Issue Date

July 2023

Theme

The Dream of an Academic and Cultural City: The Future of Universities in a Period of Great Transformation

Table of Contents

Greetings

Takeyoshi Ishihara

Chairman, Osaka Regional Development Survey Association

Preface

Towards the Realization of "Osaka, the Sub-Capital"

Hideyuki Yokoyama

Mayor of Osaka City

Special Interview

Urban Landscape of Medieval Osaka's Uemachi Plateau

Kenichi Osawa

Director, Osaka Historical Museum

Special Feature 1: The Future of Universities and Osaka

Challenges Faced by Osaka Public Universities through Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration

Shinichi Fukushima

Chairman, Osaka Public University Corporation

Background Leading to the Concept of University Establishment and Vision for the Future through Education

Hironari Inoue

Prospective Chairman, (Tentative) Co-Innovation University (CoIU); Representative Director, CoIU Establishment Fund General Incorporated Association

Cities and Universities in a Declining Population

Yukihiro Tsuno

Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University; Trustee, Foundation

Future University Working 2023 Report

Secretariat

Column: Changes in the Relationship between Universities and Regional Development - Towards an Era where Cities Themselves Possess University-like Characteristics

Koji Horiguchi

Senior Fellow, Regional Planning and Architecture Research Institute, Foundation

Contributions

Efforts in the Second Year of Osaka Prefecture's Growth Strategy Bureau

Junko Ikeda

Director, Growth Strategy Bureau, Osaka Prefecture

Creating a Smart City with Real Residents - Co-creation with the Innovation Academy Concept

Yusuke Tedori

Section Chief, Advanced Project Department, Policy Planning Division, Sakai City Mayor's Office

The Potential of Higashi-Osaka in the Kansai Innovation East-West Axis

Kazuyuki Kai

Deputy Director General, Planning and Finance Department, Higashi-Osaka City

Special Feature 2: Faith and Performing Arts in Medieval Times

Seami's "Naniwa" and the Uemachi Plateau

Fumio Amano

Professor Emeritus, Osaka University

Interview: Exploring Medieval Highways and Noh Chants

Hiroyuki Sakaguchi

Professor Emeritus, Osaka City University

Issun-boshi and Sumiyoshi Shrine

Naoki Kobayashi

Professor, Osaka Public University

Column: The Processions of Osaka in Noh Performances

Kaoru Nakao

Associate Professor, Osaka University

Art Forum 2022 Report

Report on the Uemachi Plateau Art Forum 2022

Secretariat

Traditional Architecture and Crafts

Participation in the Traditional Architecture and Crafts Study Group

Midori Kamo

Professor, Faculty of Regional Creation, Otani University

UTSUWA 3.0: UTSUWA INNOVATION - Exhibition Report Connecting Japanese and German Craftsmanship through "Shikuchi"

Ryo Kamibayashi

Secretariat Chief, UTSUWA Project Committee

Curiosity About the Diversity of Leipzig - Still Eager to Explore Germany

Toshie Uchida

Architectural Design Office Morizo-

Column: "World Theater Festival 2023" Liberating the World into Plurality

Mariko Mikami

Curator, Project Manager, Dusseldorf-based

Thoughts on Visiting the "Nest" of the Artists' Collective Birds - Regarding the Promotion of Culture and Arts in Osaka

Santo Oshima

Chief Producer/Curator, ASK Arts Support Kansai/Curator

Shopping Town Research Group

Report on the Shopping Town Research Group for the Fourth Year of Reiwa

Rikei Fujio

Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Kansai University; Director, Osaka Regional Development Survey Association

Activity Report

Report on the Rikuyukai Activities

Secretariat

Foundation Overview

Secretariat