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How will Japan Boost Competitiveness with the New Era of Decarbonization?

Published April 23, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Tokyo

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Japan’s Green Growth Strategy (GGS) for achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2050. In response, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) put together a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by...

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The Nordics and Innovation – Thinking on the Future of Japan through the Nordics

Published April 1, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Tokyo

What is it with the Nordic countries that make them perform so well in innovation, although quite small populations? Is there anything Japan can learn from this? These were questions raised by Prof. Yuriko Shibayama at the faculty of Nordic studies...

10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Creation of New Industries and the Fukushima Innovation Coast

Published March 12, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Tokyo

The Great East Japan Earthquake struck at 2:46 PM on a Friday, the March 11th in 2011, which is 10 years ago. It was very nice weather with blue sky. The earthquake whose epicenter was 130 km off the Sanriku coast and 24 km deep in the Tohoku...

Co-creating for Societal Challenge

Published February 23, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Tokyo

The Japanese research funding agency, JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), and Sweden's innovation agency, Vinnova, started a five-year joint research and innovation program in 2016, focused on addressing the societal challenge of an ageing...

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Is the world’s biggest renewable hydrogen plant a white elephant?

Published December 23, 2020 by Office of Science and Innovation 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 Office of Science and Innovation 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...

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Kicking-off towards deepened university collaboration

Published November 4, 2020 by Office of Science and Innovation 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...