Kobe City: From a witness at the Special Committee on the Administrative and Financial Systems of Major Cities

At
the above-mentioned committee meeting, Mr. Satoru Ohsugi, Professor, Faculty of Law, Tokyo Metropolitan University, will be invited as a witness to hear his opinions on the metropolitan government finance system as follows.
The date and time of the hearing are as follows.

Current Status

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Prospects of Reform of the Metropolitan City System: Comparison of Designated Cities, Special Autonomous Cities, and Metropolitan Districts

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D. (Doctor of Philosophy), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo.
After working as a full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Seijo University, and as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Tokyo Metropolitan University, he has been in his current position since 2005.

Specialty:

Public Administration, Urban Administration

Major Publications

: ”

Regional Development in an Era of Declining Population” (co-author, Koshoken), 2015

”

Community Autonomy in the Future” (co-author, Gyosei), 20

21 ”

Textbook of Local Autonomy in the Future, Revised Edition” (co-author, Daiichi Hoki), 2021

Currently serves as Chairperson of the Study Group on Human Resource Development for Regional Development, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; Expert for the Dispatch of Experts for Human Resource Development, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; Senior Lecturer at the Regional Leader Training School, Center for Regional Vitalization; Counselor to Setagaya Ward; Director, Setagaya Local Government Policy Research Institute

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Other positions.
He has also served as a member of various national and local government councils.

Those who wish to observe the meeting are requested to write their name and address at the City Council Office on the 25th floor of City Hall Building No. 1 and receive an invitation to observe the

meeting.

Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
　In order to prevent infection by the new coronavirus, please wash your hands, disinfect with alcohol, and wear a mask when sitting in the audience, and sit with your seats spaced apart and at a safe physical distance.
　Please refrain from sitting on the sidelines if you have a fever (37 degrees 5 minutes or more) or any other symptoms.
　We encourage you to take advantage of the Internet webcast of the committee meetings.