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About RCAST

RCAST− Continuing to Embrace the Challenge of Unprecedented Fields −Director's Message

The benefits and costs of science and technology:
where is the power to transcend this contradiction?

Director

Research Center for Advanced Scienceand Technology, The University of Tokyo

Research Center for Advanced Science andTechnology (RCAST ), The University of Tokyo
Established in 1987, RCAST is the newest affiliatedresearch center of the University of Tokyo. With ourfour mottos: interdisciplinar y approach, mobility,international perspective, and openness, right fromthe start, RCAST actively develops research activities
across fields, transcending the boundaries of thehumanities and the sciences.

The term “human-centered” is now being advocated once again. Placing people at thecenter and wishing for their peace and well-being seems to be an excellent goal at firstglance. However, seen from the large framework of nature, humans are also one part. It isnecessary to step away once from the conventional viewpoint, switch over to a large
framework of a nature that also encompasses human beings, and redefine what it means to
be human-centered.
Originally, organisms have instinctively worked at harmony and coexistence with nature, but
by acquiring language (logic and symbols) and evolving the intellectual capabilities to think
about things logically, human beings have come to understand nature and create scienceand technology for its optimal control. From this science and technology, our orientation has
become human-centered and we have enjoyed great benefits. On the other hand, as thecost, our original relationship of harmony and co-existence with nature is being lost.
Poetry, music, painting and other arts have inevitably arisen from seeking this harmony andco-existence with nature that is being lost. And “impression” is born from the harmony
caused by the interaction between people and nature. “Impression” strengthens the bonds
between humans and nature.
RCAST was founded for the purpose of pioneering revolutionary science and technology toconstruct an inclusive and sustainable society. An inclusive society is a world that evenencompasses nature, and where diverse people can feel empathy and become happy.
From a nature-centered perspective of the harmony which comes from interaction withnature and leads to coexistence, aiming at a human-centered perspective is essential forbuilding an inclusive future society. I think this is the mission that has been given tohumankind, and to RCAST.
RCAST now integrates the diverse fields of hard sciences including engineering,
information science, physical science and medical science, the humanities including social
science, as well as barrier-free studies, art, and design. We create science and technologythat brings forth “wonder” with high reverence and morality as humans from diverse
perspectives including science, art, philosophy, and religion, work toward harmony andcoexistence with nature, and lead the construction of an inclusive and sustainable society.

The Research Center for Advanced Scienceand Technology shall aim to contribute to thedevelopment of science and technology
by expeditiously taking on new challenges arisingfrom the advancement of science and changes
in society thereby exploring new areas ofadvanced science and technology
for humankind and society.
Article 2,
Rules for the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology,
the University of Tokyo© 2021-2022 RCAST, The University of Tokyo

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Thirty Years of Interdisciplinary Research
and a 15-year Focus on Inclusivity

CultureSolving increasingly complex social issues requires fresh perspectives. Since RCAST was founded over 30 years ago,science and engineering, which advance science and technology, have co-existed with the humanities and social
sciences, which deal with ethics, thought, and social systems, and we advance fields where there is no prior research.
In barrier-free studies which were established more than 15 years ago, tojisha-kenkyu has been conducted byresearchers who have disabilities themselves, and research has been caried out using technologies to overcome
human and social barriers. In 2020, a new field was established fusing science and technology with art and design.

A community where renowned researchers
and world-famous artists gather
At RCAST, we are proud to be joined by top researchers
from around the world. We also have researchers withdisabilities, artists, and athletes. Coming into contact withsuch a diverse range of values prompts us to question
things taken for granted in our own narrow world. In June
2018, Kumamon, the popular bear mascot of Kumamoto
Prefecture, joined RCAST’s research team. Since theestablishment of the Advanced Art Design Lab, our ties
with artists have been expanding even further.

©2010 kumamoto pref. kumamon© 2021-2022 RCAST, The University of Tokyo

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Field-specific-laboratory structure
Numerous cross-disciplinary projects

Research Fields

At RCAST, science and engineering research fields, which advance science and technology, co-exist with humanities
and social sciences research fields, which deal with ethics, thought, and social systems. By fusing interdisciplinaryscience and technology that is rare worldwide with art and design, we research our true future where people andnature coexist, and aim at an inclusive society.

