Keio University Global Research Development Project - KGRI
〇Achievements
Recruitment of young researchers with international research outcomes and leading international
excellence project founders
1) Recruitment of young researchers with international research outcomes（KGRI Project Members
Introduction page）【Fiscal Years 2021～2023】
・Overview: KGRI has established a scheme to foster internationally active young researchers andwelcome outstanding young researchers from Japan and abroad. To support the activities of thethree-year project “Research Project Keio 2040” launched in FY2021, KGRI appointed project based
researchers with international research outcomes.
・Achievements : English） https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/project-assistant-professor/yr-index.html
Japanese) https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/project-assistant-professor/yr-index.html
2) Recruitment of a project professor to found a leading international excellence project【Fiscal Year 2023】
In order to become an internationally outstanding research university, a project professor was
appointed to lead a leading international excellence project in FY2023. He played a central role inpreparing the application for the "Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (JPEAKS)," a grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT). As a result, Keio University has been selected for J-PEAKS.

(Overview of Keio University's J-PEAKS Project)

Recruitment of Top-Class Researchers【～Fiscal Year 2022】
・Overview: Professor David J. Farber, a highly respected American national in the field of
Cybersecurity, was appointed as on a special Foreign Researcher Fellowship from May 1st 2018 toMarch 31st 2023. He is currently working as the co-director of the Cyber Civilization Research Center,a KGRI research project, and is promoting initiatives involving the entire university.

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*Prof. Farber (Distinguished Professor, Keio University) has provided significant contributions to theadvancement of science by laying the groundwork in the fields of electronics, programming languages,
and distributed computing through his more than 50 years of research activities. As a result of thesebrilliant achievements recognized and admired by many scientists in the field of information,
computing and communication, he received the prestigious title of Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (World's largest academic organization, AAAS). (Investiture
ceremony on February 16th 2019)Japanese) https://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/news/2018/11/30/27-49903/
English） https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/news/2018/Nov/28/48-49705/
・Achievements (Extract):
English）
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/research-synergies/talk-4-1.html
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/research-synergies/talk-4-2.html
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/research-synergies/talk-4-3.html
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/research-synergies/talk-4-4.html

Japanese)
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/research-synergies/talk-4-1.html
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/research-synergies/talk-4-2.html
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/research-synergies/talk-4-3.html
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/research-synergies/talk-4-4.html

Implementation of archived lecture series【～Fiscal Year 2023】
・Overview: In order to enhance the international research capabilities and presence of Keio
University, KGRI invite world-renowned researchers in cutting-edge fields to give lectures, andsubsequently release videos of their lectures on its website. Thus, these lectures are not limited to thetime they are given, but widely disseminated both domestically and internationally via the Internet.
KGRI Lecture Series: Lectures by cross-appointed researchers from top world-class universities andresearch institutions
KGRI Great Thinker Series: Lectures by researchers with outstanding international achievements
invited from abroad
KGRI Virtual Seminar Series: Online lectures held in Japan and overseas
Achievements: KGRI Lecture Series
English） http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/lecture-series/index.html
Japanese）http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/lecture-series/index.html① KGRI Lecture Series: Seminar on ALS
Date and time: Tuesday, May 30, 2023. 15:00-17:30
Venue: Center for Integrated Medical Research Building 1st Floor Lounge, Shinanomachi Campus
Title and lecturer:1）”Mechanism of therapeutic action of ropinirole in spinal motor neurons derived from ALS
Patients”
Satoru Morimoto, MD, Ph.D.
Project Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine2）”FMRP axonal retrograde transport is critical for its clearance and regulation of translational
activity”
Marco Terenzio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University3）”Designer DNA drug therapy for neurodegenerative disease”
Don W. Cleveland, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine,
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② "Intellectual Property Law Seminar Series: Patent Systems and Patent Offices - Tasks andIncentives"
Date and time: Thursday, December 12, 2023. 18:15-20:00
Venue: East Research Building 6th Floor G-Lab, Mita Campus
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. jur. Christoph Ann, LL. M (TUM School of Management, Chair for Intellectual
Property, Distinguished Guest Professor, Keio University [Global])Achievements: KGRI Great Thinker Series
English） http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/great-thinker-series/index.html
Japanese）http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/great-thinker-series/index.html①“The En-ROADS Climate Workshop”
Lecturer: Prof. John D. Sterman（Director of the MIT System Dynamics Group and theSustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA）
Date and time: Tuesday, January 23, 2024. 14:00-16:00
Venue: East Research Building 8th Floor Hall, Mita Campus(Prof. Sterman, Director of the MIT System Dynamics Group and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative）

