Keio University
Annual Report on Research Activities
2005–2006
Creating Leading-Edged Research Centers andAdvancing International Collaboration

Keio University
Annual Report on Research Activities
2005–2006
20 November 2006
Published by the Center for Research Promotion
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345, Japan
TEL: +81-3-3453-4511
http://www.keio.ac.jp/index-en.html©Keio University 2006

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Keio University

03 Organization for Research Advancement and Administration (ORAA)
04 Guide to Research Activities at Keio University
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Research Centers
Mita Campus / Hiyoshi Campus
Yagami Campus
Shinanomachi Campus
Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC)
Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Tsuruoka Town Campus
Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC)

21 Promoting Research Collaboration and Transmission to Society:
Activities at the Center for Research Promotion
Since the founding of universities in Bologna and Paris in the 12th century, themission of the university has been the creation and accumulation ofknowledge. This mission has traditionally involved maintaining a neutral
position in relation to society and an outlook that extends beyond shortterm trends. At a distance from the unpredictable, changing and market
driven world, universities have been able to devote themselves to thedevelopment of pure knowledge and research, the results of which haveplayed an important role in societal progress.
Universities should reflect the needs of the era, of the country, of the local
community, and increasingly of the global community as well. It is clearthat we are now facing complex, unprecedented changes on a global
scale, and as pillars of society, universities are now expected to play agreater role in contributing to the real world by providing services to thecommunity. Collaborative partnerships with industry and governments,
provision of medical services and health care, and training of tomorrow’s
leaders have been added to the university’s more traditional roles ofcreating and accumulating knowledge.
Imagine the traditional “ivory tower” style university as a circle: ageometric shape with a single, central focus. Keio University believes that
universities in the 21st century must broaden their commitments, and can best
be represented by an ellipse: a shape with two equal focuses in dynamicbalance with one another.

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23 The 21st Century COE Program
25 Toward an Integrated Methodology for the Study of the Mind
—CIRM: Centre for Integrated Research on the Mind—
Development of a Theory of Market Quality and an Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data

26 Designing toward the Ordering of Political Society in a Multi-cultural andPluri-generational World
Policy Innovation Initiative: Human Security Research in Japan and Asia

2005-2006

27 Understanding and Control of Life’s Functions via Systems Biology
Function Creation Oriented Life-Conjugated Chemistry

28 Optical and Electronic Device Technology for Access Network
Next Generation Media and Intelligent Social Infrastructure

29 Establishment of Individualized Cancer Therapy Based on Comprehensive
Development of Minimally Invasive and Innovative Therapeutic Methods

One of these focuses is remaining independent from economic society inorder to promote basic research and the ongoing creation of new
knowledge. Economic society is by nature unstable and rapidly changing, so
in order for knowledge creation to progress and break ground in new
fields, it must take place outside the realm of market driven influences. The
other focus is being directly committed to collaborating with society. The
university has unique resources which, through innovation andcollaboration with community partners, can be put to direct use to improvesociety.

Basic Study and Clinical Application of the Human Stem Cell Biology and Immunology:
Approaches Based on the Development of Experimental Animal Models

30 Integrative Mathematical Sciences: Progress in Mathematics Motivated by
Natural and Social Phenomena
System Design: Paradigm Shift from Intelligence to Life

Keio is taking a variety of steps to realize the University’s “double-focus”
vision, including the establishment of the Organization for Research
Advancement and Administration (ORAA). The Organization was set up to
further develop cross-disciplinary research activities, as well as
collaborative partnerships with industry, governments and otheruniversities worldwide.

31 FY2005 Financial Position

University research activities have always been an important factor insocietal progress. Thus, it is very important for universities tocommunicate their research activities to the public. Keio’s Annual Report on
Research Activities provides the community with information regarding
our strategies and direction, as well as our current research activities. We
believe that a strong focus on developing the international collaboration isessential to achieve our goal of becoming a truly world class university.
This report also refers to our recent development in international
collaboration. We hope that this Report will give you a better
understanding of what Keio University is doing to accomplish its double-focus
vision and contribute to the advancement of society.

37 Competitive Research Funds and the University’s International
Competitive Capability

Yuichiro Anzai
President
Keio University

32 Research-related Facilities and Libraries
33 Research Funds at Keio University in FY2005

39 Researchers at Keio University in FY2005
41 Technology Transfer: Activities at the Intellectual Property Center
43 Awards for Research Activities, FY2005
44 Index
45 Access Information

Organization for Research Advancement and Administration (ORAA)

Keio established the Organization for Research Advancement andAdministration (ORAA) in October 2003 to further facilitate the full range of
research activities undertaken at these facilities, by providing support toresearchers, creating and promoting comprehensive, interdisciplinary researchthroughout Keio University, and returning the fruits of this research to society.
The Roles and Functions of the ORAA

Shinanomachi Office of Research Administration
Shonan Fujisawa Office of Research Administration

Center for Keio Frontier
Research and Education
Collaborative Square (K-FRECS)
While the University’s main
campuses maintain the traditional
functions of research and education,
The Frontier Research and Education
Collaborative Square (K-FRECS)
functions as a base for cutting-edge,
collaborative research based oncooperation with the community, as
well as essential research that cuts
across various University faculties
and departments.

