy Seminar I
Policy Seminar II
Portfolio Management *
Positive Political Theory
Poverty, War and Human Security
Private Equity & Venture Capital *
Project Financing *
Project Management *
Project Risk Management *
Public Management Information Systems *
Research Seminar I *
Research Seminar II *
Research Seminar III *
Research Seminar IV *
Risk Management *
Service Management *
Social Media Marketing *
Southeast Asian International Relations
Strategic Environmental Management *
Strategic Management *
Strategies for Social Infrastructure Projects *
Strategy Simulation *
Supply Chain Management *
Transnational Management *
Transport Studies
UN and Global Governance
Value-based Management for Japan *
Ph.D. in Political Science, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2009
Disarmament and international security; weapons research and development
Humanitarianism, especially the protection of civilians in armed conflict
State sovereignty and transnational civil society
Modern European intellectual history, especially European modernism
Vida MACIKENAITE, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Media and Governance, Keio University, 2015
Contemporary China Studies (state-business relations, the process of foreign policy making)
Comparative Politics (stability and performance of authoritarian regimes)
Maung Aung MYOE, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University, 2000
Security and Strategy
Myanmar Politics and Foreign Relations
Osamu NAKAMURA, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Economics, Soka University, 2012
Productivity in the geriatric economy in Japan
Income distribution and economic growth
Decentralized systems and sustainable economic growth in the Japanese regional economies
Motohide SAJI, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 2006
Modern Japanese political thought and intellectual history
Tomohito SHINODA, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, 1994
Japanese Politics
US-Japan Relations
Noboru YAMAGUCHI
Master of Arts, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (1988)
Japan-US alliance
Non-traditional Security Cooperation
Military History and Strategy
Shinichi WATANABE, Ph.D.
IR Specially Appointed Professor
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota, 1983
Evolution of institutions
Global governance of flows of people and funds
There are three single student dormitories (SD1, SD2 and SD3 with communal kitchens) and one married student dormitory (MSA). Each single room is furnished and has a private Western-style bathroom and the internet through WiFi or cable access for connecting to the campus LAN. The dormitories also boast computer lounges, numerous meeting rooms, group kitchens and washing machines, TV lounges with satellite broadcasts, a billiards room, a tatami room, a prayer room, and storage facilities. At least one English-speaking housekeeper is stationed 24 hours a day and 7 days a week including weekends and national holidays.
The Campus Cafeteria (Shokudo):
Lunch and dinner are provided. Meats served are halal.
School Shop:
A limited range of groceries, snacks, drinks and a selection of stationary goods are sold here. Services available through the school shop are; dry-cleaning, postal services and parcel delivery service.
Gymnasium and Sports Facilities:
A full-sized gymnasium and a work-out room are very popular places in the evenings. Students gather nightly in the gym for that evenings’ sport or work out on the universal gym. Outdoors, IUJ has 4 tennis courts, two of which are lit for night-time tennis.
From University:
GSIR wholeheartedly welcomes JDS Fellows from Myanmar. IUJ is an ideal place to fully enhance your academic and intellectual ability as well as your personal potential. Our lively intellectual community, diverse student body, commitment to training global leaders, and ties with many different countries in the world make it an excellent place for you to pursue your professional and personal goals.
(1) GSIR faculty members are conducting research on public administration and management as well as economic and public policy issues intensively, and their research outputs are published in international refereed academic journals. Their research fields cover almost all the areas of social sciences, including but not limited to economics, public policy, public management, public administration, and politics.
(2) So far, IUJ has accepted 81 JDS Fellows and 153 students from Myanmar have graduated from IUJ. Currently, 52 students from Myanmar are studying in IUJ. Through our experience that we have trained students from Myanmar over years, GSIR has know-how and experiences of dealing with the training for students from Myanmar effectively and in a responsible manner.
(3) GSIR has know-how and experiences of dealing with the training for students from Myanmar effectively and in a responsible manner. GSIR has two professors from Myanmar (Maung Aung MYOE and Aung Zaw Zaw). 46 students from Myanmar, most of whom are from government departments, are currently studying together at IUJ. The Myanmar Students Community makes all Myanmar students feel more comfortable and their studies more enjoyable. After graduation, they have played important roles in their institutions, such as the Ministry of Planning and Finance, the National Planning Agency, and the Central Bank. They have continuously moved up the career ladder to hold higher positions and contribute to their society.
(4) GSIR has strong ties with foreign government agencies and international organizations. We also regularly invite specialists on economic policies, public policy, and public management from public institutions in various countries and international organizations. These activities further strengthen our educational and research environments, and help the JDS Fellows and our scholarly community discuss, examine, and solve salient development issues.
(5) GSIR has trained government officials from around the world, including a number of developing countries, through various training schemes such as the JICA long-term training program and the JDS project. They are expected to contribute to the socioeconomic advancement of their home countries after graduation. In addition, GSIR has accepted foreign students from various scholarship foundations and sponsors, such as the Ministry of Education, the IMF, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Matsushita International Foundation, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship Foundation.