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Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …

Dr. Sho Tsuji

Our series “Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …“ presents people involved in German-Japanese research collaborations – and their insights on how and where to cooperate successfully! This week, Dr. Sho Tsuji, Principle Investigator at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence, University of Tokyo, and an expert on developmental psychology and infant language acquisition, talks about her experiences working in Japan and Germany and delivers a passionate plea for researchers to reach out more!

Toru Kumagai’s report on R&D trends in Germany

Conserving Biodiversity in Japan and Germany

August 25, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is involved in countless research projects, one of which expresses Germany’s emphasis on environmental protection very well: a project aimed at preserving biodiversity. The BMBF summarizes it as follows: “About one million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction worldwide. The decrease in biodiversity is one of the biggest challenges facing the scientific, economic and political communities.”

Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …

Sabine Ganter-Richter

Our series “Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …“ presents people involved in German-Japanese research collaborations – and their insights on how and where to cooperate successfully. This week’s guest is Sabine Ganter-Richter, co-founder of the consulting firm LYOGROUP INTERNATIONAL. Ms. Ganter-Richter supports the networking of companies, universities, research institutes and public administration in Germany and Japan with the aim of advancing the digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises.

News: BMBF

Karliczek: We want to be at the cutting edge of 6G

Press release: 140/2021: BMBF to fund the establishment of four research hubs for research into 6G technology of the future with up to 250 million euros

Toru Kumagai’s report on R&D trends in Germany

German Government Pouring Efforts into Developing Quantum Computer Technology and Putting it to Practical Use

July 15, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] On June 15, 2021, a news item appeared that drew the attention of the scientific and business communities of Germany and indeed the rest of Europe. That day, Europe’s first commercially available quantum computer was installed at the Fraunhofer Institute laboratory in Ehingen on the outskirts of Stuttgart. This quantum computer – an IBM – built device called Q System One – will be made available to both scientists and the industry and can be used for research and experiments.

Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …

Prof. Dr. Suzuki Shoko

Our series “Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …“ presents people involved in German-Japanese research collaborations – and their insights on how and where to cooperate successfully! This week we welcome Suzuki Shoko, Professor at Kyoto University, Leader of the Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Society Team at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence, and an expert on the ethics of artificial intelligence.

Toru Kumagai’s reports on R&D trends in Germany

No more disinterest in Industry 4.0 – Covid-19 pandemic Accelerates Digitalization of German Industry

July 09, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] The results of a survey published on April 7, 2021 by the German Association for Information Technology (Bitkom) have attracted a great deal of attention in European academic and business circles. This is because the results of the survey clearly showed that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been ravaging the world since the spring of 2020, has accelerated the digitization of German industry.