My Fourth Year at Mita

My research themes are constitutional law and the bureaucratic system. In traditional constitutional law, the mainstream position has been to actively promote the strengthening of the Cabinet's functions to ensure democratic control over the bureaucratic organization. However, I personally believe that in a situation where political leadership and privatization are proceeding simultaneously, it is necessary to reconsider the normative role of the bureaucratic organization from the perspective of constitutional law.

As an undergraduate student, I became captivated by the appeal of constitutional law while reading various papers on the subject, and before I knew it, I aspired to become a researcher. I am currently enrolled in the Doctoral Programs and periodically publish my research results in the form of articles. Research life is full of things that don't go as planned, but I still cherish the desire to 'become a true researcher.'

In the graduate school, there is a course called the Joint Seminar. There, graduate students and faculty members gather, and the students give presentations. The Joint Seminar is always a serious affair, where we are required to earnestly re-examine our own research. In the Q&A session after the presentation, there are times when I cannot answer well. However, I feel that being able to carefully confront each and every question from the professors is one of the privileges of being a graduate student.   

Long ago, a professor left behind the words, 'the state of mind that should strive for the perfection of learning.' When I see them, I always feel humbled, but I believe that even a novice like myself must have something to say, and I take these as words of encouragement.