Washington, D.C.: I exchanged views with U.S. officials and acquaintances regarding Japan’s response under the Trump administration and cooperation between Japan and the United States Visit to Ohio State University: Discussions for the 9th U.S.-Japan Digital Innovation Hub to be held in the summer of 2025Discussions on how to promote US-Japan industry-government-academia collaboration
Theme: From Data Infrastructure to Knowledge Base Guest Speaker: Dr. KUROHASHI Sadao (Director General, National Institute of Informatics) Dr. Sadao Kurohashi, Director of the National Institute of Informatics and a leading researcher in natural language processing, will present the topic. His research may seem esoteric at first glance, but the results are bearing fruit as […]
Theme: NTT DATA’s Global Strategy Guest Speaker: Mr. Yutaka Sasaki (Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT DATA) ◆Opening Remarks by Dr. Takeda◆ This will be the 71st meeting. I have decided to take this opportunity to invite also young college students to participate as audience members. For the future of Japan, I would […]
Theme:Trends in Discussions on AI and Legal Regulations Guest Speaker: Mr. Jun Okada (Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) ♦Opening Remarks by Dr. Takeda♦ Last December 28, Time Magazine published an article titled “2024 is ‘The Year of Elections. In fact, in “The Ultimate Election Year: All the Elections Around the World in 2024,” the magazine […]
A two-day workshop on “U.S.-Japan Digital Innovation and Cutting-Edge Technology” was held at Ohio State University on September 11, 2024. A total of 194 participants from 16 universities, 22 companies, and 9 government agencies from both countries attended (including a reception on the 10th).https://erik.osu.edu/us-japan-workshopKeynote speeches were given in the fields of semiconductor technology, quantum information […]
I had preliminary meetings with Washington officials and others regarding the 8th Japan-U.S. Digital Innovation & Advanced Technology Workshop to be held at Ohio State University on September 11-12, and also exchanged views on the coming U.S. presidential election in November. For nearly 10 years since I was advisor to the Ministry of Education, Culture, […]
First, I would like to thank Stu-san and others for made this workshop happened, and Sweden Ambassador Ahlin for the wonderful reception tonight. The world is in transition. Unfortunately, so far this transition has brought us more hardship than joy. Further, we all face challenges, such as climate change, the digital transformation of the global […]
When Dr. Jeffrey Manber visited Japan in July, we decided to hold an urgent meeting with business and university representatives to exchange views on future commercial models for space that can be studied in cooperation with other countries through the Low Earth Orbit (LOE) space station Starlab project, which is being promoted with Ohio State […]
On June 6-7, he visited Ohio State University to meet with professors from Ohio State University and the University of Tsukuba Japan Program Committee to discuss the 8th U.S.-Japan Digital Innovation and Advanced Technology Workshop scheduled to be held at Ohio State University on September 11-12, 2024. The meeting confirmed the significance and purpose of […]
Theme: A research university that opens up the future – Tohoku University’s challenge Guest Speaker: Dr. Hideo Ohno, Former President, Tohoku University , Special Advisor for Science and Technology, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ［Brief Personal History] Completed his doctorate at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1982. 1982: Lecturer, […]