Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) Manager Shunichiro Kurita participated as a panelist at the 35th Annual Conference of the Japan Association of Local Government Policy Studies during sectional meeting seven, entitled “Steps Toward Regulations for Dementia That Achieve Citizen-Centered Dementia Policy.”

During his speech, Mr. Kurita explained the significance of regulations for dementia and key points in the enactment process. His speech was based on the interim report and policy proposal “Steps Toward Regulations for Dementia That Achieve Citizen-Centered Dementia Policy” presented in March 2021 by the Comparative Research Group on Local Regulations for Dementia, which was jointly established by HGPI and Designing for Dementia.

The speakers of the sectional meeting were as follows.
Satoshi Saito (Member, Urayasu City Council)
Soichi Kosuga (Photojournalist)
Shunichiro Kurita (Steering Committee Member, Designing for Dementia; Manager, HGPI)
Takashi Mihara (Senior Researcher, Insurance Research Department, NLI Research Institute)