Member
Yuka Katatae
Representative, MINGLE design lab / Director, Fukuoka D.C. (Fukuoka Directive Council) / Co-founder, Fukuoka Picnic Club / Member, Civic Pride Research Group
Infrastructure
Industrial Structure
Urban Development
Population Decline
Originally from Fukuoka City, she completed a master’s degree in Architecture at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science.
After working at the Kyushu TLO Company (Island City Urban Design Center) and the Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center, she became independent in 2020. Since 2017, she has also been involved with the Fukuoka Directive Council (FDC).
Throughout her career, she has been engaged in urban development through multi-sectoral collaboration among industry, academia, government, and civil society.
In particular, her strengths lie in long-term regional strategy planning, supporting project implementation aligned with public policy, and designing and operating living labs that address social issues in collaboration with local citizens.
She also continues to engage in research on civic pride, focusing on the relationship and interaction between cities and their citizens.
[Committee Memberships]
・Expert Member, Subcommittee for the Kyushu Region, Road Committee, Council for Social Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (from Nov. 2024)
・Committee Member, Promotion Council for Spatial Utilization of National Route 202 Kokutai Road, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism & Fukuoka City (from May 2025)
・Vice Chair, Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Council for New Industry Creation in Iizuka City (from Mar. 2025)
Recent Publications and Seminars
[Publications]
・Civic Pride 2 – Designing the Relationship Between Cities and Citizens (Co-authored by the Civic Pride Research Group, 2015)
・Public Health Nurse Journal: “Toward a New Phase in Frailty Prevention – A Pilot Project in Iizuka City Utilizing Social Impact Bonds” (2020)
[Speaking Engagements]
・Taipei City: Keynote speaker for the “Be a DOER” International Exchange Program under the Urban Regeneration Action Incubation Experiment (June 2025)
・Kama City & Kyushu University: Keynote speech at “Kama City and Kyushu University Insect Industry Community” (March 2025)
・WEB3BB Panelist: “New Business Opportunities in Local Communities through Blockchain” (December 2024)
Topics of Specialty
・Planning and implementation of regional strategies through multi-sectoral collaboration among industry, academia, government, and civil society
・Policy design that bridges industrial development and urban planning in regional cities
・Design and hands-on support for public-private partnership projects and new business creation aligned with public policy
・Citizen-participatory policy prototyping and social experiment design utilizing living labs
・Communication design that fosters civic pride and citizen engagement
・Practical expertise in facilitation, relationship-building, and consensus-building in collaborative urban development
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