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The progress of a networked society has brought about not only daily electronic commerce but also an accompanying industrial structure, as well as great change in our social lives. On the other hand, new problems have arisen in our current network society and various legislation has been enacted in order to address these issues. In this class, I will explain some legal structures related to cyber law using current IT-related legislation and I will give lectures on how to deal with these legal issues in our network society based on some related examples. Some legal issues of our network society such as the invasion of privacy, defamation, the infringement of personal rights and interests, the problems related to infringement of intellectual property rights such as copyright infringement, cybercrime such as unauthorised access, illegal and harmful content issues will be described in detail.
Furthermore, this GIGA class will focus on the structure of Japanese Law and will comprehensively convey knowledge of the Japanese legal system. In democratic societies, society functions effectively on the basis of laws and regulations. In Japan, these laws and regulations are constituted from several sources.
This course is designed to assist students to explore the Right of Publicity.
This course aims to introduce the fundamental theories of administration for local governance. It also follows the latest local government studies not only in Japan but also around the world. The instructor will discuss the contemporary issues of local governance with students, including the role of administration, the differences between public organizations and private firms, decentralization, local government performance, the role of citizens, and digital-era governance.
This course aims to introduce the fundamental theories of administration for local governance. It also follows the latest local government studies not only in Japan but also around the world. The instructor will discuss the contemporary issues of local governance with students, including the role of administration, the differences between public organizations and private firms, decentralization, local government performance, the role of citizens, and digital-era governance.
Telecommunications networks, in particular, the Internet are becoming more and more important and almost indispensable for social and economic activities in the era of digitalization.
This course will provide overview and case studies of Japanese telecommunications policy in the areas of infrastructure development, competition enhancement, consumer protection and international communications, etc., with focusing on each policy's backgrounds, purposes and further challenges.
The lecturer has the professional experiences to develop and implement the network policies as well as of the international negotiation with foreign governments in the Japanese government (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - MIC and Mission of Japan to ASEAN), which can contribute to providing the participants with practical perspectives as well as the latest discussion of the policies.
Analyzing and managing societal risks to health, safety, and environmental quality have become dominant themes in the social and natural sciences. The continued growth of research and applications addressing issues in risk analysis, and their extension include a broad spectrum of scientific, social, and political perspectives, have been motivated by scientific and technological advances as well as societal needs.
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of and an integrated view of current landscape of risk analysis. Topics include risk analysis, health impact assessment, environmental health and safety, and policy making and evaluation processes. The course mainly deals with selected applications of epidemiological methods and findings to public-health issues.
Analyzing and managing societal risks to health, safety, and environmental quality have become dominant themes in the social and natural sciences. The continued growth of research and applications addressing issues in risk analysis, and their extension include a broad spectrum of scientific, social, and political perspectives, have been motivated by scientific and technological advances as well as societal needs.
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of and an integrated view of current landscape of risk analysis. Topics include risk analysis, health impact assessment, environmental health and safety, and policy making and evaluation processes. The course mainly deals with selected applications of epidemiological methods and findings to public-health issues.
In this course, you will learn the basics of system and legal regulations related to police and criminal investigation, and will look at various issues and policies and regarding public safety in Japan.
Analyzing and managing societal risks to health, safety, and environmental quality have become dominant themes in the social and natural sciences. The continued growth of research and applications addressing issues in risk analysis, and their extension include a broad spectrum of scientific, social, and political perspectives, have been motivated by scientific and technological advances as well as societal needs.
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of and an integrated view of current landscape of risk analysis. Topics include risk analysis, health impact assessment, environmental health and safety, and policy making and evaluation processes. The course mainly deals with selected applications of epidemiological methods and findings to public-health issues.
In this course, you will learn the basics of system and legal regulations related to police and criminal investigation, and will look at various issues and policies and regarding public safety in Japan.
This course aims to introduce the fundamental theories of administration for local governance. It also follows the latest local government studies not only in Japan but also around the world. The instructor will discuss the contemporary issues of local governance with students, including the role of administration, the differences between public organizations and private firms, decentralization, local government performance, the role of citizens, and digital-era governance.
This course introduces principles of macroeconomics. Students would be able to understand the basic characteristics of the long-run economy, short-run economy, open economy, aggregate demand, and aggregate supply analysis.
Introduces key concepts helpful to analyze the nature of network industries. Will try to deepen the understanding by reading literature and occasionally inviting guest speakers. Will be asked to submit approximately 200 words in English essays seven times during the semester. Some students will be asked to present based on the essays.
Note that a class dealing with essentially the same concepts but in Japanese will be offered in the second quarter of the spring semester.
This course will learn about financial markets including the stock and bond markets from the macroeconomic perspectives, concepts of money, money stock, and money creation (and crypto assets), practices of conventional and unconventional monetary policy. This course will take an overview over recent monetary policy changes and challenges as well. The course will be occasionally provided online.