Achievements: KGRI Virtual Seminar Series (On-demand)
English） https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/virtual-seminar-series/index.html
Japanese）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/virtual-seminar-series/index.html①

Data and Security as the U.S. and China Face Off
Organizer: The Wall Street Journal
Date and time: Wednesday, May 10, 2023. 18:30-19:30 Online
Moderator: Peter Landers (Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal)
Panelists: Karen Makishima (Member of the Japanese House of Representatives),
Josh Chin (Deputy Bureau Chief, China, The Wall Street Journal),
Jiro Kokuryo (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management)

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(Online seminar jointly held by the Wall Street Journal and KGRI)

Building a track record as an outstanding international research university【Fiscal Year 2023】
・Overview
Aiming to become a world-class research university: Keio University will strategically promoteinternational and interdisciplinary research to enhance its citation and reputation with the aim of
becoming an internationally outstanding research university.
・Achievements
As a new mission of KGRI, a "Research Showcase" has been launched to grasp and disseminate the"research content and appealing point" of all researchers at Keio University. Specifically, "Hidden
Jewels" were nominated by the deans of undergraduate faculties and chairs of the graduate schools to be
the core researchers who promote cross-disciplinary and international research, and their research wasintroduced to Keio University and the world through video clips as follows. The Hidden Jewels project,which introduces their research in a video both inside and outside Keio University, was implemented asfollows.
Hidden Jewels Session
1st Edition)
Date and time: Tuesday, February 6, 2024. 16:00-18:00
Venue: East Annex 9th Floor Conference room, Mita Campus
Research Presentation: What is the point in studying mice brains to know about human brains?
“Bi-directional Translational Research on Brains”
Prof. Kenji Tanaka (Division of Brain Sciences, Institute for Advanced Medical Research,
School of Medicine)
Salon Talk and Q&A:
Prof. Kenji Tanaka (Division of Brain Sciences, Institute for Advanced Medical Research,
School of Medicine)Prof. Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (KGRI Research Promotion Lead, Graduate School of Law,
KGRI Deputy Director)
Prof. Junichi Ushiba (KGRI Research Promotion Lead, Department of Biosciences andInformatics, Faculty of Science and Technology)
Prof. Takeharu Okubo (KGRI Research Promotion Lead, Department of Political
Science, Faculty of Law)

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(Salon talk with Prof. Kenji Tanaka of the School of Medicine and 3 KGRI Research Promotion Leads)

2nd Edition)
Date and time: Wednesday, February 21, 2024. 10:00-12:00
Venue: East Annex 9th Floor Conference room, Mita Campus(Event Poster of the Hidden Jewels Special Session with Prof. Nishikida and Associate Prof. Kubo)

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Research Presentation: “Why is the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Not Ending?: Deciphering the
Background to the Prolonged Conflict in the Middle East.”
Prof. Aiko Nishikida (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law)
Salon Talk and Q&A:
Prof. Aiko Nishikida (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law)
Prof. Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (KGRI Research Promotion Lead, Graduate School of Law,
KGRI Deputy Director)
Prof. Takeharu Okubo (KGRI Research Promotion Lead, Department of Political
Science, Faculty of Law)
Research Presentation: "Is Economics Useful in the Policy Field? State of the Use of Economic
Analysis in Competition Policy"
Prof. Kensuke Kubo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce)
Salon Talk and Q&A:
Prof. Kensuke Kubo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce)
Prof. Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (KGRI Research Promotion Lead, Graduate School of Law,
KGRI Deputy Director)
Prof. Takeharu Okubo (KGRI Research Promotion Lead, Department of Political
Science, Faculty of Law)

(Salon talk with Prof. Aiko Nishikida of the Faculty of Law and 2 KGRI Research Promotion Leads)

Various research presentations, information dissemination, and exchanges
・Overview
Our goal is to internationally disseminate the research results of Keio University researchers, toincrease the visibility of Keio University among the world's leading researchers, and to create
international research collaborations, by distributing information through an international database ofarticles. This time, with a focus on researchers introduced by faculties and graduate schools as Hidden
Jewels and researchers in the humanities and sociology fields who will lead Keio University's researchin the coming years, the university sent out information to researchers around the world.
Videos and other information on the Hidden Jewels reported above will be posted on the website,
enriching the website contents to more effectively disseminate KGRI's activities to overseas audiences.
・Achievements