Material

Environment
and Energy

Information

Art
DesignSocialScience

Chemical
Biomedicine

Barrier Free

4 Field

4 Field

Micro Device Engineering● Quantum Information Physics and Engineering● Theoretical Chemistry● High Performance Materials●●

Material

Barrier Free

6 Field

5 Field

New Energy● Climate Science Research● Co-Creative Community Planning, Design, and Management● Energy System● Global Climate Dynamics● Energy and Environment●●

Environment
and Energy

SocialScience

10 Field

3 Social Cooperation Research Departments●

Academic-Industrial Joint Laboratory for Renewable Energy

7 Field
Bioorganic Chemistry
Metabolic Medicine● Integrative Nutriomics and Oncology● Structural Biology● Genome Science & Medicine● Chemical Biotechnology● Synthetic Biology●●

2 Social Cooperation Research Departments
Department of Inflammology● Genome Science & Medicine

Artificial Intelligence
Information Devices● Intelligent Cooperative Systems● Mathematical Physics of Emergent Systems● Photon based Advanced Manufacturing Science● Information Somatics● Communication Science● Biological Data Science● Networked Biophotonics and Microfluidics● Advanced Art Design●

Renewable Fuel Global Network● The Suburban Future Design Lab● The Next Generation of Energy Distribution System●●

Intellectual Property Law
Political Administrative System● Religion and Global Security● Policy Research on Science and Technology● MOT (Management of Technology)●

1Facility

Chemical
Biomedicine

Barrier-Free
Assistive Technology● Tojisha-Kenkyu● Inclusive Design Laboratory●

Information

3 Social Cooperation Research Departments
Insect Controlled Space Design
MobilityZero● Advanced Art Design Laboratory●●

1 Corporate Sponsored Research Programs●

Progressive Logistic Science●［As of April 1, 2021］© 2021-2022 RCAST, The University of Tokyo

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Advanced open laboratory continues
to take on bold challenges

Projects

UTokyo - Research Alliance for Informationand Life Sciences
This project, centered on young researchers, combines quantitative life science with data science to address major issues incontemporary life science, such as cancer progression and disease control. RAILS has been energetically expanding its
activities ever since it's foundation in FY2017. In 2020 it also opened RCAST’s first naming rights laboratory "K2-CORE" which
introduced automation technology to the flexible core facility system for the joint use of expensive measurement equipment at
the Komaba II campus. RAILS is pursuing next-generation science with no barriers, and further accelerating research.

K2-CORE

Research Alliance for Information and Life Sciences

Multiple companies

Life sciences/information lab
Life sciences/
information lab

Young
PI

Life sciences/
information lab

Joint researchcompany

Company B

Lab A

Naming rights lab

Company B

Life sciences/
information lab

Young
PI

Sharing ofresources, etc.
Young
PI

Company A

Sharing of resources, etc.

Young
PI

Life sciences/
information lab

Life sciences/information lab

Communication function

Institute ofIndustrial Science

RCAST
RAILS

Graduate School ofArts and Sciences

Innovative laboratory linked
with the UTokyo Komaba II Campus and company model zone

Related laboratories: Networked Biophotonics and Microfluidics, Integrative Nutriomics and Oncology, Biological Data Science, etc.

UTokyo RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES)ROLES was established in 2020 centered on RCAST’s Religion and Global Security Division. It broadly gathers together the latest
knowledge regarding international relations and security and disseminates this in Japan and overseas as a truly open laboratory
removing all barriers such as inside and outside the university, domestic and foreign, and researchers and practitioners. ROLES
uses outside funds raised independently from government organs and private-sector companies for most of its operating budget.
It is an attempt to redefine and strengthen its role in society as a university think tank.

Subsidy Scheme for Research Project on Japan’s Choicesin the Era of Inter-Regime Competition subsidized
by the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies is independently
conducting the “Research Project on Japan’s Choices in the Era of Inter-Regime
Competition: Policy Proposals and Information Sharing based on Long-term
Scenario Planning in Search of a Proactive Role in the Emergence of the New
International Order” subsidized by the subsidy scheme for study/research on
foreign policy and security of the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs starting fromfiscal 2020.

Study Forum for the Middle East
RCAST and Impex Solutions, Ltd. have jointly established the Study Forum for the Middle East under the guidance of Professor of
Religion and Global Security Satoshi Ikeuchi, using the academic guidance system of the University of Tokyo established in fiscal
2020. The Forum provides a venue for the proposal of new forms of social contribution in the humanities through ties with industry.

