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The , or GRIPS, is an elite, highly selective research

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located in

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. Funded by the Japanese Government, it has the status of

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. It is also one of Asia's leading think tanks of policy scholars and social scientists focused on policy studies. It offers programs in security and international affairs, diplomacy, international development studies, economics, political science, disaster studies, and science and technology policies, among others.

Overview

Founded in 1997 as a stand-alone graduate institute, GRIPS is composed of academics and practitioners with expertise in public sector policy formulation and management. Around 20% of the faculty and 70% of students are recruited from outside Japan. Locally known as the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, GRIPS is a stand-alone graduate school with an attached research center and a global reach. In August 2020,

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ranked GRIPS to be the second highest-ranking Economics and Finance institute in Japan, after the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

. IDEAS also ranked GRIPS the 12th (from 14th in 2018) highest-ranking Economics and Finance research institution in Asia during the same time period based on research output and citations.

Academic programs

Located in central Tokyo, the institute offers graduate programs at both the

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and

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levels: * Master’s Programs (International Programs) :* Young Leaders Program (School of Government) :* Young Leaders Program (School of Local Governance) :* One-year Master’s Program of Public Policy (MP1) :* Two-year Master’s Program of Public Policy (MP2) :* Macroeconomic Policy :* Public Finance :* Disaster Management Policy :* Economics, Planning and Public Policy :* Graduate Program in Japanese Language and Culture * Master’s Programs (Domestic Programs) :* Public Policy :* Development Policy :* Cultural Policy :* Intellectual Property :* Urban Policy :* Education Policy :* Disaster Risk Management :* Science, Technology and Innovation Policy * Ph.D. Program (5-Year Doctoral Program) :* Policy Analysis Program * Ph.D./ Doctoral Programs (3-Year Doctoral Programs) ** Public Policy (Doctor of Public Policy) :* Security and International Studies (PhD/Doctor of International Relations) :* Disaster Management :* Science, Technology and Innovation Policy :* State Building and Economic Development :* Japanese Language and Culture

Notable academics

Fumio Hayashi is a Japanese economist. He is a professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Hayashi received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tokyo and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1980. He has taugh ...

: Professor of

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

Hiroko Ōta is a female Japanese politician, national university president and a researcher of economics. Her academic specialties are national public finance and economic policy. She is a noted lecturer of public finance and is a senior professor at th ...

: Professor of Economics. Former Japanese cabinet minister of economic policy.

Takatoshi Ito is a Japanese people, Japanese economist. He is a professor of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and a senior professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. Career He graduated from the Fac ...

: Professor of Economics

Akihiko Tanaka is a Japanese academic specializing in theories of international systems, contemporary international relations in East Asia, Japan-US relations, and Japan-China relations. He is also an author, policy adviser, a media commentator, an administrator ...

: President. President of

Japan International Cooperation Agency The is a governmental agency that delivers the bulk of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. It is chartered with assisting economic and social growth in developing countries, and the promotion of international co ...

Shinichi Kitaoka is a Japanese political scientist. He has held many roles such as the president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), president of the International University of Japan, professor at Japan's GRIPS-Tokyo School of Security and I ...

: Adjunct Professor. Former President of Japan International Cooperation Agency

References

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