Offices of Research
Administration

Intellectual Property
Center (IPC)

Incubation Center

Center for Integrated Education System
The Center for Integrated Education provides frontline support in the primary and secondary
education facilities affiliated with Keio University.

Intellectual Property Mediation
Committee
When an inventor lodges an
Hiyoshi Office of Research Administration
Mita Office of Research Administration objection regarding a given patentapplication, the Intellectual
Head Office of Research
Property Mediation Committee
Administrationacts as a mediator based on the
Keio University Regulations for the
Handling of Inventions.

Yagami Office of Research Administration

Center for Research Promotion

Advisory Board
Prof.Yoshiaki Kobayashi (Mita)
Prof.Yasuhiro Koike (Yagami)
Prof.Toshio Suda (Shinanomachi)
Prof.Jiro Kokuryo (SFC)

Organization for Research Advancement andAdministration (ORAA)

Incubation Center
Supports incubation activities throughout Keio University
The goal of the Incubation Center is to support and promote “incubation activities”
aimed at transferring the results of research at Keio University to other areas ofsociety. The “Keio Fujisawa Innovation Village” was opened in March 2006 as acore facility of the “Keio University Collaborative Entrepreneur Development
Program,” through the combined efforts of Keio University, the Organization for
Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation JAPAN (SMRJ), Kanagawa
Prefecture, and Fujisawa City.

Research Ethics Committee
The Research Ethics Committee
coordinates and manages policies
and regulations related to issues
such as research ethics andconflicts of interest. Its main goal
is to create structures that arecapable of promoting fairness andsafety in research activities in
response to demands from society,particularly with regard tocompliance problems in relation torecent university research
activities, and the conflicts ofinterest that can arise in activities
involving collaborations amongindustry, government, andacademia.

Center for Research Promotion
The central point of contact for collaborations among industry, government,
and academia
The Center for Research Promotion is dedicated to planning and promotion ofcomprehensive research projects. Its three main functions are: (1) to plan andpromote comprehensive and strategic projects at Keio University; (2) to gather thelatest information on research grants and subsidies and provide it to researchers;and (3) to transmit the results of comprehensive research at Keio University throughsymposiums and other media. To achieve the above objectives, the Center receives
suggestions from the Advisory Board, and cooperates with the other organizationsof the ORAA – the Intellectual Property Center, the Incubation Center, and the
Offices of Research Administration –in a wide range of activities, including thestartup of specific research projects.

Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science andTechnology (KLL) Liaison Office
http://www.kll.keio.ac.jp/liaison/index.html
E-mail: liaison@educ.cc.keio.ac.jp
Keio Researchers Information System (K-RIS)
http://www.k-ris.keio.ac.jp/index_en.html

http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/english/index.html“I’d like to find out research and educational activities being conducted at the Institute for Advanced
Biosciences on the Tsuruoka Town Campus.”

http://www.k2.keio.ac.jp/

Tsuruoka Town Campus
http://www.iab.keio.ac.jp/

Events
FY2006 (April-March)

FY2005 (April-March)
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Event

Host

Site

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Event

Host

Site

9, 16/4/05

Symposium on the 21st Century COE Programs
adopted in FY2003: Interim Report

Head Office of Research
Administration

Mita andShinomachi

24/5/06

The 10th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

6-7/6/06

Venture Private ConferenceIntellectual Property Center

Mita

7/6/06

Intellectual Property Center Symposium “The Future of VentureCreated Japan”

Intellectual Property Center

Mita

21/4/05

The 2nd Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

10-11/5/05

Venture Private ConferenceIntellectual Property Center

Mita

27/5/05

The 3rd Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

27/6/06

The 11th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

28/6/05

The 4th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

22/7/06

Center for Research Promotion

Mita

6-7/7/05

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Leading Project for Biosimulation - International Symposium

Shinomachi Campus Office of
Research Administration

Mita

Keio University Center for Research Promotion Symposium“Designing the Future with Sports: The Research and Promotionof Sports Medicine/Sciences and Culture”

26/7/06

The 12th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

23/7/05

Keio University Center for Research Promotion Symposium“Design the Future: IT Returns to the People”

Center for Research Promotion

Mita
30/7/06

Head Office of Research
AdministrationMita

26/7/05

The 5th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita“Brilliant and Exciting Science: Welcome to the UniversityLab”—KAKENHI: Returning and Diffusing the Achievements of
Research