GSI Caravan Project “Field Studies and Interactive Surveys on the International Political
Dynamics among the Major Middle Eastern Powers and Other Foreign Powers”
This project aims to understand the impact of changes in the age of global great power competition on political circumstances in the
Middle East, the rise of regional powers, as well as the broader implications for regional and international relations. The project involves
dialogues and exchanges with experts from prominent research institutions in Egypt, Israel, and Turkey to understand regional
circumstances by focusing on changes in the Middle Eastern regional order through ideological and religious contexts.
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Ties with communities
Creating new social systems and value

Projects

Climate change actions with co-creation poweredby regional weather information and E-technology (ClimCORE)
Under collaboration with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the UTokyo Information
Technology Center, we conduct regional atmospheric reanalysis, in which state-of-the-art
modeling and satellite and radar measurements are unified, to construct high-resolution
meteorological data that reproduces atmospheric conditions over Japan and the surrounding
maritime area four-dimensionally over recent decades. As a fundamental dataset for
designing society into the future, it is used for assessing climate change and pastmeteorological risks for individual regions of Japan.
Our ultimate goal is to create collaboration systems among academia, industry, government and communities as “co-creation
platforms” where regional meteorological data can be used strategically and organically for social innovations in a variety ofcommunities and industries, including energy, transportation/logistics, urban development, agriculture, forestry and fisheries,
manufacturing, information, disaster prevention and mitigation, medical care/welfare, insurance and finance.

Enhanced linkage between data production and users
Target 1

Target 0

Target 2

Production of meteorological Big Data

Development of co-creation platforms

Research promotion forsocial applications

Conducting “regional atmospheric reanalysis
around Japan”

Construct co-creation platforms that organicallylink Targets 1 and 2, under scientific andstrategic management.

Draft inclusive disaster prevention andmitigation strategies aiming to safe and secureurban development

Arrange data archives, sharing, and release(DIAS, mdx, SINET, data jacket).

Promote the use and upgrade meteorological
data toward highly accurate corporate activity
strategies

Improve the framework for data distribution andcollaboration that is difficult by JMA andnational institutes alone and promote the usageof existing regional meteorological data
Develop human resources suitable forindustry-academia-government-community
collaboration to produce data in accordancewith user needs.

Legislation regarding data use
Arrange data visualization, promotion of data
use, etc.

Develop human resources suitable for the useof meteorological data
Promote ties with overseas

Flow of funds and feedback of knowledge and requests
Project Leader: Professor Hisashi Nakamura
Collaborating Labs and Organizations: In addition to collaboration among all the research labs in RCAST, collaboration with other faculties and research institutes of UTokyo,
Japan Meteorological Agency, other universities and research organizations, private companies, and local governments

Co-Creation Living Lab

RCAST’s knowledge of cutting-edge science and technology
combined with solution known-how accumulated throughregional collaboration networks built up over many years
enable us to conceive strategies and tools pinpointing
regional issues and to design the sustainable regionalc o m m un i t i es of t h e f uture. Fr o m re gi o na l in d us t r yrevitalization activities utilizing research seeds, disasterrecovery, community revitalization, research exchange
making use of knowledge, experience and capabilities, andhuman resources development to empirical experiments on
new workstyles, we are achieving more flexible and closer
collaboration with local governments and regions.

Local
governments

Universities

Local
corporations

Big
corporations

Overseasorganizations

Co-Creation Living Lab

RCAST

Researchers andother departmentsof UTokyo

Related laboratories: Co-Creative Community Planning, Design, and Management, Political Administrative System, Information Somatics,
Academic-Industrial Joint Laboratory for Renewable Energy, etc.

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Removing the barriers
that restrict people

Projects

DO-IT Japan

This project fosters future leaders among youth with disabilities by
supporting young people with disabilities or diseases in their advance tohigher education and subsequent transition to employment. Throughindustry-academia collaboration, it develops and provides programs thatoffer various opportunities to participants (university life experience andinternships, overseas training, and exchanges with people who havediverse values through participation in the DO-IT community, etc. withsupport in using technology as the main axis). The participating pupils
and students who have disabilities learn to acquire self-determination andself-advocacy, and gain learning opportunities to enhance their leadershipof future social inclusion. In 2011, the DO-IT Japan received the 42nd
Hakuho Award (special needs education category) and the Minister of
Education, Sports, Science and Technology Encouragement Award.

