JFY2013 Awardees[General category: Yen 15 million/($135,000)year for up to 3 years][Special category: Yen 30 million ($270,000)/year for up to 3 years]
Project[General Category]
STI Policies and Policy
Proposals on theDevelopment ofComplementary
Policies and Systems

PI
Reiko AOKIProfessor,
Institute of
EconomicResearch,
Hitotsubashi
University

SynopsisR&D projects should be planned and implemented, taking into consideration rapidly developing
and changing global R&D trends. Furthermore, in the early stages of project development, it isalso necessary to consider designing the system and roadmap needed to put the results of theproject into practice.

Collaborators
Graduate School of Bioresources, MieUniversity
Institute of Advanced Biomedical
Engineering and Science, Tokyo
Women's Medical University
Institute of Social and Economic
Research, Osaka University
Faculty of Humanities, Kochi University
Institute of Social Science, The
University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Economics,
Nagoya University
Graduate School of Economics,
Hitotsubashi University
Graduate School of Economics andBusiness Administration, Hokkaido
University
School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo
The University of Tokyo - Corporate
Sponsored Research Programs

This project takes an infometric approach to analyze research papers and patent information andstudying and designing business eco systems. By doing so, it aims to design innovative R&D
themes, evaluate possible industrial applications and assist in the design of business eco systems,policies and institutions. Especially, it is implemented as action research through collaboration
with other R&D projects in order to achieve innovation.
In most traditional satellite observations, natural scientists provide only seeds – which results

Keio University

To lead innovative scientific knowledge and technologies to the resolution of social issues as wellas the improvement of the quality of people’s lives, it is important to make science andtechnology successful as an industry. However, the more innovative science technology is, themore “creative destruction” will be needed in industries and related institutions. At the sametime, it is not easy to flexibly transfer management and human resources from existing industries
into new ones.
This project applies macroeconomics and analytical methods to scientific and technologicalinnovation and the formulation of complementary policies and systems. Specifically, itapplies/introduces industrial organization theory, corporate governance and game theory to thedesign of deregulation, new legislations, and structural reforms of markets and businesses, which
are indispensable to the restructure of an industry (the sixth industrialization of agriculture) andto the creation of innovation and a new industry (the industrialization of regenerative medicine).
The project seeks to design complementary systems and presents complementary policy
proposals, with a view to providing economic and political incentives to stakeholders.

[General Category]
Action Research for
Realizing Innovation
with InfometricApproach[Special Category]

Yuya KAJIKAWA
Associate
Professor,
Graduate SchoolofInnovation
Management,
Tokyo Institute ofTechnology

Yasuko KASAIA Study on Methods
for
Objective/Quantitative
Assessment of theImpact of Satellite
Observations on
Environmental Policy

Senior Researcher
National Instituteof InformationandCommunications
Technology(NICT)

Scenario Planning forMaking Regulatory
Policies and TechnicalStandards in Advanced
Medicine

Shingo KANO
Associate Prof.
Graduate Schoolof Frontier
Sciences, theUniversity ofTokyo

Resilience Analysis forSocial Safety Policy

Kazuo FURUTA
Professor/Dir.,
Resilience
Engineering
Research Center,
Graduate Schoolof Engineering,
the University ofTokyoin a lack of quantitative and objective evaluations.
This project explores concrete examples in implementing environmental policies wheresatellite observations have played a part in monitoring and verifying compliance withinternational agreements and those procedures and results have helped develop internationalsystems. Based on the findings, the project develops a method to evaluate the efficacy ofsatellite observations as quantitatively and objectively as possible to contribute to theformulation of environmental policies. It aims to present a proposal on “satellite observations
for the STI policy” that involves policy makers and stakeholders from the very beginning ofplanning a satellite observation project.
To encourage science technology innovation, it is required to better translate the results ofbasic research into practical applications. And, in policy studies to serve that purpose, it is also
required to combine regulatory science with policy science to contribute to policy making.
This project examines policy studies and proposals to expedite the process of establishingtechnical standards and regulations needed for clinical applications in the advanced medicine
sector; and proposes a method to simulate changes a new policy brings to the regulatory
structure. Considering the entire process of formulating regulations as a “policy value chain,” itdevelops policy options, focusing on R&D promotion and international standardization, toinitiate the preparation of new regulations in the early stages. Furthermore, it aims to put into
practice a policy simulation model built on scenario planning.

In Japan where complex risk problems experienced due to the East Japan Great Earthquake
and nuclear disasters, it is required to accurately grasp the interdependent relationships ofcritical infrastructures and, based on that, plan and implement concrete and comprehensive
risk management policies to press ahead with the enhancement of the nation’s resilience.
This project utilizes the latest modeling and simulation technologies to graphically evaluate theinterdependence, vulnerability, and resilience of important infrastructures in order to drive
enhancements in the nation’s resilience. It aims to generate recommendations by developing
an integrated resilience evaluation system based on scientific information and a decisionmaking support procedure that can be used to plan for the restoration of important
infrastructure.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES)
National Institute of Environmental Studies(NIES)

National Institute of Health Sciences
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Foundation for Biomedical Research andInnovation
Japan Multiplex bio-Analysis Consortium
Medical Device Strategy Institute, Japan
Association for the Advancement ofMedical Equipment
Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, the University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Public Policy, theUniversity of Tokyo
Yamanashi University
Policy Alternatives Research Institute, theUniversity of Tokyo
Research into Artifacts, Center forEngineering, the University of Tokyo
Resilient Governance Study Group, Council
on Competitiveness-Nippon

JFY2013 Feasibility Study
Several Million Yen for up to 5 months
ProjectCase Studies on Methods of Designing, Promoting, and Evaluation
Multidisciplinary Collaboration and the Integration of Different Sectors
Basic Research on the Centralization of Medical Health Information and Its
Social Implementation

PIShintaro SENGOKU
Associate Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS),Kyoto University
Takeo NAKAYAMAProfessor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University