3-5/8/05

Keio Summer Bio Camp 2005

Faculty of Environmental
Information and Institute forAdvanced Biosciences

Tsuruoka Town

3-5/8/06

Keio Summer Bio Camp 2006

Faculty of Environmental
Information and Institute forAdvanced Biosciences

Tsuruoka Town

17-19/8/05

Summer Bio College 2005

Faculty of Environmental
Information and Institute forAdvanced Biosciences

Tsuruoka Town

21-23/8/06

Summer Bio College 2006

Faculty of Environmental
Information and Institute forAdvanced Biosciences

Tsuruoka Town

31/8/05

The 4th Technology Transfer Forum in OsakaIntellectual Property Center

The Osaka Chamber ofCommerce and Industry

26/8/06

IAB Open Campus 2006

Institute for Advanced
Biosciences

Tsuruoka Town

10-11/11/06

The 1st Metabolome Symposium “The Future of Life Sciences
through Metabolomics”

Institute for Advanced
Biosciences

Tsuruoka Town

TBD

Open Campus 2006 - Introducing Research Projects at K2

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

Shin-Kawasaki Town

TBD

K2 Open Seminar

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

Shin-Kawasaki Town

22-23/11/06

SFC Open Research Forum 2006

Keio Research Institute at SFC

Marunouchi Building,other venues

1/12/06

The 7th Keio Science and Technology Exhibition
KEIO TECHNO-MALL 2006

Yagami Campus Office of
Research Administration and
KLLTokyo InternationalForum

15-16/12/06

Hiyoshi Research Portfolio 2006

HRP2006 Steering Committee

Hiyoshi

17-18/1/07

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Leading Project for Biosimulation - Symposium

Shinomachi Campus Office of
Research Administration

Mita

TBD

Keio Symposium for Leading-Edge Science and Technology

Center for Research Promotion

Mita

9-10/9/05

Search for New RNA/RNP Meeting

27/10/05

The 6th Keio Innovation Network

12/11/05

Open Campus 2005 - Introducing Research Projects at K

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

Shin-Kawasaki Town

12/11/0528/1/06

K2 Open Seminar and Techno Juku (7 Saturdays)

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

Shin-Kawasaki Town

22-23/11/05

SFC Open Research Forum 2005

Keio Research Institute at SFC

Roppongi Hills

24/11/05

The 7th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

26/11/05“Brilliant and Exciting Science: Welcome to the UniversityLab”—KAKENHI: Returning and Diffusing the Achievements of
Research

Head Office of Research
Administration

Yagami and ShinKawasaki Town

The 6th Keio Science and Technology Exhibition
KEIO TECHNO-MALL 2005

Yagami Campus Office of
Research Administration and
KLLTokyo International
Forum

2/12/052

Institute for Advanced
Biosciences

Tsuruoka Town

Intellectual Property Center

Mita

14-15/12/05

Venture Private ConferenceIntellectual Property Center

Mita

15/12/05

Intellectual Property Center Symposium “Big Corporations or
Ventures: Our Venture Stories”

Intellectual Property Center

Mita

20-21/12/05

Hiyoshi Research Portfolio 2005

HRP2005 Steering Committee

Hiyoshi

22/12/05

The 8th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

1/2/06

Keio Symposium for Leading-Edge Science and Technology - The
Frontier of 21st Century Brain Sciences

Center for Research Promotion

Mita

22/2/06

The 9th Keio Innovation NetworkIntellectual Property Center

Mita

10/3/06

The 4th Four Universities of East-West Japan Forum for
Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration

Keio University Intellectual
Property Center, Doshisha
University Liaison Office,Ritsumeikan University BKC
Liaison Office, and Waseda
University Office ofIntellectual Property

Keidanren Kaikan Hall

24/3/06

Intellectual Property Center Symposium “Spurring Innovation in
Universities”

Intellectual Property Center

Mita* Listed here are events implemented by the ORAA, or related events at the campus level. There are many other events scheduled and hosted by various
research institutes. For details, see the website of each research institute.
* With the exception of venues outside the University, all sites indicate the names of campuses. E.g. “Mita”: Mita Campus; “Tsuruoka Town”: Tsuruoka Town
Campus.

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Organization for Research Advancement and Administration (ORAA) / Keio University Research Guide

Organization for Research Advancement and Administration (ORAA)Intellectual Property Center
http://www.ipc.keio.ac.jp/english/index.html
E-mail: toiawasesaki-ipc@adst.keio.ac.jp

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus“I’m interested in a Research Project at the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus.”“I’d like to participate in a seminar being held at the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus.”▲

As Keio University’s Technology Licensing Organization (TLO), the Intellectual
Property Center has a wide a range of responsibilities, including management andoperation of intellectual property generated by the University to promoting
collaborations with society based on that intellectual property.
Based on applications for inventions submitted by researchers, the IPC closely
examines patentability and the potential for licensing, taking into consideration the
researchers’ concepts of practical applications. It then makes selections, files patentapplications, and maintains and controls those successful patents. These technology
licensing operations open the door to a wide range of other activities, including
licensing of Keio University’s patented technologies to companies, the creation of
new companies with foundations in intellectual property rights, and joint researchwith companies aimed at developing products for practical applications.

