What is Japan doing towards the corona virus, and why may Loonshots be needed? Published April 9, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus To tackle the current corona virus outbreak, Japan and especially its Agency for Medical Research and Development AMED and the National Institute for Infectious Deceases NIID focus on research. AMED president Dr Suematsu explains activities they...
Source: Aline Lessner/imagebank.sweden.se How does University of Tokyo support innovation? Published March 19, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo In Japan, there is an increasing focus on innovation, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and solutions to societal challenges, and researchers at Japanese universities are encouraged to work towards implementation of research results for society....
©Hiromi Johansson/Embassy of Sweden Tokyo Mend the Gap Published March 4, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo Japan have gender equality challenges in several fields. It has an outstanding research base but with few women visible at the top. In 2018, only 16.2 percent of researchers were women, which is low compared to other developed nations. The...
Source: Michael Jacob Will Japan lead the way towards a decarbonized society? Published February 19, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo The new AIST Global Zero Emission Research Center will tackle the global challenge of climate change by gathering Research and Innovation nations from all over the world through international collaboration. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has appointed...
Apart from the 800 people physically present, the symposium was followed by “avatars” from other geographical locations Source: Michael Jacob The six Japanese Moonshot candidates Published February 7, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo Proposed goals and targets for the new Japanese Moonshot programme for transformative research and innovation was specified together with international experts at the International Moonshot Symposium on December 17-18. The symposium was an...
Summing up Sweden-Japan 2019 Published January 20, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo The 151st year of diplomatic relations between Sweden and Japan has come to an end, and we now enter the exiting year of 2020, with new research and innovation policy developments, as well as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and their...
A pre-peek on sustainability and innovation at Tokyo 2020 Published December 17, 2019 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo Tokyo will next year host the Olympic Games for the second time; the first time was in 1964, and it will also host the Paralympics Games for the first time. It was made official at the Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016, and since then have the Japanese...
