2022.03.07
A co-authored paper titled "Omoide no Mori Project" by Kana Takechi (3rd-year student, Faculty of Policy Management) and Kon'i Sato (3rd-year student, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies), both from Professor Yuichiro Shimizu's seminar at the Faculty of Policy Management, has won the Encouragement Award at the "NRI Student Essay Contest 2021." The NRI Student Essay Contest is an essay competition sponsored by the Nomura Research Institute that has been held since 2006. This year marked the 16th contest, held under the theme "Share the Next Values! 'A Blueprint for a Sustainable Future: The Earth We Want to Live On and the Shape of a Safe and Secure Society,'" where they won the Encouragement Award in the university student division.
Comments from Ms. Takechi (3rd-year, Faculty of Policy Management) and Ms. Sato (3rd-year, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
We are honored to receive such an award.
Our paper is a policy proposal called the "Omoide no Mori Project," which aims to improve Japan's forestry industry. Although our work was limited to a literature review at the time we received the award, we intend to further develop the project's content through future activities such as interviewing people who are actually involved in the forestry industry.
In Professor Shimizu's Japan Politics and Diplomacy (JPD) seminar, we are each engaged in policy research on topics that interest us. We are delighted that our respective fields of interest and strengths combined so well this time, leading to this award for our co-authored work. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Professor Shimizu for his constant and enthusiastic guidance, and to the members of our seminar, who inspire us to grow. Thank you very much.
Source: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office