Center for Research Promotion
http://www.crp.keio.ac.jp/en/index.html
E-mail: crp@keio.ac.jp

Keio Research Institute at SFC▲

The Offices of Research Administration, which support research in while
maintaining close contact with individual researchers, are located at the fivecampuses in Mita, Hiyoshi, Yagami, Shinanomachi, and Shonan Fujisawa. In
addition to functioning as the contact point on each campus for outsideorganizations and inquirers, these Offices provide administrative support for
researchers in collaboration with the Organization for Research Advancement andAdministration (ORAA).
Specifically, the Offices provide information to researchers in areas such as
research resources, research environments, and opportunities for researchsubsidies from inside and outside Keio University (public calls for subsidy
applications), and also offer a variety of other support services including fornegotiations and conclusion of contracts for joint or commissioned research,
management of research expenses and research spaces, and compilation andpresentation of research results.

“I’d like to get some detailed information on research activities at the Keio Research Institute at SFC (Shonan Fujisawa
Campus), and on events like the Open Research Forum (ORF).”▲Intellectual Property Center (IPC)
The Technology Licensing Organization (TLO) for Keio University“I want to search for Keio University research information on the homepage.”▲

Offices of Research Administration
Support research activities at all campuses“I’m interested in the technologies developed by Prof. ____, in the Graduate School of Science and Technology.
Would it be possible to get some advice?”“How can I register to receive the KLL mail magazine?”“I’d like to participate in the KEIO TECHNO-MALL.”▲

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

The ORAA is comprised of various Centers and Committees, including: theCenter for Research Promotion, the Incubation Center, the Intellectual Property
Center (IPC), the Intellectual Property Mediation Committee, and the Research
Ethics Committee. It supports all aspects of research-related activities, fromthe start of strategic research to the transmission of results to society. The
major roles and functions of each organization in the ORAA are as follows.

“I’d like to learn more about the intellectual property owned by Keio University.”“I need some advice regarding licensing of patented technologies.”“I’d like to participate in some of the events and activities held by the Intellectual Property Center, such as the
Keio Technology Licensing Forum, the Venture Private Conference, or the Keio Innovation Network.”▲

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Keio University believes that its mission of returning the fruits of research tosociety is equally as important as that of research and education. Based on theprinciple of “Gakujitsu Sendo (initiatives for scientific progress),” the University
aims to make significant contributions to international society in the 21st
century through original and creative academic research. At five campuses –Mita, Hiyoshi, Yagami, Shinanomachi, and Shonan Fujisawa – Keio University
is currently conducting numerous advanced research projects, including 12“21st Century Centers of Excellence (COEs)” designated by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Traditionally, Keio
University has been deeply involved in activities by collaborations amongindustry, government, and academia. Such research activities, in the form of
research commissioned from outside parties, joint research, and personnel
exchanges, are mainly undertaken at five research facilities: The Keio Leadingedge Laboratory of Science and Technology (KLL) at the Yagami Campus; theCenter for Integrated Medical Research at the Shinanomachi Campus; the Keio
Research Institute at SFC (Shonan Fujisawa Campus), the Shin-Kawasaki“I’m thinking about doing joint research with Keio University. Who should I contact first?”“I’d like to obtain a copy of the ‘Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities’.”“Could you send me information on research-related events by e-mail?”▲

Frontier Research and Education Collaborative Square (K-FRECS) in Kawasaki
City, and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences in Tsuruoka City.

Advancement of Research at Keio University

Guide to Research Activities at Keio University

Mita Campus / Hiyoshi Campus
Research Centers

Mita Campus

For Inquiries:

Mita Campus/ Hiyoshi Campus

Mita Campus
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8345 Japan
TEL: +81-3-3453-4511 (Main)

Pathways to the Future for the
Humanities, Social Sciences, andNatural Sciences: Centers forComprehensive Research and
Education

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Hiyoshi Campus

Keio Economic Observatory
The Keio Economic Observatory was established in 1959 for the purpose of conducting theoretical andempirical research on the economy and industries in the context of Japan’s existing economic
conditions.

Hiyoshi Campus
4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku,Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa, 223-8521 Japan
TEL: +81-45-563-1111 (Main)

The Institute consists of the following three sections: Economics, Law, and Behavioral Science. In fiscal
2005, we carried out various projects as follows:
Economics:
Global environment and economic activity, flow of funds analysis, market theory, input-output
analysis, labor market theory

The Mita Campus is home to undergraduate faculties (primarily for third- and fourth-year students), graduate schools (six graduate schools), andindependent research institutions. The Hiyoshi Campus houses undergraduate departments in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences(primarily for first-year and second-year students), research institutes, and the Graduate School of Business Administration (including Keio Business
School). The following is an introduction of research institutions located on these two campuses centering around recent activities, includinginternational collaboration.

