8 Best Public Policy in Japan for 2025

Graduates of Tama University School of Global Studies earn a Bachelor of Art (B.A.) degree in global studies. Within this field of study, students specialize in one of two academic tracks: hospitality management or international studies.

Today's globalizing society faces many problems arising from interactions between people of different historical, cultural, and political backgrounds. As a program that represents the college's founding spirit of Internationalism, we aim to cultivate professionals and researchers who can take leadership in tackling issues in international society. Seeking ways for harmonious coexistence and cultivating women who can contribute to global society In search of ways to achieve harmonious coexistence, the biggest goal of international society, we undertake education and research in four sectors: a. International cooperation and international organizations b. International exchange and society c. Contemporary society and cultured d. Contemporary society and children Career options in various fields in international society, including multinational enterprises and international research organizations Extensive knowledge in international society and international organizations enhances students' capacity to understand and solve international issues. Graduates of this program go on to careers in international organizations and NGOs or education and research, as well as in multinational enterprises, media and journalism, local government, international sections of business enterprises, and primary and secondary schools. The opportunities are truly limitless.

Japan-Global Development program (JGDP) is a newly established two-year master’s program to provide students the opportunity to learn universal development and growth logic in the fields of politics, economy and management, using Japan’s experiences in economic development and corporate growth as basic case materials. The JGDP was jointly developed by JICA and IUJ under the JICA-DSP.* *JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Development Studies Program (JICA-DSP) ”JICA-DSP” is a program that invites future leaders from partner countries to Japan to complete master’s or doctor’s degrees at Japanese graduate schools, where they learn about Japan’s experiences with its own modernization and development experience with Japanese development cooperation to other countries. JICA and universities in Japan jointly built and offer the JICA-DSP. Students will not only study in their respective academic fields, but will also learn much from modern Japan’s experience of development, which differs significantly from the history of growth and development found in the West. Students can study the “Japanese experience” systematically, including even negative ones, so that they may use this knowledge to contribute to the development of their own countries.

This course involves: 　•Lectures and seminars covering the basics of public policy management 　•Acquiring the skills of problem-solving through case studies

The Ph.D. Programme on Innovation, Economics, and Governance for Development (IEGD) is a multidisciplinary course offered by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. The programme focuses on research skills and methods, training fellows to become both scholars and practitioners in the fields of governance and the economics of technology. The programme provides advanced training in the knowledge and skills most relevant to the economics of technology and innovation, and to governance, social protection, and migration. Built around a core of courses on innovation and development, the programme also features modules on the economics of technological change, complex social systems, governance and policy evaluation, social protection, and migration. During their first year, fellows complete an intensive programme of required and elective courses, taught by leading scholars of UNU-MERIT and our partner universities. These courses are taught in English, in Maastricht, and spread across two semesters, starting in September each year. The course work is followed by three years of dissertation research and writing, ending with a completed Ph.D. thesis. At the end of the programme, the doctoral degree is awarded by Maastricht University upon successful defense of the thesis. Our students pursue a wide variety of dissertation topics, fitting into any of the institute’s eight research themes: 1. Economics of Knowledge and Innovation 2. Structural Change and Economic Development 3. Economic Complexity and Innovation 4. Governance and institutions 5. Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Transitions 6. Migration and Development 7. Social Protection 8. Population, Development and Labour Economics

This degree program is designed to educate future leaders in formulating and implementing economic as well as public policies geared for social and economic development.

This program accepts students who have obtained a master’s degree or the equivalent in various fields. The program encompasses the Department of Global Ecology, the Department of Technology and Ecology, and the Department of Natural Resources of the Hall of Global Environmental Research, as well as the Grove of Universal Learning. Students’ specialized study themes are selected from the vast range of themes related to global environmental studies, based on prior study and approaches in the humanities and social sciences as well as natural science, agriculture and engineering. After receiving a doctoral degree, students may work at universities or environment-related government/private-sector research organizations.

Upon successful completion of the study program students receive an international private Doctor of Philosophy in Management (Ph.D.) in Global Studies degree awarded by the school's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned.