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Naohiko Jinno

じんの なおひこ

Jinno Naohiko

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-02-09 （Saitama Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Economist, University professor, University president
Active Years
1969-
Affiliations
University of Tokyo (Emeritus Professor), Kwansei Gakuin University (former Professor), Japan College of Social Work (former President)
Influenced By
Joseph A. Schumpeter

Education

Tokyo Education University Attached High School (now Tsukuba University High School)
Period: 〜1964
Year of Graduation: 1964
Country: Japan
High school graduation
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Economics / Department of Economics
Degree: B.A.
Period: 1965-1969
Year of Graduation: 1969
Country: Japan
Bachelor's degree in Economics
Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Graduate school / Graduate School of Economics (Master's Program)
Degree: M.A.
Period: 1976-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: Japan
Completed master's course
Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Graduate school / Graduate School of Economics (Doctoral Program)
Period: 1978-1981
Year of Graduation: 1981
Country: Japan
Left doctoral program after earning credits (no doctoral degree)

Awards

Purple Ribbon Medal
2009
Organization: Cabinet Office (Japan)
Result: 受章
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (Chūjū-shō)
2025
Organization: Cabinet Office (Japan)
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Political Economy of Systemic Reform

1998 Economics / Policy analysis

A collection of essays discussing decentralization and fiscal system reform from a political-economy perspective.

decentralizationfiscal reforminstitution design

The Collapse of Local Governments

1999 Non-fiction / Local public finance

Points out fiscal crises and challenges of municipal management, arguing for reconstruction of local governance.

local financemunicipal managementfiscal consolidation

Public Finance

2002 Textbook / Academic

A systematic academic treatment of public finance. Revised editions have made it widely used in education.

taxationgovernment expenditurefiscal policy

Bibliography

  • The Political Economy of Systemic Reform (Iwanami Shoten, 1998)
  • The Collapse of Local Governments (NTT Publishing, 1999)
  • Reform Toward a "Island of Hope": Building a Decentralized Society (NHK Books, 2001)
  • Public Finance (Yuhikaku, 2002; revised editions)
  • Conditions for Educational Reform: An Economic Inquiry (Iwanami Shoten, 2007)
  • Economics Is to Share Sorrow: My Origins (Iwanami Shoten, 2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
academic and logical proseclear explanatory style aimed at policy recommendations
Recurring Motifs
local autonomy and decentralizationfiscal sociologysocial security and mutual aid

Legacy

A scholar who influenced Japanese decentralization, social security, and fiscal policy from the perspective of fiscal sociology. Contributed to policy formation through university teaching and participation in governmental councils.

Trivia

  • He joined Nissan Motor and later left to pursue an academic career.
  • He was in the same seminar at university as Junichi Ujiie (later Chairman of Nomura Holdings).
  • Awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal in 2009 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Chūjū-shō) in spring 2025.