Law:
Competition law, intellectual property law, economic order and law, consumer problems andpolicies, social security system
Behavioral Science:
Oral history of Japanese postwar industrial relations, mentoring and empowerment inorganizations, information and communication in organizations, work and family interface

Mita Campus

http://www.sanken.keio.ac.jp/index_e.html

・Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies• Graduate School of Letters

・Institute for Media and Communications Research• Graduate School of Economics

・Keio Economic Observatory• Graduate School of Law

・The Shido Bunko, the Institute of Oriental Classics• Graduate School of Human Relations

・International Center• Graduate School of Business and Commerce・Teacher Training Center• Law School

The Teacher Training Center acts as a Keio Universitywide magnet for attracting educational and scholarly
activities in all areas of school education. The Center
provides a teacher-training course for college students
who intend to be high school teachers, and has
produced many outstanding teachers since its founding in
December 1982. It is not only a “teacher’s college,” but isalso a research institute for teacher education in Keio
University. Accordingly several research projects
concerning educational issues are carried out by theCenter.

Completion ceremony of the 1st Certificate Course of
School Education

One of the main research projects at the Center since 2004 has been the study of educational
assessment of student teachers. The other project has been the development of an advanced
curriculum for teacher-training courses. As a result, the Certificate Course of School Education wasestablished in April 2005.
Based on the projects, the Center is promoting a new expansion project: “Logbook for the Ideal
Teacher.” The project’s goal is the development of an Internet multi-assessment system of aptitude forthe teaching profession. This project was selected for the “Nurturing of Outstanding Teachers
Program” by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in July 2006.
In connection with the projects, open seminars are held every year. In addition, the Center
emphasizes continuing education for active teachers, and hosts open seminars every summer andprograms on other occasions for in-service training.
http://www.gakuji.keio.ac.jp/etc/kyoshoku/

Shinanomachi Campus• Graduate School of Medicine

Shido Bunko, Institute of Oriental Classics

Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies

Shido Bunko, or the Institute of Oriental Classics, is affiliated with Keio University. In addition to thedirector, the Institute has six academic members and three temporary researchers. The staff of theInstitute investigates Japanese and Chinese classical works stored in Japan and abroad, collectthem by means of microfilming and digitizing, and inspect them using standard bibliographicalmethods. Shido Bunko maintains a special library that contains 140 thousand volumes of books and six
thousand reels of microfilm; it is open to the public. In addition to the library’s collection, for
graduate students the staff provides three “Shido Bunko Courses” each Spring and Fall semester. The
course instructors use lectures and exercises from which students may master bibliographicalmethods by using real classical materials.

The Center has three major roles in the activities of the University. The first role is to serve as a
University archive that collects, organizes, and stores the historical documents of Keio University andof its founder, Yukichi Fukuzawa. The second role is to provide a research institute in whichscholars may study a comprehensive selection of modern Japanese history related to Fukuzawa and Keio
University. The third role is as an educational organization that returns the fruits of these scholarly
activities not only to the students but also to the public through its courses, lectures, and seminars. Since
2005, the Center has provided the following special courses at the Mita campus: “Modern
Japanese Studies,” “The Encouragement of Learning and Its Era,” and seminars on the Fukuzawa text
Popular Discourse on People’s Rights and Popular Discourse on National Rights in the Springsemester; and in the Fall semester, courses on the origins of To Be Independent and Self-sufficient andseminars on Fukuzawa’s letters. The University has approved these courses; as such, students will
receive credits towards their graduation for enrolling in the Center’s courses.

・Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies
・Keio Institute of East Asian Studies (KIEAS)
・Center for Japanese Studies
・Research Center for Arts and Arts Administration
・Global Security Research Institute (G-SEC)
・Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC)• School of Medicine• Faculty of Letters• Faculty of Economics• Faculty of Law• Faculty of Business
and Commerce

Research Centers on the Mita andHiyoshi Campuses

Hiyoshi Campus

English Section Research Room
German Section Research Room
• Faculty ofFrench Section Research Room
Science and • Graduate School of Science
Chinese Section Research Room• Graduate School of
Spanish Section Research RoomTechnology and Technology
Other Languages Section Research RoomBusiness Administration
Humanities Section Research Room・Institute of Physical Education
Social Sciences Section Research Room・Sports Medicine Research Center
Astronomy and Geography Section Research Room
Mathematics Section Research Room・Health Center
Anthropology Section Research Room
・Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts Center for Research on the Arts
・Keio Research Center for Foreign
Center for Music Research Center
Language Education
Center for Psychology Research Center
Center for Research on Biology Research Center
Center for Research on Chemistry Research Center
Physics Research Center

Yagami Campus

In 2005, in order to study Oriental classical books, members of Shido Bunko visited the People’s Republicof China, the Republic of China, and the United States with research funding provided by Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and Interchange Association, Japan.
One of the highlights of the study came when the members were invited by the Research Center for East
Asian Culture at the National Taiwan University to collaborate with them on editing the catalog of theircollections. Also in 2005, Shido Bunko held its annual open lecture on October 19, entitled “ChineseClassics Printed in Japan” by Dr. Kozo Nagasawa, assistant professor at Teikyo University.
The Shido Bunko Journal No.40 was issued in February 2006, and The Collection of Biographies of
Shotoku Taishi in Medieval Times (5 vols), edited by Shido Bunko, was published by Bensei
Shuppan in April 2005.