Related laboratory: Assistive Technology

IDEA Project

The IDEA Project works to create flexible workstyle employment
systems so that persons with diverse disabilities can take an active partat worksites. The project has developed an ultra-short working hours
model so they can work with roles at normal workplaces for as little as 15
minutes or one hour per week. The project is conducting joint researchwith local government bodies and corporate groups in each region on
realizing and implementing workstyles that can boost workplace
productivity and include diverse people.

Related laboratory: Assistive Technology

LEARN
This is a new project launched in June 2021, taking over from the
ROCKET project for discovering talents which has given society a new
way of learning for children who refuse to attend school or otherwise
have difficulties adapting to school education. The project removes
children coming up against various barriers from their existingorganizations and facilitates their learning in a new environment, andoffers venues for various researchers to gather and discuss, propose
and verify dynamic education models of the future. LEARN is developing
diverse activity programs ranging from programs for eager children withexceptional talents to programs for children who presently dislike or haveno interest in studying, as well as a program for scholarships (LEARN
ONE) given regardless of grades or disabilities. The programs created at
LEARN are not rigid, but rather are constantly changing.

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A new approach to the futureby academia

Projects

Advanced Art Design
This project gathers the diverse viewpoints of RCAST’s scientific and technological wisdom, the acuity of leading Japanese
corporations, and global top-level art design practitioners who are the pride of the Advanced Art Design Lab to address thecomplex problems of contemporary society. We believe that it is impossible to resolve these problems with a way of thinking bornfrom a single sense of values, and that by fusing many different perspectives with the Japanese spirit of harmony, we can movetoward the realization of a harmonious world with no one left behind. The project invites artists who are active globally as ouradvisors, and together with our partner corporations will rapidly implement the ideas and give them back to society.

Director General of Research

Collaborated organizations

AdviserOko Arai
Stefania Bandini
Stefano Giovannoni
Ashley Hall
Norihiko Harada
Yutaka Hasegawa
Joe Hisaishi
Vincenzo Iavicoli
Ryunin Inui
Kyoichi Ishimaru
Manabu Kawata
Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Kengo Kuma
Birgit Lohmann
Ikuo Maeda
Rossella Menegazzo

Jeff Mills
Akihiro Nagaya
Youji Nobutou
Snichi Onuma
Yuki Otaki
Marc Sadler
Keiko Sato
Tadasuke Shiomi
Takaaki Soeda
Shigehiko Sugiura
Kotaro Tameda
Nobuyuki Tsujii
Patricia Urquiola
Kazuki Yamada
Miyako Yoshida
Francesco Zurlo※Alphabetical order by sir name without honorifics

Koya Town and Koyasan Shingon Sect Main
Temple Kongobu-ji, Wakayama Prefecture
Koyasan University
Koya Town
The University of Milano-Bicocca
Politecnico di Milano
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Ryohei KANZAKI
Professor

MemberPartner private corporations
in Social Corporation Programs
Shiseido Company, Limited
Sumitomo Corporation
Sony Corporation
Japan Tobacco Inc.
Mazda Motor Corporation
Yamaha Corporation
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
BLBG Co., Ltd.

Setsu ITO

Kaoru KONDO

Shinobu ITO

Hideki YOSHIMOTO

Project Professor

Project Associate
Professor

Partner private corporations
in Joint Research

Project Professor

Project Associate
Professor

Related labs: all RCAST research areas
and disciplines

Toppan Inc.

Inclusive Academia ProjectJapan’s STEM research sites have experiment and measurement devices, analysis systems, and other equipment crammed into small
spaces, and are by no means an ideal environment for researchers with physical disabilities. In this project, experts in universal design,
inclusive environment research and development with participation from private-sector companies, researchers with disabilities, andRCAST barrier-free studies formed a single team, and began working toward the preparation of an environment where careers are not
cutoff by disabilities. The project aims not only to create the ideal research environment for all researchers, but also to promote theapplication of the technologies developed to the aging society and realize an inclusive campus with no one left behind.

Inclusive Structural Design
Experimental inclusive research environment
Research& development

Discussion

STEM researcherswith disabilities

Feedback

Universal design
experts+
private sector
companies

Cooperation

Collaboration

Inclusive Cultural Design
Empirical research

Application to society

Data collection

Use independently developed tojisha-kenkyu
worksheets to bring humility and psychologicalease to each organization.

