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Research Programs
The Center for International Public Policy Studies (CIPPS) conducts research in four main areas.
1. International Affairs and Diplomacy Issues
2. Environmental and Energy Issues
3. Structural Reform Issues
4. Recovery from the Great East japan Earthquake
International Affairs and Diplomacy Issues
By conducting high-level consultations with senior officials and experts in nations around the world as well as engaging in dialogue and joint research with leading local think tanks taking full advantage of our existing global network further expanded through our BRICs missions, the CIPPS promotes activities with the aim of releasing the latest information and making policy proposals.
Environmental and Energy Issues
The CIPPS takes the various schemes now under discussion to tackle global warming as well as energy issues, and conducts quantitative evaluations of them from the perspectives of the economy, environment, and technological innovation. The CIPPS also researches a framework and system to create a low-carbon society and studies a domestic system toward building a smooth innovation process with a focus on research, development, demonstration and deployment(RDD&D).
Structural Reform Issues
The independence and revitalization of regions and local governments are key to maintaining the sustainability of Japanese society. The system where authority is concentrated on the central government and policies are led by the public sector has reached its limit, as shown in the difficulties encountered by the unifrom administration of policies and the subsidy-focused industrial policies of the central government. The CIPPS conducts research toward the review and streamlining of the functions performed by Japan's central government.
Recovery from the Great East japan Earthquake
With the aim of Japan's earliest recovery and reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the CIPPS conducts research, study and making policy proposals to overcome the issues associated with Japan's economy and social structure highlighted by the disaster.