On October 19, 2015, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) Japan including me in Embassy of Japan in Thailand officially notified Nomura Research Institute (NRI) as an assigned researcher of the broad-area urban development in the inner and outer Bangkok region. MLIT and NRI are planning to proceed to find out challenges which need to be improved and deliver our proposals as our conclusion. The research project period will be commenced once the contract between the MLIT and NRI is executed, and completed by the end of February 2016