Application of tojisha-kenkyu to society

Cooperation inside the university

・UTokyo EXTENSION
・Center for Barrier-Free Education

Cooperation inside the university

RCASTbarrier-free studies

Collaboration

Statistics

Paper
publications

・Companies
・Administrative
organsThe University ・Dependenceof Tokyo・Developmental

・FD・Graduate
student lectures

RCAST Inclusive Design Lab

disabilities
・Physical
disabilities
・Prisons for women・Athletes

Preparation of co-creation guidelines

Application toan aging society

Overseas cooperation
US: UC Berkeley
China: Tsinghua University(University strategic partnerships)

Contribution to
an inclusive society

・Disability Services Office・Center for Research andDevelopment of Higher Education

Cooperation inside the university

・Faculty of Medicine

Cooperation outside the university

・Drug Addiction Rehabilitation
Center (DARC)
・Center for Independent Living (CIL)

Cooperation outside the university

Realization of co-creation

・Tokyo Metropolitan Instituteof Medical Science

Related laboratories: Tojisha-Kenkyu, Inclusive Design Lab.

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Expectations of Research Capabilities
and Researchers’ Accomplishments

Public Funded Research

Publicly Funded Research［As of April 1, 2021］

Project Title

Research
Director

Support Organization

Climate change actions with CO-creation powered by Regional
weather information and E-technology

Hisashi
NAKAMURA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)JIZAI Body

Masahiko
INAMI

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)Macroscopic Quantum Machines

Yasunobu
NAKAMURA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)

Crowd control adaptive to individual and group attributes

Katsuhiro
NISHINARI

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)Masakazu
SUGIYAMANew Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO)

Tatsuya
HARADA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)YusukeMUKUTA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)YusukeKUROSE

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)SatoshiIwamotoJapan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)

Sadao
Ota

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)

Cognitive Mirroring: Assisting people with developmental
disorders by means of self-understanding and social sharingof cognitive processes

Shinichiro
KUMAGAYAJapan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)Behavior change and harmonious collaboration
by experiential supplements

Masahiko
INAMI

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)Multiwavelength light sources for molecular imaging

ShinjiYAMASHITA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)

Tatsuya
HARADA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)KazumaAOYAMA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)

ShigeoYOSHIDAJapan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)Takanori
SUGIYAMA

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)Operation support and health monitoring service
for artificial satellites

Takehisa
YAIRI

Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST)Research project on the provision of textbook digital data

Takeo
KONDO

Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Research project on efficient production systemof accessible textbooks

Takeo
KONDO

Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)Open innovation platform for industry academia co creation
Strategic Basic Research Programs (ERATO)
Strategic Basic Research Programs (ERATO)

JST-Mirai program

Integrated Electrochemical Systems for Scalable CO2 Conversion
to Chemical Feedstocks
Moonshot Research and Development Program

Concept learning and multimodal recognition
Moonshot Research and Development Program

Research on time series prediction and estimationof the causality measure
Moonshot Research and Development Program

Corpus development for semantic understanding
Moonshot Research and Development Program

Creation of topological integrated photonic devices
Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST)

High-dimensional networked measurement for studying
heterogeneity and dynamics of extracellular vesicles

Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST)

Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST)

Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST)
Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST)

Construction of High-accurate Prediction Modelfrom Limited Supervised Data

Strategic Basic Research Programs (AIP Accelerated Program)

Dveloping Sensory Editing Interface using Percutaneous
Electrical Stimulation

Strategic Basic Research Programs (PREST)

Computational Perception Design:
Designing perceptual experiences using a data-driven approach
Strategic Basic Research Programs(PREST)

Development of foundational technology for the implementationof highly accurate quantum operations

Strategic Basic Research Programs (PREST)

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Organization
andManagement

A unique system of organization managementthat enables prompt decisions to address
new challenges
Since its inception, RCAST has maintained a system oforganization management that separates research fromadministration. As the decision-making unit, theStrategic Management Office deliberates internalorganizational streamlining, staffing proposals, budget
allocation, and other important matters, and swiftly
moves on to execution. The system reduces the amountof time researchers spend on administrative issues andensures time for their research and education activities.