More recently, the Center’s staff has begun editing the 21-volume collection of historical data of Keio
University, as part of the Center’s preparations to commemorate in 2008 the 150th anniversary of thefounding of the University.

http://www.sido.keio.ac.jp/

Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

Institute for Media and Communications Research

The Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies isan academic institution independent from the
University faculties. The Institute investigates thenature of human cognitive capacities and socioculturalinteractions
byadopting
aninterdisciplinary approach across the humanities,
social sciences, and natural sciences. Currently, apermanent faculty of the seven scholars,
specializing in theoretical linguistics, typologicallinguistics, psycholinguistics, philosophy oflanguage, Hellenistic literature, Islamic thought,
and Vietnamese history, guides the direction of the Public seminar hosted by the Instituteresearch projects at the Institute, bringing together
faculty members with common interest broadly from all the schools of the University. Outcomes of theongoing projects are reported in the Institute's annual bulletin, and major results are published in its
monograph series. The Institute also offers a range of language courses at the undergraduate andgraduate level, including Akkadian, Arabic, Cambodian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Korean, Persian,
Sanskrit, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

The Institute for Media and Communications
Research promotes research projects financed by its
own research funds as well as special donations to
the Institute. During FY2005, the Instituteconducted the following four projects: “Images ofthe World as Constructed by Foreign-Related
News Stories: An Empirical Analysis,”“Revolution of Media Environment and DigitalContents,” “Power and Journalism,” and “Internet
Development and Civic Culture in Japan.” In
addition to these projects, “Risk Communications for
Safe Society,” a project funded by Keio Gijuku Symposium “The Convergence of Real and Network Society”
Academic Development Funds, was conductedwith three research units. The results of these research projects were published in the journals
Keio Media and Communications Research No.56 in Japanese and Keio Communication Review
No.28 in English. Also at the annual symposium, some portions of research results were presented. The
Institute also serves as a research unit for a large research project entitled “The 21st Century
Center of Excellence (COE) Program,” funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT). The research projects above are closely related to this COE program. Somepublications are available on the website below.

The faculty also participates as vital members of “Toward an Integrated Methodology for the Study of
the Mind,” a program of Keio University’s 21st Century COE Program (Humanities), started in
FY2002. In FY2005, the Institute hosted a public lecture series that evaluated and examined from threeperspectives the extent to which the “Methodological Preliminaries” as set forth in the first chapter ofChomsky’s Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965) could be justified.
The Institute invites prominent lecturers and holds linguistic colloquia three times a year that
attract the attention of the academic community. It also sponsors the Tokyo Conference on
Psycholinguistics, an international academic forum whose status has grown year after year. Papers
presented are collected in an English publication as research results are steadily generated by theconference. As part of its education-related activities, the Institute has established special courses,
including Asian and ancient Middle Eastern languages, which are not offered by the University
faculties. During the 2005 academic year, the Institute offered a total of 23 courses in 11
languages.
http://www.icl.keio.ac.jp/

http://www.mediacom.keio.ac.jp/english/about.html

As part of its 2005 research activities, the Center held a variety of lectures and seminars on such themes
as economic thought in the Meiji era and Yukichi Fukuzawa, and law in the Meiji era and Yukichi
Fukuzawa. The Center also attempts to study Yukichi Fukuzawa and Keio University in the context ofthe history of modern thought in East Asia and throughout the world. For example, the Center has invitedresearchers from Korea to engage in comparative studies on the view of women, the change of thestatus of women, and the theory of the family in modern Korea and Japan. Guest speakers from Europe
have been invited to the Center, and researchers from western countries and Asia are active intheir roles as visiting academic staff.

http://www.fmc.keio.ac.jp/fmc/eng.html

International Center
The International Center is at the core of
Keio University’s international activities. It is
responsible for sending numerous students
and scholars abroad every year, as well as
welcoming those coming to the University.
The Center provides support to international
students on both academic and lifestylelevels, and is also in charge of exchange
programs and short-term overseas research
programs. For these purposes, it holds
information sessions on studying abroad in
general, and also provides information on
exchange programs.

Tour of forest stands in Pack Forest, Seattle, as part of Keio
University Summer School at the University of Washington in
August 2005

In addition, for International Studies and Japanese Studies courses, the Center conducts various
lectures and seminars on international topics and Japanese culture, history, politics, and economics inEnglish, in order for both international students and Japanese students to understand different
cultures.
Educational activities and research on intercultural learning include offering several courses
through the International and Japanese Studies courses mentioned above, and publishing a paper onintercultural communication. The paper, written by a professor of the Action-Oriented PlurilingualCompetence Development Research Unit in the Keio Research Center for Foreign Language
Education, reports on a class on intercultural communication, and analyses its effects. The paper canbe read in the Summary of Research Activities, April 2004 – March 2006, published by the Keio ResearchCenter for Foreign Language Education.
http://www.ic.keio.ac.jp/en/index.html