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【Fiscal Year 2023】
1) Working Paper
Overview: The purpose of this website is to provide the results of research conducted by KGRI staff
and KGRI research project members before and after their formal publication in academic papers,
books, etc., for use and discussion by researchers inside and outside the institute. Therefore, there
are various types of publications, including those before and under peer review, and KGRI seeks tocontribute to free academic discussion in a way that only a university-affiliated research institute canprovide.
English）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/working-paper/index.html
Japanese）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/working-paper/index.html①Title: Joint Statement: “Toward a Wholesome Platform for Speech ver. 2.0 - Implementing
Informational Health”
Authors: Fujio Toriumi（Professor, The Graduate School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo）
Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Professor, Graduate School of Law /KGRI Deputy Director)②Title: “Proposal of a Behavior Changing Digital Platform to Extend Healthy Life Expectancy
toward 2040”
Author: Research Project Keio 2040, Healthy Life Expectancy Extension Team(A digest version and a full-text version are currently available in Japanese. English versions willsubsequently be released.)③Title: “Comparative Law Research on the Personal Data Protection Law in Various Countries”
Authors: Editor's Representative Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Professor, Graduate School of Law /KGRI
Deputy Director)
Editor Kyoichi Iida （Researcher, Graduate School of Law, Attorney-at-Law）
Editor Taiki Sato （L.L.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Law）
④Title: “Digital Transformation (DX) of Medicine and Health”
Co-Editors: Jun Murai（Professor, Keio University, Cyber Civilization Research Center CoDirector）
Masahito Kawamori（Project Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance）
Ryutaro Yamamoto (Senior Researcher, SFC Research Institute)
Hitomi Sano（Researcher, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Member of the
Cyber Civilization Research Center）

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⑤Title: “Comparative Law Research on the Personal Data Protection Law in Various Countries(Version 2.0)” * Provisional translation (full version will subsequently be released)
Authors: Editor's Representative Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Professor, Graduate School of Law/KGRI Deputy Director)
Editor Kyoichi Iida（Researcher, Graduate School of Law, Attorney-at-Law）
Editor Taiki Sato （L.L.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Law）
2) Research Results Presentations and Researchers Networking Events
KGRI's mission is to support the fusion of fusing humanities and sciences, interdisciplinary, andcross-disciplinary research on a cross-departmental basis. To this end, KGRI holds research resultspresentations and researchers networking events three times a year.
・Focusing on the activities of the newly established projects in FY2022, six project representatives
presented the results and took part in a Q&A session.
Japanese）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/news-event/151510.html
Date and time: Friday, July 28, 2023 17:00-20:00
Venue: Faculty Club, North Building 1st Floor, Mita Campus< Part 1 - Research Results Presentations > 6 Research Results Presentations:
Yuichi Hosoya (Professor, Faculty of Law),
Keigo Komamura (Professor, Faculty of Law),
Yuko Oguma（Professor, Sports Medicine Research Center),Rodney Van Meter (Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies),
Yasue Mitsukura (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology),
Yuko Kimijima (Professor, Faculty of Law)
＜ Part 2 - Researchers Networking Events＞
Introduction of the recipients of the FY2023 Startup and Pre-Startup Research Grants, Networking
・The results of the Research Project Keio 2040, now in its final year, were presented followed by a
Q&A session.
Japanese）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/news-event/160498.html
Date: Friday, November 10, 2023 Format: On-site
Research Results Presentations: 18:30-20:05
Hall, North Building, Mita （North Building 1st Floor）
Researchers Networking Events: 20:10-21:10
Conference Room 2, North Building, Mita（North Building 1st Floor）＜ Part 1 - Research Results Presentations＞【Research Project Keio 2040】 Masato Yasui Research Project Keio 2040 General Manager（Professor, School of Medicine）＜Longevity＞Extending Healthy Life Expectancy Project: Establishment of the "KGRI role model
for a healthy society with longevity"
Masato Yasui Professor, School of Medicine / Project Leader, Yasuhiro Kato KGRI ProjectLecturer, Masako Toriya KGRI Project Professor＜Security＞Platforms and the “2040 Problem”: Formation of a new Network space order
Tatsuhiko Yamamoto Professor, Graduate School of Law / KGRI Deputy Director / Project
LeaderHaluna Kawashima Associate Professor, Tohoku Fukushi University (Former KGRI Project
Associate Professor)＜Creativity＞Revolutionary & Interdisciplinary Soft Matter Integration Project