Strategic Management Office
GeneralFaculty
Meeting

Strategic
Planning Office●Director●

Vice Director●

Faculty Staff●

General Manager

Administration
OfficeUniversity Research
Administrator (URA),
Director's OfficePublic Relations
and Information
Office●Deputy Manager,
Strategic Planning
Office●RCAST Board

Rigorous evaluation of RCAST’s management strategies“RCAST Board” external evaluation committee
Chieko ASAKAWAIBM Fellow／Chief Executive Director, Miraikan

Yoichi NISHIMURAManaging Director, The Asahi Shimbun Company

Noriko OSUMI

Akira HIRUMA

Vice President, Tohoku University

President and CEO, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.

Takashi ONISHI
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

Hideaki KOIZUMI
Honorary Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd.Advisor
Distinguished Fellow, The Engineering Academy of Japan

Hiroya MASUDA

Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO,Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.

Toshiro MUTOH

Honorary Chairman, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.

Tsuneo KOMATSUZAKI［As of June 1, 2021］

Former Advisor of SECOM CO., LTD.

Researchers and administrative staff
are the twin pillars of RCAST.
The Strategic Planning Office, which reports withcomplete support to the Strategic Management Officep l a c e d d i r e c t l y u n d e r t h e D i r e c t o r, a n d t h eadministration office closely collaborate and support
RCAST’s speedy and flexible operations system inboth administration and research practice.

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Forming organic connections
among researchers across disciplines

Collaboration
Cooperation

We are building a global organization network including the establishment of satellite offices at collaborating institutions.
Domestically, based on the experience of a partnership agreement with Ishikawa Prefecture that has led to a very advanced
example of joint industry creation by the university and the prefecture, we are pursuing forms of co-creation that go beyond
industry-academia-government cooperation together with local governments and communities participating in the
Co-creation Living Lab.

International
collaboration

3

１ 21
2

8
22
19 5
18
17

20
14
15

7
11

13

12

16

9
1 Stockholm University (Sweden)●
2 Clare Hall, University of Cambridge (UK)●
3 University of Glasgow (UK)●
4 Arizona State University, LightWorks (USA)●
5 Centre National de la●
5 Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France)(Australia)

7 Advanced Institutes of Convergence●
Technology (AICT), Seoul National
University (South Korea)
8 University of Kassel (Germany)●

Cooperation
with domestic
educational
institutions

Agreements with local
governments(Domestic)
1 Ishikawa Prefecture●

and Ishikawa Sunrise Industries
Creation Organization
2 Obuse Town, Nagano Prefecture●
3 Kumamoto Prefecture●

and Kumamoto University
4 Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture●and Shinshu University Research Center
for Social Systems
5 Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture●
6 Shiraoi Town, Hokkaido Prefecture●
7 Wakayama Prefecture●
8 Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture●
9 Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture●
10 Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture●
11 Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture●
12 Kaminokuni Town,Hokkaido Prefecture●
13 Setagaya City, Tokyo●
14 Koya Town and Koyasan Shingon Sect●

Main Temple Kongobu-ji,
Wakayama Prefecture
15 Kobayashi City, Miyazaki Prefecture
●

6

10

9 The University of Adelaide(Australia)●
10 Queensland University●of Technology (Australia)
11 The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle●
Eastern and African Studies (MDC),
Tel Aviv University (Israel)
12 Council of Scientific●& Industrial Research (CSIR) (India)
13 The Hebrew University●of Jerusalem (Israel)
14 Centre for Research in Photonics,●
The University of Ottawa (Canada)

6 The University of New South Wales●

Agreementswith local
governments

415
of California, Berkeley (USA)●University
16
on Disability Studies,●Center
University of Hawaii at Mānoa (USA)17
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)●The
18
di Milano (Italy)●Politecnico
19
University of Bordeaux (France)●The
20
State Institute of International●Moscow
Relations (Russia)
21
for Security and●Institute
Development Policy (ISDP)
22
Polytechnique (France)●École※Order by agreement execution［As of September1, 2021］

Cooperation with domestic
educational institutions

16 Science Education Center attached to Hokkaido●

Education Research Institute17 Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education●
18 Minato City Board of Education●
19 Koyasan University●
20 Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
●

16

6

12

Agreements with local
governments (International)
21 Government of South Australia,●

Australia

22 State of Queensland, Australia●※Order by agreement execution

9［As of July 1, 2021］

8
10

11
3
15

14
7 19

1

2

5
4
13 17
20 18
21
22

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RCAST at a glance

RCAST Facts

Financial
Statement

Nearly 80 percent of RCAST's operating expenses are covered by external funding. This reflects recognition of RCAST’s
far-sighted research and the results that it has produced, and a line-up of researchers capable of securing their own funding.

