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DWIH Tokyo Interview

Dr. Jonas Fischer

The Falling Walls Lab Sendai 2021 (FWL Sendai 2021), hosted by Tohoku University and co-hosted by the DWIH Tokyo, took place on August 31, 2021. We had a special interview with Dr. Jonas Fischer, an organiser from Tohoku University. He won the second prize with the presentation “Breaking the Wall of Energy-Efficient Data Storage” at the same event last year, in 2020. This year, he brought huge success to the event as an organiser. Meanwhile he works as a program coordinator at the Tohoku Forum for Creativity.

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

Why the German Innovation Powerhouse NRW is Important to Japan

September 24, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] On June 16, 2021, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Düsseldorf hosted the NRW-Japan Summit meeting. The event saw participants present various examples of innovations from both Japan and Germany, along with panel discussions among businesspeople.

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.