About CPIJ
About CPIJ
The City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ) was established in 1951 aiming to develop scientific knowledge of urban and regional planning, and to become platform for exchanging knowledge and planning technology among the public, the private and the academic sectors. Since the establishment, CPIJ has contributed to the academic study and culture of the growing academic field of urban and regional planning by providing our members with various opportunities to promote innovative knowledge exchange among members and with the relevant professional groups. Today, we have more than 5,000 members, working in the field of urban and regional planning as professionals at the university, the government, the local authorities, the NPO and private companies.
CPIJ has 6 regional branches from Hokkaido to Kyushu. Each of the branches has carried out various types of unique activities on education and research according to regional characteristics.
CPIJ has provided the ample opportunities to exchange diversified and deepened knowledge and technology and contributed to the development of academics, national and local governments and societies not only in the field of urban planning but also in other related fields such as architecture, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and economics as well.
The main activities of CPIJ are publishing of journals and books, providing seminars and meetings on current issues, supporting for research activities of members, awarding, and organizing annual domestic academic conference, and international conference.
We have three publications: a magazine "City Planning Review" published every two months and an online academic peer-reviewed journal "Journal of City Planning Institute of Japan", and, in cooperation with two academic institutes, an online English peer-reviewed paper journal "Urban and Regional Planning Review (URPR) .
In the process of development of CPIJ, following the needs of international exchange in the Asian region, we have promoted many of international exchange activities. At present, we have exchange agreements with China and Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong.
As one of the international activities, CPIJ had the initiative to start the annual international conference in 1994 for a close interdisciplinary research exchange on urban and regional planning in Asia and Oceania region in order to promote academic knowledge and experience in urban and regional planning.
It continues as the International Conference of Asian Pacific Planning Societies (ICAPPS), emphasizing the characteristics of the international conference for Asian countries and regions. ICAPPS has made significant progress in not only academic but professional practice of urban and regional planning. Its members are the Urban Planning Society of Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and Japan, and ICAPPS welcomes the participation of other countries and regions in the future.
In addition to these activities, CPIJ puts special attention to supporting practical activities, as improving the quality of urban and regional planning work and raising the social status of planners has become an important issue particularly in recent Japan.
Therefore, we are working with the relevant organizations in Japan to certify the qualification as "Certified Urban and Regional Planner", and we also provide various opportunities for professional planners to continue their career development.
CPIJ has continued to cover the latest research topics, thus recently organized special committees on "Smart Cities", "Disaster Prevention" and "Climate Change Adaptation" to lead the research and practice on these topics not only in Japan but also internationally.