External funds

External Funding Ratio
Endowed Research
Division 1.1%

Management
Expenses Grants

Funds for Commissioned
Projects 0.9%

Other Grant-in-Aid

22.0%

Grant-in-Aid
for Scientific ResearchFunds for Joint Projects

9.0%

0.1%

10.8%

Contributions

10.0%

RCAST

Grant-in-Aid for
Scientific Research

External Funds

10.8%

78.0%

3,562,188

Business
Sectors

thousand Yen
Contract Research
Funds

thousand Yen

28.9%

52.5%

15.6%

Indirect expenses excluded

External
Funds

48.3 %

60.3%

By Source

3,562,188

Joint Research
Funds

UTokyoManagement
Expenses Grants

By content

Ministries andOther Governmental
Organizations

Management
Expenses Grants

51.7 %

Grand Total

External Funds

4,781,856

3,562,188

1,219,668
thousand Yen

thousand Yen

thousand Yen[FY2020][FY2020]

Facultyand Staff

With external funding, RCAST has created the Project Researcher/Faculty System enabling unique, high-quality humanresources to be employed by RCAST on a project basis. This system, originated by RCAST, can make a huge difference inresearch competency.

The ratio of Project Academic Staff

The member of Faculty and Staff
The ratio of Research Staff

GrantsAcademic Staff

Project
Academic Staff

Professors

25 名

4名

13.8%

Associate
Professors

15 名

18 名

54.5%

Lecturers

4名

13 名

76.5%

［As of April 1, 2021］

Project Staff,
Researchers

85.5 %
Academic
Staff

Project Staff
Researchers＊

GrantsAcademic Staff

45.9%

387名
56 名
66 名
265 名

Students

RCAST Project

Academic Staff

54.1%

14 .5 %［As of April 1, 2021］

Grant Staff

Composition ratio of Academic Staff

Grant Staff

288 名
Undergraduate
24 名
Students
Graduate
Students

Administrative
Staff
Grant Administrative
Staff
Project Specialists

53名
24 名
29 名

312名
AIS Students
103 名＊Researchers: Project Researchers, Visiting Research Fellows,
Co-operative Research Fellows, UTokyo Research Fellows, Joint Research Fellows［As of April 1, 2021］［As of April 1, 2021］© 2021-2022 RCAST, The University of Tokyo12
Research
Community

Making research and education activities broad,deep, and new
Network of researchers inside Japan and overseas
We welcome individuals who belong to domestic or overseas educational, research, and other organs with deep knowledge
or outstanding accomplishments as RCAST Fellows, and bring an international expanse to RCAST’s activities. We also
grant the title of Senior Research Fellow to those researchers who previously worked at RCAST who have outstanding
academic or educational accomplishments and are recognized as promoting RCAST’s research and education activities,
even after their retirement, and grant the title of Research Advisor to individuals linked to our present research activities, andwe are expanding our global network of researchers.

RCAST
Fellow

Texas A&M University
Louis & Elizabeth Scherck
Chair in Oceanography

National Institute of Standards
and TechnologyUniversityof Maryland

Ping CHANG

Jacob M TAYLOR

University of
Milano-Bicocca

Stefania BANDINI

University of Regensburg

Toin University of Yokohama

UTokyo Emeritus Professor

Joerg WUNDERLICH

Tsutomu MIYASAKA

Toshiro FUJITA

President Emeritus,
Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Yuan Tseh LEE

UTokyo Emeritus Professor
Director, Member of the Board,
Suntory Holdings Limited

Foundation Fellow,
Clare Hall,
University of Cambridge

David COPE

Science and Technology Advisor
to the Minister for Foreign Aﬀairs

Teruo KISHI

University of California
San Diego

Shang-Ping XIE

Honorary Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd.
Executive Vice President,
The Engineering Academy of Japan

