Press release
A new website for the essence of COINS～in-body hospitals changes the future～ Open a new website summarized COINS's vision on one page in easy-to-understandmanner.
 Introduce in-body hospitals aiming for realization in 2045.
 Post a roadmap towards the most innovative hub in the world.

As the Kawasaki hub (COINS) of the "Center of Innovation (COI) Program" of the Ministry ofEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF
INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Kazunori
Kataoka, Location; Tonomachi Kawasaki City, Abbreviation: iCONM) aiming to establish "in-bodyhospitals ®" by 2045 has opened a new website for Project COINS.
The contents were exhibited at "Innovation JAPAN2020", that was an online matching event between
Academia and Industry, organized by JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency).
https://ij2020online.jst.go.jp/
COINS will continue to work for creating the innovation towards the most innovative hub in theworld. We have posted what COINS thinks of 2045 and the roadmap in easy-to-understand manner.
Please visit our website.
https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/about/＜Information on new website URL＞
In English
https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/about/
In Japanese https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/about/※ The official website remains https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/

Public Interest Incorporated Foundation KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTIONKAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION was established in 1988 funded 100%from Kawasaki City for the purpose of coping with the hollowing out of industry and changes in thedemand structure.
In order to realize a higher level of market development, transforming R&D type companies, training
technological capabilities to support it, human resources development, understanding market needs,etc., by utilizing the functions of the Kawasaki, KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIALPROMOTION has been contributing to revitalize the local economy by promoting exchanges of local
industry information, advancing technology and corporate exchanges with establishment of a R&D
institutions, developing creative human resources through workshops and promoting businesses suchas expanding sales channels through exhibition business.
http://www.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/

Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)
Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM) started its operation in April 2015 as a core research
center in life science field at King SkyFront on the request of Kawasaki city that KAWASAKIINSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION utilized national policies as a business operator andproposer.
It is a unique research center that the world has ever seen which is designed for the purpose ofpromoting open innovation through industry-academia-government/medical-engineeringcollaboration, prepared with state-of-the-art facilities and experimental equipment, that enables
comprehensive research and development from organic synthesis / microfabrication to preclinicaltesting.
https://iconm.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/

Center of Innovation Program (COI)The COI program is a research and development program under the Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The program
employs the backcasting approach and set interdisciplinary and collaborative R&D themes thatshould be challenged at the present from the issues that are underlying in the future society. Eighteen
centers have been established nationwide to realize radical innovation through industry-academia
collaboration which cannot be accomplished by industry and academia alone.
The Kawasaki center is the only COI center managed by local governments, not universities, and theresearch projects carried out there are called COINS (Center of Open Innovation Network for Smart
Health).
COI: https://www.jst.go.jp/tt/EN/platform/coi.html
COINS: https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/

November 25, 2020