Community Impact in Action

Since 2013, Higashikawa Town (Hokkaido) has been collaborating with Professor Masatoshi Tamamura’s research group from the Faculty of Policy Management to jointly promote the development of the "Higashikawa style leading the future program". This initiative aims to foster human resources capable of driving regional revitalization, globalization, and social innovation etc.
In 2018, the Keio Research Institute at SFC collaborated with the town of Higashikawa, where they continue to work together on various joint research projects, such as the Higashikawa Shareholder Program and the Official Partner Program. In addition, from 2021, Keio graduate students, project faculty members, and researchers from the Keio Research Institute at SFC have been conducting research in Higashikawa while living there. A number of R&D activities are currently underway, such as one titled “Development and Implementation of a School Supporting Career Development among Adults in the Local Community: The Folkehöyskole Model in Higashikawa, Hokkaido in Practice and Review.”

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On May 31, 2022, Takasu Town in Hokkaido and the Keio Research Institute at SFC concluded a partnership agreement to contribute to solving regional issues through regional-academic collaboration. Through this agreement, Keio aims to contribute to the formation and development of a vibrant regional society and human resources development in an ongoing manner. This will be achieved through prompt and appropriate responses to regional issues by means of mutual cooperation, deployment, and exchange of expertise, personnel, and resources. To begin with, Keio is conducting research through practical means on concrete measures to increase the number of users of the Takasu District Residents’ Center, “Furatto” , and to create a variety of activities that contribute to community building.

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