The Keio Institute of East Asian Studies (KIEAS)
The Keio Institute of East Asian Studies (KIEAS)
has four research projects simultaneously eachyear. The following four projects wereconducted in 2005: “The Russo-Japanese War,”“Political Order in Southeast Asia,” “NewPerspectives on China’s Medium and SmallSized Enterprises,” and “Modern Japan’s Legaland Political Thoughts: In Search of a Reevaluation of Fukuzawa Yukichi.” Each project
presented its research results at the academic
forum held annually at the Institute. In 2005 theInstitute held international conferences such as International conference “One Hundred Years since the Russo“One Hundred Years since the Russo-Japanese Japanese War”
War” and “China’s Diplomacy and Relations
with Japan.” The Institute also established an academic exchange agreement with the Center forJapanese Studies at Dongseo University in Korea. Please check our homepage which provides
information of activities held by the Institute, including seminars and lectures.
http://www.kieas.keio.ac.jp/

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Research results are published as KEO Discussion Papers. Some of these papers are released in thefollowing URL:

Teacher Training CenterMita Campus

Center for Japanese Studies
The Center for Japanese Studies offers Japanese language andJapanese studies courses to international students. In addition,
research on various topics related to second-language education iscarried out, as well as the education and training of nextgeneration Japanese language teachers.
The Center is in charge of the Japanese language and culture
courses offered at the University, and of the 209 students, comingfrom 38 countries and regions, who participate in its Japanese
Language Program. It also holds Japanese language courses forthe international students enrolled in the undergraduate program atthe Hiyoshi campus and in graduate studies at the Graduate
School of Science and Technology at the Yagami campus. The
Center also implements various courses for those who participate in
the Program for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language.

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In the 2005 academic year, the Center published Nihongo to
Nihongo Kyoiku (Japanese and Japanese Language Education,)
March 31, 2006, ISSN 0286-5742.

Hiyoshi Campus

Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC)
The Research Institute for Digital Media andContent (DMC Institute), established in 2004,
promotes international research and collaboration
under a project-based contract system. This projectsystem focuses its research on contextual digitalcontent from various perspectives such as content
design, media technology, network technology, andcontent policy. As part of pursuing its research in
an international context, in 2005 the DMC Instituteestablished Global Studios at Tsinghua University
in China and Yonsei University in South Korea.

Nihongo to Nihongo Kyoiku (Japaneseand Japanese Language Education),
March 31, 2006, ISSN 0286-5742

Keio Research Center for Foreign Language Education

The Health Center is a medical research center
that performs studies concerning the supportand improvement of daily health for Keio
students from elementary school topostgraduate school, and for school staff.

Digital Content Studio

The DMC Institute distributes its research results globally by hosting international symposiums andparticipating in international conferences. In July 2005, the DMC Institute hosted a symposium
entitled “Mirror of the World: Contributions of Digital Technology to the Inheritance of Human
Memory — Rebuilding the Dresden Frauenkirche and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden(SKD).” This symposium was part of the events of “Deutschland in Japan 2005/2006.” In
September 2005, the DMC Institute participated in iGrid 2005, an international networking
conference at which it successfully completed the world's first international real-time streaming of 4K
digital cinema, linking the University of California, San Diego and Keio University in Tokyo over
9,000 miles. In March 2006, the DMC Institute hosted “The Japan-Korea Media Convergence Policy
Symposium 2006,” with attendance by policymakers from known broadband superpowers, Japan and
Korea. Also in March, the DMC Institute demonstrated its Global Studios network at aninternational symposium it hosted entitled “Global Sharing of Wisdom in the Digital
Communication Era.”

For pupils under 15 years of age, full-time
pediatricians perform clinical researchconcerning growth, obesity, anorexia nervosa,infectious diseases, and the prevention of
future lifestyle-related diseases, sudden
deaths, etc. We presented our findings on Health Center reception window (in Hiyoshi campus)
anorexia nervosa in an international symposium forschool care programs held in Tokyo. For students from 16 years of age onward and for school staff, fulltime internists perform research using annual checkups. For lifestyle-related diseases, clinicalstudies are mainly performed on the genotypes relevant to a disease, metabolic syndromes,
hypertension, diabetes mellitus, bone metabolism, and steatosis (fatty liver). We are also
examining effective methods for the prohibition of smoking. We presented our data at many
international meetings including the American Society of Hypertension, the European Society ofHypertension, the American Diabetes Association, and the International Health Evaluation andPromotion Association. On the mental health side, full-time psychiatrists conduct awareness polls about
psychiatric disorders and investigate maladjustment problems.
http://www.hcc.keio.ac.jp/hc-e.htm

The Research Center for the Arts and Arts
Administration at Keio University is a research
center that pursues the arts such as the finearts, architecture, music, literature, theater,
cinema, and dance, as well as their cultural
appreciation in contemporary society from aholistic and academic stance.

