At Kyoto Tachibana University, Tomohiro Okada, Professor of the Faculty of Economics, was selected (for the first term) in the Kyoto Tachibana University President Selection held upon the expiration of the term of current President Eiko Hibino (expiration date: March 31, 2025). We would like to inform you that the decision was made at the board meeting of Kyoto Tachibana Gakuen Educational Corporation on Monday, October 28th.
The term of office is three years from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028.

Professor Tomohiro Okada received the required research supervision certification in the doctoral course in economic policy at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics, and then became an assistant professor at the Gifu University of Economics Faculty of Economics and a professor at the Kyoto University Faculty of Economics and the same graduate school of economics. From April 2019, he became a professor at the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Contemporary Business, Kyoto Tachibana University (*Due to the establishment of the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, and Faculty of Engineering in April 2021, the Faculty of Contemporary Business will stop recruiting students from April 2021). I was appointed as a. From April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2024, he served as Director of the Kyoto Tachibana University Regional Collaboration Center.
In addition, he holds important positions such as various committee members and administrative policy advisor in multiple local governments. For detailed profile, see below.

[Profile of Tomohiro Okada, 13th President of Kyoto Tachibana University]
Date of birth: July 11, 1954 (Showa 29)
Education: Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics (1976)
Completed master’s program, Department of Economic Policy, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (1978)
Certified for research guidance in the doctoral course in Economic Policy Studies, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (1985)
Degree earned: Doctor of Economics (Kyoto University, 1990)
Fields of specialization: Regional economics, regional industry theory, local autonomy theory, modern Japanese economic history
Research themes: “Regional Formation History,” “Regional Economics of Disaster Recovery,” “Economic Globalization and Regional Economy,” etc.
Affiliated academic societies: Japanese Society for Rural Studies, Japan Regional Economics Society, Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics Society, Japanese Agricultural Economics Society, Historical Research Society, etc.

[Main career history at Kyoto Tachibana University]
2019 Professor, Faculty of Modern Business, Kyoto Tachibana University

2019 Kyoto Tachibana University University Council Member (to present)
2020 Director of Kyoto Tachibana University Regional Collaboration Center
(Term: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2024)
2025 13th President of Kyoto Tachibana University
(Term: April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028)

With the opening of the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, and Faculty of Engineering in April 2021,
The Faculty of Contemporary Business has stopped recruiting students from April 2021.
[Main activities in academic societies and society]
2006 Chairman of the Institute for Local Government Affairs (Term: 2006-2022)
2011 President of the Japan Regional Economics Association (term 2011-2017)
2015 Member of the advisory board for the International Kyoto Studies Center (Kyoto Prefecture) (to present)
2018 Member of Fukuchiyama Public University Education Research Council (to present)
2019 Chairperson of Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City “Higashiyama Future Citizens Council” (to present)
2022 Chairman of Nagaokakyo City Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Council (to present)

2024 Member of Nagahama City Hospital Business Management Strengthening Plan Evaluation Committee (to present)
In addition, he serves as a committee member and policy advisor for government agencies, prefectures and municipalities, various committee members and instructors for agricultural organizations, small and medium-sized business organizations, consumer groups, and medical organizations, and a training instructor for national and local governments such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Autonomous College. Along with this, we also carry out various commissioned surveys from local governments.
[Comment from Tomohiro Okada, the 13th president of Kyoto Tachibana University]

My name is Tomohiro Okada and I have been appointed as the 13th president of Kyoto Tachibana University. When I started my student life in Kyoto, our university was a women’s university with a single faculty of literature. It became co-educational and has now developed into a comprehensive university with nine faculties, 15 departments, and five graduate schools, including medical and engineering departments.
This was made possible through the cumulative efforts of past presidents, school board presidents, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and students, as well as the support of related organizations. While inheriting the results of these efforts, I would like to take advantage of the strengths of a comprehensive university and further evolve our university’s academic philosophy of “independence, coexistence, and clinical knowledge.” While valuing each individual who makes up the university, we will strive to create a university that is uniquely Kyoto Tachibana and is rooted in the land of Kyoto.
▼Contact information regarding this matter
Kyoto Tachibana University Planning Department Public Relations Division
Address: 34 Oya Yamada-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8175
TEL: 075-574-4112

FAX: 075-574-4151