ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the role of inclusive policymaking and state the importance of data-driven evidence as its tools. The Japanese government acknowledges that its policymaking process has failed to be evidence-driven, and it presently identifies that establishing a well-working system of Evidence-Based Policy Making (EBPM) is a critical goal. To empower underrepresented citizens to be inclusive leaders, it is essential that they have tools and programs to update their data-driven knowledge and handling skills over time. The chapter discusses why people need the Database for Empowerment for EBPM and introduces the structure and function of the database. It describes the features and benefits in research from the database and finally shows an experiment targeted to female university students to identify an additional effect of using the database as the tool of data-driven evidence. The database is easy for nonspecialists to search for information and is a tool for many citizens to participate in policymaking.
