JapanGov, the Official Website of the Government of Japan Is the world’s biggest renewable hydrogen plant a white elephant? Published December 23, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo In Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, not far from the destroyed nuclear power plant, lies the small town of Namie. The area was heavily affected by the earthquake, tsunami and radioactive fallout in 2011. It is now being rebuilt. Not many of the old...
The Moonshots are taking off Published December 3, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus Japan’s new Moonshot program for science, technology and innovation promotes transformative innovation and international collaboration on AI, Robotics, Environment, Sustainable food and Health. The European Union and Japan have signed a...
Michael Jacob Kicking-off towards deepened university collaboration Published November 4, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo The next phase of the strategic university collaboration Mirai has now had its’ kick-off, bringing eight Japanese and eleven Swedish universities closer together in research and innovation in Mirai 2.0. In the Autumn of 2015, Swedish and...
©SkyDrive/CARTIVATOR 2020 The Flying Car is taking off Published October 2, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo “Cars fly freely in the sky.” When you hear that, you probably vision images from sci-fi movies before your eyes. But when this will be implemented broadly, what will the world be like? OSI Tokyo was able to interview Mr. Tomohiro Fukuzawa,...
New Prime Minister and his R&I involved ministries Published September 23, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Tokyo A new Prime Minster was elected by the ruling party of Japan earlier this month. His priorities match former Prime Minister Abe’s, but he announced some new initiatives. Japan's science and technology budget for this fiscal year has increased by...
Do facial masks have desired effect? Published September 8, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus With the world’s most powerful supercomputer, Japan simulates spread of airborne droplets which can transmit the Covid-19 between people, and shows that also simpler masks can have an important effect to protect spreading the virus. Japan has...
New Train Station, New Testbed Published August 26, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus At a new train station in Tokyo passengers now encounter and interact with robotics and artificial intelligence while passing in the daily commute. The station is used for testing, demonstrating and further developing autonomous systems in...