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Kenji Yasuoka Faculty of Science and Technology Professor/ Project Leader, Makoto Asai KGRI
Project Professor, Brian Sumali KGRI Project Lecturer(Research presentation by Research Project Keio 2040 team)＜ Part 2 - Researchers Networking Events＞
Discussion between Research Project Keio 2040 results presenters and KGRI members on thepresent and future of KGRI
・Research presentations by recipients of the 2023 Start-Up Research Grants were held in the North
Building Hall, followed by a Poster Session at the Faculty Club for the pre-Start-up Research Grant
recipients at the Faculty Club.
Japanese) https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/news-event/160528.html
Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 Format: On-site
Research Results Presentations: 16:30-17:40
Hall, North Building, Mita (North Building 1st Floor)
Researchers Networking Events: 18:00-19:30
Faculty Club, North Building, Mita (North Building 1st Floor）＜ Part 1 - Research Results Presentations＞ 6 Research Results Presentations:
Research Results Presentations (English: 10-minute research presentation, 10-minute Q&A)
Ho Namkoong (Senior Assistant Professor, School of Medicine）“Interdisciplinary Approach to Understand the Actual Situation of Long COVID and Create
Treatment Strategies”
Akiko Hayashi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce)“Embodied and Social-emotional Learning in Early Education and Development: If culture is allaround us, what is our approach?”
Masaki Mori (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)“Elucidation and Representation of Various Grid Illusions by Psychological and Mathematical
Approaches”＜ Part 2 - Researchers Networking Events＞ Introduction of the recipients of the FY2023
Startup and Pre-Startup Research Grant, Networking
Poster Session (Flash talk: 2-minute research introduction per person）
Ayumi Yoshifuji（Senior Assistant Professor, School of Medicine）
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“Significance of IGRA test for diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis in dialysis patients
based on the prevalence of tuberculosis”
Yoshifumi Uwamino（Senior Assistant Professor, School of Medicine）“Construction of a POCT-type immuno-prediction system that contributes to optimal selfdetermination of COVID-19 booster vaccination.”
Yusuke Osawa（Associate Professor, Graduate School of Health Management）“Subtypes of Frailty and Sarcopenia and Their Trajectory Changes in Community-dwelling
Older adults in Three Countries”
Chihiro Sato（Senior Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Media Design）“Cultural Social Welfare Service Design for the Aging Society”
Sayaka Suga（Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters）“Investigation of psychological processes in problem solving situations through interaction withAI”
Sumihiro Maeda（Senior Assistant Professor, School of Medicine）“Connection of cognitive dysfunction and autonomous diffusion of single molecules”
Takanori Nishiyama（Senior Assistant Professor, School of Medicine）“Optimization of Shape for Improving the Acoustic Stabilization of Auricular Prosthesis
incorporate with Cartilage Conduction Hearing Aid”
Ai Hasegawa（Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology）“Pre-Investigation for Femtech Development: Assessing the Current State of the Industry and
Identifying Gaps to Uncover Undiscovered Areas”
Shinya Fujii（Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies）“Neural Mechanisms of Drummer’s Dystonia"
Yoshihiro Itaguchi（Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters）“Understanding of temporal-semantic dynamics in patients with dementia and aphasia”(Poster session of KGRI Pre-startup Research Grant recipients）