Hideaki KOIZUMIUTokyo Emeritus Professor

Tadatsugu TANIGUCHI

Takashi MIKURIYAIBM Fellow
Chief Executive Director,
Miraikan

Chieko ASAKAWA

Kiyoshi NISHIOKAMariko FUJII

Hikaru KOBAYASHI

SeniorResearch
Fellow
Hiroyuki ABURATANI

Adviser

Yasunori BABA

Tohru IFUKUBE※Honorific titles are omitted［As of April 1, 2021］© 2021-2022 RCAST, The University of Tokyo

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Education

Bringing diversity especially to educationin both graduate school and fostering
the next generation
Cases where a doctorate degree is required for corporate researchers and specialist personnel are increasing. Universities
not only enable in-depth study of a chosen field, but also develop a systematic understanding and broad overview ofscience and technology. Furthermore, in recent years, the needs for university researchers to provide support to primaryand secondary education have been dramatically increasing. RCAST aims to provide new value in both higher education at
graduate schools and outreach to primary and secondary education.

The only doctoral course
at a UTokyo affiliatedresearch institute

Other

1.9%

The University of Tok yo Graduate School of Engineering
Depar tment of Ad vanc ed Interdis c iplinar y Studies wasestablished in 1992 as a doctorate only program. Under RCAST’s
characteristic interdisciplinary environment, we foster individuals
with the will to pioneer unique new fields, without being restrictedby conventional, common-sense frameworks. This program
opens the door not only to corporate researchers and engineers,
but also to corporate managers and government policymakers
with knowledge in the field of advanced science and technology.
Upon completion, students can receive either the Doctor ofEngineering or the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

From Other
Universities

27.2%

AIS Students
by backgroundFrom
UTokyo7.8%Company
Employees

63.1%［As of April 1, 2021］

Advanced Education Outreach lab (AEO) launched April 2021
In addition to the efforts to date by each laboratory, while unifying and making RCAST’s education outreach activities more
visible, AEO supports next-generation development by creating and providing cross-disciplinary programs utilizing RCAST’s
strengths that integrate the humanities and the sciences in collaboration with schoolteachers. AEO also proposes a new value
axis fusing arts and sciences and implements it.

One stop function for education outreach
Schools
Pupils/students

RCAST’s
resources

Advanced Education
Outreach lab（AEO）

Seeds for advanced theory,cross-disciplinary collaboration,
application to society,art and design, etc.

Needs for university resourcesin STEAM education,
research projects withinquiry-based-learning, etc.

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Campuses filled with greenery
are the city’s secret gardens

Maps and Direction
Tokyo Metro
Fukutoshin LineRCAST

ACCESS

Komaba Research Campus

Tokyo Metro
Chiyoda Line

Ikebukuro

Nippori
Keisei Skyliner

Shinjuku

HigashiKitazawa
To Kichijoji

YoyogiUehara

Shimokitazawa

Keio InokashiraLine

OtemachiOdakyu Line

Narita Airport

Kasumigaseki
表参道

Shibuya

Omotesando

Ikenoue KomabaTodaimae

JR Yamanote
Line

Tokyu Toyoko Line

JR Narita Express
Tokyo

Shinagawa
Keikyu Airport Line● Yoyogi-Uehara Station (Odakyu Line, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)

12 minutes’ walk.

Komaba Research Campus● Higashi-Kitazawa Station (Odakyu Line) 8 minutes’ walk.

● Komaba-Todaimae Station West Exit (Keio Inokashira Line)

Komaba 4-6-1, Meguro-ku,Tokyo,
153-8904

Haneda Airport

10 minutes’ walk.

● Ikenoue Station (Keio Inokashira Line) 10 minutes’ walk.

KomabaResearch
CampusTo Higashi-Kitazawa Sta.

Main Gate

Tokyo Metro
Hanzomon Line

To Yoyogi-Uehara Sta.

To Shibuya

113West Gate

3

To Ikenoue Sta.

3-S

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4
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KOL
CCR

An

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Building 13

Building 1

Building 3

Building 3 South

Building 4

Building 14

E
D
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B

East Gate

As

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To Komaba-Todaimae Sta.

Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology

Financial support
for research challenges
RCAST is aiming at new frontiers in every research field andtaking on the challenge of solving the many problems that facesociety today. Your support is needed to further advance theresearch and accelerate the pace of solving social issues.

https://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/
Published in October 2021
Published by Research Center for Advanced Scienceand Technology, The University of Tokyo© 2021-2022 RCAST, The University of Tokyo