Students will explore fundamental economic principles through a comprehensive analysis of microeconomics. Dr. Osorio, a seasoned economist with international experience, introduces key concepts such as trade-offs, incentives, market forces, and government policies. The course, using "Principles of Microeconomics" by Gregory Mankiw as a textbook, emphasizes real-world applications and practical examples. Topics range from elasticity and taxation to market structures, labor markets, poverty, and inequality. Students will engage in critical thinking through a major assignment, choosing between a Policy Analysis Project or a Market Analysis Project, and demonstrate their understanding in a final exam, ensuring a thorough grasp of microeconomic principles and their real-world implications. The course structure encourages collaborative learning, and evaluation criteria focus on content depth, presentation clarity, and critical thinking skills.
Introduces key concepts helpful to analyze the nature of network industries. Will try to deepen the understanding by reading literature and occasionally inviting guest speakers. Will be asked to submit approximately 200 words in English essays/ppts seven times during the semester. Some students will be asked to present based on the essays.
Note that a class dealing with essentially the same concepts but in Japanese will be offered in the second quarter of the spring semester.
This course will learn about financial markets including the stock and bond markets from the macroeconomic perspectives, concepts of money, money stock, and money creation (and crypto assets), practices of conventional and unconventional monetary policy. This course will take an overview over recent monetary policy changes and challenges as well. The course will be occasionally provided online.
This class is designed for graduate students and undergraduates who wish to implement effective research in information systems as part of their graduate studies. It aims to provide students with the research methodology needed to conduct effective research. The class will be taught entirely in English, with the assumption that students will become researchers.
Following an introduction at the beginning of the course, we will primarily use Creswell, J. W., and J. D. Creswell (2023). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 6th edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, to guide the students in understanding the meaning of research. The students will then be asked to apply their methodological knowledge to design and present research of their own interest, focusing on the relationship between information technology and organizations.
Undergraduate students are expected to read and summarize the literature by the following week's class to deepen their understanding of the subject matter. Graduate students will present their research plans based on the learnings.
This is an international finance course for undergraduate students. We will cover the monetary or macroeconomic side of international economics, such as the determinants of the exchange rate and the effects of monetary policy. The first half of the course will be devoted to the exchange rate and open-economy macroeconomics. In particular, we will learn how the exchange rate is determined. Then, in the last half, we will look at international macroeconomic policy as well as exchange rate policies in developed and developing countries. We will study how policies work, and what kind of policy is desirable.
This is an undergraduate level econometrics course. In this course, we will start with a review of probability and statistics that are the basics of econometrics. After studying a linear regression model with one regressor, together with its statistical inferences, we will extend our models so that we can have more than one regressor. Issues that interfere with desirable properties of our estimators, such as errors that have autocorrelation or heterosckedasticity, will then be studied. The last part of this course will be devoted to non-linear models, regression with binary dependent variables, instrumental variable regression, and time series regression.
This course will learn about financial markets including the stock and bond markets from the macroeconomic perspectives, concepts of money, money stock, and money creation (and crypto assets), practices of conventional and unconventional monetary policy. This course will take an overview over recent monetary policy changes and challenges as well. The course will be occasionally provided online.
Introduces key concepts helpful to analyze the nature of network industries. Will try to deepen the understanding by reading literature and occasionally inviting guest speakers. Will be asked to submit approximately 200 words in English essays/ppts seven times during the semester. Some students will be asked to present based on the essays.
Note that a class dealing with essentially the same concepts but in Japanese will be offered in the second quarter of the spring semester.
Macroscopic social analysis necessitates the study of social inequality structures. Therefore, this course explores the problem of social inequality, broadly defined. The course is a blend of lectures and in-class discussion seminars, supplemented with group/individual presentations. In the first few weeks, students will be introduced to the concept and analyses of social inequality from a sociological perspective. In subsequent weeks, the course will move to discussions of specific aspects of social inequality, such as in education, employment relations, gender, and migration. The class reading materials will draw heavily on the Japanese context, but the course instructor will also make efforts to introduce materials from non-Japanese contexts.
Through a view from the community, this course aims to understand the development of cities and neighborhoods, identify various issues we are facing now, and explore the options that make our living environment better.
Historically the cities were built by the authorities/specialists such as governments, engineers, and architects. They laid out the infrastructure and tried to lead the built environment suitable for specific purposes. In contrast to this “traditional” planning, the idea that the users, residents, and visitors, discover how they live and use the city, “machizukuri”, has become widely accepted and supported recently. Based on this community-based planning concept, this class will explore and discuss, through interdisciplinary approaches, how we can work with diverse groups of people in a community to find ways to make their cities and neighborhood better: thriving, safe, inclusive, and just.
Through a view from the community, this course aims to understand the development of cities and neighborhoods, identify various issues we are facing now, and explore the options that make our living environment better.
Historically the cities were built by the authorities/specialists such as governments, engineers, and architects. They laid out the infrastructure and tried to lead the built environment suitable for specific purposes. In contrast to this “traditional” planning, the idea that the users, residents, and visitors, discover how they live and use the city, “machizukuri”, has become widely accepted and supported recently. Based on this community-based planning concept, this class will explore and discuss, through interdisciplinary approaches, how we can work with diverse groups of people in a community to find ways to make their cities and neighborhood better: thriving, safe, inclusive, and just.