3) Research Presentations of PRESTO and FOREST programs researchers and networking event
In order to provide an opportunity for exchange between researchers at Keio University who havebeen selected for the JST grant programs "PRESTO" and "FOREST," and to promote collaboration
among researchers, a meeting was held to introduce research and for academic discussions. After thisevent we established a community of "PRESTO" and "FOREST" researchers using "Slack".
Date and time: Monday, March 11, 2024 18:00-20:00
Venue: Faculty Club, North Building 1st Floor, Mita Campus*Similarly to what JST has been doing under the "FOREST" program regarding each selected
researcher, KGRI also collected and published on the KGRI website the information of each selected
researcher (research contents, achievements, biography, goals, etc.).
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Japanese）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/research-showcase/emergence.html＜ Part 1 - Research Presentation＞ (Flash talk: 2-minute research introduction by 11 researchers）
1. Masahiro Akiyama（Project Lecturer, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy）“A New Relationship Between Environmental Exposure and Intestinal Bacteria Based on Chemical
Modifications”【FOREST】
2.Tomohisa Sujino（Senior Assistant Professor, Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy,
School of Medicine）“Exploration of Drug Discovery Seeds Using Single-cell-level Spatiotemporal Analysis ofIntractable Diseases of the Small Intestine”【FOREST】
3. Takahisa Tanaka（Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Information
Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology）“Multimodal Gas Sensing using Nanodevices”【PRESTO】
4. Ho Namkoong（Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, School of
Medicine）“Fundamental Research to Build a Research System Resilient to Pandemics”【PRESTO】
5. Kei Fujiwara（Associate Professor, Biosciences and Informatics, Faculty of Science andTechnology）“The Design Principle of Life, an approach driven by the Biology of Creation”【FOREST】
6. Shuhei Nomura（Project Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,
School of Medicine）“An Empirical Study on Disease Burden for Developing a New Health System”【PRESTO】
Q&A Session
7. Keiko Morimoto（Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine）“Roles of the players of the immune system in brain development and function”【FOREST】
8. Hiroyuki Yasuda（Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Medicine),
School of Medicine）“Clarification of the Carcinogenic Process using Non-Cancerous Lung Organoids and Its
Application to Preemptive Medicine”【FOREST】
9. Eiji Yamamoto（Associate Professor, Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of
Science and Technology）“Hierarchical elucidation of molecular behavior inside membraneless organelles”【PRESTO】
10. Satoshi Yuzawa（Project Lecturer, Graduate School of Media and Governance）“Establishment of a Platform to Synthesize various analogs of known Antibiotics using Synthetic
Biology Techniques” 【FOREST】
11. Kaori Hayashi（Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology, Endocrinology andMetabolism), School of Medicine）“Developing Novel Kidney Disease Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Blood Cell DNA Methylation
Alterations”【FOREST】(Opening remarks by President Ito)

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(Flash talks by “PRESTO” and “FOREST” program researchers)＜ Part 2 - Networking Event＞ 19:00-20:00
4) E-mails delivery to the world's top-level researchers
Using the article distribution service of Clarivate, we distributed by e-mail the most frequently citedarticles in the Web of Science database written by researchers affiliated with Keio University,
especially those written by 18 researchers selected by KGRI in FY2023, to each of 1,000 prominent
overseas researchers in the same research field. The following three criteria were taken into
consideration: 1) inclusion of researchers whom Keio wishes to feature (Hidden Jewels nominees,
PRESTO/FOREST recipients, startup/pre-startup research grant recipients, and participants in theNovember 2023 “OIST-KEIO Showcase Talk Series”), 2) inclusion of researchers in the humanities
and social sciences and 3) gender balance. By doing so, it is expected that opportunities forinternational research collaboration will increase.

Promotion of International Research Collaboration
OIST-KEIO Showcase Talk Series
Cooperation with Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) began in 2020 with exchanges
with the School of Medicine, and in August 2022, the two institutions signed a Basic Agreement on
Scientific and Academic Cooperation for a university-wide collaboration. Currently, in addition to the
School of Medicine, we continue to implement organized exchanges for the entire university. In November
2023, Keio University and OIST co-hosted a two-day Showcase Talk at OIST, with a total of 23 faculty
members from the University, including the President and Executive Director for Research, participating
on site.
OIST is primarily a graduate institute specializing in science and technology, but it aims to expand newareas of collaboration with Keio University, which has a School of Medicine and a School of Humanities
and Social Sciences. In addition to collaboration with OIST's world-class cutting-edge research, Keio
University hopes to promote research collaboration and the internationalization of its human resources
through collaboration with OIST, where English is the complete official language.
“Science Meets Society: Exploring the Nexus of Planetary Well-being for a Sustainable Future”【Organizers】Keio University and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology【Date and time】Thursday, November 16, 2023 - Friday, November 17, 2023
【Venue】Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology /Zoom (Hybrid)
Keio-OIST Research Showcase Event Participants
Kohei Ito
President, Keio University
Masayuki Amagai
Vice-President, Keio University
Yuko Kimijima
Professor, Faculty of Law / KGRI Director

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Takanori Kanai
Dean, School of Medicine
Toshiharu Saiki
Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology
Yoko Hirose
Faculty of Policy Management
As well as 11 researchers, 3 graduate students, and 3 administrative staff members.
Japanese）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/news-event/154770.html
English）https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/news-event/154770.html

Group photo of participants (Provided by OIST/[Micheal Cooper](CC BY 4.0)）

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