On July 13, at the Strait Messe Shimonoseki 801 Conference Room, the "Kanmon Regional Joint Study Group Results Report Meeting" was held jointly by the Kitakyusyu City University Regional Strategic Research Institute and the Okayama University Regional Co-creation Center.
　Following the opening remarks by Hidetsugu Hamada, Director of the Center for Regional Co-creation, Shimonoseki City University, Associate Professor SUGIURA Katsuaki, Professor Hiromi Matsunaga, Associate Professor Takehiro Sakamoto and Lecturer Ayumi Kudo reported on the results of the FY2017 academic year. Please refer to the link below for details.
　As a second part, a symposium entitled "Healthy Longevity and Dietary Life" was held. After a keynote speech by Yuri Yokoyama, a researcher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center, we exchanged opinions on dietary habits that lead to longevity, and received valuable opinions from the venue. Finally, Mr. Masato Yanai, Vice President of Kitakyusyu City University and Director of Regional Strategy Research Institute, closed the meeting.

<Part 1, 2017 Research Report>

　1) Regarding the relationship between changes in the industrial structure and population increase / decrease-in the Kanmon area as an example
　　　SUGIURA Katsuaki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shimonoseki City University)

　2) About the way of public facilities management under population decline-Suggestions from advanced cases-
　　　Hiromi Matsunaga (Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kitakyusyu City University)

　3) Efforts in local cities to eliminate the social exclusion of children
　　　Takeshi Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Center for Infrastructure Education, Kitakyusyu City University)
　　　Ayu Kudo (part-time lecturer at Kitakyusyu City University)

• Click here for the results of each report (Kanmon Regional Studies Vol.27) 

<Part 2 Symposium>

Theme "Healthy Longevity and Dietary Life"

Keynote speech:
　Yuri Yokoyama (Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center)
Panelist:
　Naoko Tojo (Shimonoseki City Health Department, Health Promotion Division, Health Promotion Section, Nutritionist)
　Hiroji Yokoyama (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shimonoseki City University)
　Yuka Miyahara (4th year, Department of Business and Information, Faculty of Economics, Kitakyusyu City University)
　Natsumi Kuge (3rd year, Faculty of Economics Department of Economics, Shimonoseki City University)
　Sasai Kato (3rd year, Faculty of Economics Department of International Commerce, Shimonoseki City University)
Coordinator:
　SATO Takashi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shimonoseki City University)

[Publishing date: 2018.7.18]

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