Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University Profile / Bio Profile / Bio Prof Urakami is concurrently professor at Faculty of Administration, Kindai University in Osaka, Japan and Centre for Productivity and Performance, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK will deliver a seminar. It will comprise a case study the complex situation of Japan’s sewage business, the policy reforms made by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) that regulates sewerage industry in Japan, to address the challenges that Japan has been facing in 21st Century: population decline/aging population, potentially high investment needs due to the aging facilities/frequent natural disasters, and fiscal pressures of high debt/GDP ratio. Materials