The Research Organization and The Liaison Office

Under the supervision of President Sakai and current Vice Presidents, the Research Organization is advancing (1) academia-industry-government collaboration (2) research aid and (3) supervision and coordination of four research institutes. On April 1, 2003, the Liaison Office independently inaugurated a new strategy as a base for academia-industry-government collaboration. They presently are working together with research institutes and university departments to produce a comprehensive revitalization of the current research promotion framework.

Joint Research Projects

Integration in Cutting-Edge Technology
(MEXT. Advanced Academic Research Promotion Project for Private Universities)

High-Tech Research Project

Research is currently under way on computer applications through a project focused on "Improving the efficiency of the Super Cluster Machine and its application."

Open Research Center

There are currently two main research project groups in the Open Research Center. They are the Researcher Fostering Project Group and the Research Publicizing Project Group. The former accepts top-class young researchers and is working on Experimental Economics. The latter, which releases results of research from across disciplines to the public, is working on three projects including work on Regional Economics, The Chinese Economy, and Theology. Those who are carrying out this research are staff in the Division of Economics in the Graduate School.

Bio-Venture Project

The Bio-venture project promotes and the following research projects in the field of bio-technology: "Glycosylation Signal and Bio Defence" and "Organelle Genome Engineering of higher plants"

Academic Journals

Publicizing the results of our research works.
The research organization publishes a variety of academic journals in order to present the fruit of their research work to the public and contribute to the promotion of learning in diverse fields. High acclaim has been given to them both nationally and internationally for the subject matter on academic grounds only universities would offer.

. MEXT="Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology"