JFY2017 Awardees
Up to Yen 5 million ($45,000)/year for up to 3 years
ProjectIntroduction ofenergy-saving
equipment forstrengthening
resilience

Meta system foradvanced medical
regulations

PIAkane UEMICHI
Assistant Prof.
Graduate Schoolof Engineering,
Department of
MechanicalEngineering

Synopsis
Securing energy at disasters is the most critical issue. The hospitals to be used during
disasters are required to have self-generating energy facilities that can generate 60% of
the normal-time energy. The introduction of self-generating energy facilities is not
systematized, nor has gone through sufficient research.

Shingo KANO
Associate Prof.
Department ofComputationalBiology andMedical Sciences

To use emerging medical technologies by ensuring safety, effectiveness, and quality, theinnovation and regulation processes need to be comprehensively defined. Also, theinteraction between them is required to be systematically analyzed along with explorationof an appropriate time for starting rules, preparation of rules for the rules, and monitoringof the interaction.

This project is to establish a tool that supports the introduction of energy-saving
equipment that meets “economic and environmental standards” and “strengthening ofresilience” by using open data such as disaster occurrence rate. It will also establish asystem that offers financial support for introducing energy-saving equipment.

Collaborators
University of Tokyo
Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)
Central Research Institute of ElectricPower Industry
National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Resilience

University of Tokyo
Aoyama Gakuin University
Yamaguchi University
Japan Association for the Advancementof Medical Equipment
Japan Multiplex bio-Analysis Consortium

The project will establish a system of systems by (1) developing a prototype for technology
prediction system; (2) analyzing past cases to establish new medical evaluation technology
guidelines and proposing Japanese version of guidelines for guidelines; and (3) establishinga system that will accelerate the interaction in heart simulation technologies.
Star scientists andinnovation inJapan

Kanetaka MAKI
Associate Prof.
Waseda Business
School

It is essential to continue funding for excellent R&D to effectively promote Japanesescience, technology and innovation. The U.S. has “star scientists” who produce excellent
research results and also establish venture businesses of high performance. They makegreat contributions in making economic and social impacts with their proactive
contribution to industries with their scientific background.
This project is to develop a method for identifying star scientists in Japan, analyze how thestar scientists have been born, and establish the database. All of these will lead to an

Waseda University
National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS)Analyses of themotivation forfemale students
to major inmathematics andphysics

HiromiYOKOYAMA
Professor
University ofTokyoKAVLI/IPMU

evidence that will help distribute research fund with industrialization in mind.
Next-generation STI personnel education is critical. Japanese 5th STI Basic Plan encourages
securing personnel of diversity and mobility. Among other things, it is important to involve
women researchers in the workforce. Many efforts have already been made to encourage
female students to major in science, but those who major in math and physics are very few
compared with those in BIO. There are some countries where female students occupy 50%of the math and physics classes. It is possible in Japan that some social factors hinder thenumber from increasing.
This project will use psychology in surveying math and physics researchers, female
students and their parents, and after-school students, and analyze the social factors thatprevents them in majoring in math and physics. It will also propose policies for securing
diverse personnel who will make contributions in making innovations.

University of Tokyo
Shiga University