http://flang.keio.ac.jp/

The staff members, faculty members, andmuseum curators, in cooperation with experts, The Duesseldolf University Orchestra in concert
develop domain-transcending activities such as
seminars, lectures, exhibitions, performances, workshops, case studies for art management, andconstruction of art archives. Their original style of research has brought forth fruitful results.
In 2005, the Center held a concert by the Duesseldolf University Orchestra as part of “Deutschland inJapan 2005/2006” festivities; a lecture by the art critic and curator Maria de Corral, co-sponsored by
Spanish Embassy; the exhibition “Shuzo Takiguchi 1958: Traveling through His Eyes”; Butoh
performances; workshops; and lectures.
The result of these researches are released to the public through publications such as ANNUALREPORT 12 (2004/2005) (54 pages / 5 April 2005), concentrating on events; and newsletters
ARTLET No.24, Shuzo Takiguchi: Traveling through His Eyes (8 pages / 15 September 2005);
ARTLET No.25, Reality in the Movie (8 pages / 31 March 2005); and Booklet No.14, To and From Shuzo
Takiguchi (88 pages / 31 March 2006).
http://www.art-c.keio.ac.jp/en/

Institute of Physical Education
The Institute of Physical Education (20 staff
members ) was established in 1961. It was
founded with the purpose of developing Universitylevel physical educational courses. At the sametime, the Institute was, from the outset, expected to
conduct a wide-range of notable research into
physical education and sports. While its activities are,naturally, evident in the Keio classroom, theInstitute also aims to enhance a broad appreciation
for the importance of health and sports among
students, faculty and, in particular, Hiyoshi
community residents. This enhanced appreciation
is pursued through symposiums, public lectures,and seminars.

The Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts
Hiyoshi Research Portfolio 2005

The Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts
was founded in July 2002 to search for theideal form and contents of the “liberal arts” topass down to following generations. Thus far, it
has conducted various full-fledged research andanalyses, suggested new systems and curricula
based on proposals brought about by the
research, and examined the educational
efficacy of those proposals throughexperimental classes and induction courses.
Construction of combined wing (Fujiyama Memorial Hall)

In 2005, the enactment of a comprehensive exchange agreement between Keio University andYonsei University in Korea provided an opportunity for the Institute to sponsor a symposium titled, “TheSports of Japan and Korea, and Japanese-Korean Soccer.” The symposium was designed toencourage enthusiastic university interaction in physical education within the liberal arts tradition. Keio
University benefited from an impressive discussion among a number of well-known invited guests, who
are famous in the Japan-Korea sports field, along with Keio graduates.
From 2005, the Institute has continued to develop “The Road to a Nice Body” project. This project will
provide estimates of student physical characteristics and abilities. It will then offer exercise
physiology feedback on topics of interest, such as muscle density and strength, body fat volume incertain areas, and posture stability at rest. The same data will provide the basis for the Institute to offer
students detailed guidance on appropriate exercises given their individual, unique abilities.
The Institute continues to support a wide range of physical education and sports science research. These
activities include biomechanical analysis of athletic performance, specification of the physicalactivity mechanics that contribute to mental and physical development and health, and, in the spirit of
its founding, physical education instructional theory.

Global Security Research Institute (G-SEC)

There are three research programs conductedby the Center: the “Core Research Program,” Symposium at HRP 2005
“Specialized Research Program,” and“Individual Research Program.” The “Core Research Program” has run two research projects
starting in the academic year 2005. One is “Research on the Curricula of Keio University” whichinvestigated the actual situation of cross-departmental courses at Keio University. Another project,“Body and Mind,” has tried to establish a new “scientia” concerning a holistic approach to
students’ personal development. The project aims to theorize the new “scientia” throughexperimental classes. “Specialized Research Program,” or “Multi-lateral Research on MetaRepresentative Culture,“ as a part of the Academic Frontier Promotion Projects under the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, started its second phase in 2005. Its goal is to makemodel contents and campus environments for higher education and to make available the results invarious media.
The Center also actively exchanges opinions and works with other academic institutions in Japan andabroad.
http://www.hc.keio.ac.jp/lib-arts/center/pamphlet_en.pdf

http://www.hc.keio.ac.jp/ipe/

The three core subjects of G-SEC’s ongoing
research on current issues are:
1. Global Innovation Systems
This research focuses on the analyses andinternational comparisons of policies for R&D andinnovation, the business administration of humanresource allocation and leadership for innovation,and policies for environmental protection andinnovative recycling.

Sports Medicine Research Center

Symposium “Sino-Japan ‘Frictions’through Media”

2. Asian Security Systems
Research on this subject examines pluralistic and diverse security systems in East Asia includingSoutheast Asia, with academic exchanges engaged with junior researchers from research institutes anduniversities in East Asian regions.
3. Emerging Crises for Human Security
Research here aims to develop and apply a system, in cooperation with the European Commission Joint
Research Centre’s Europe Media Monitor working team and others, that can timely monitor andanalyze daily news, and create alerts of the world’s current situations.
Symposiums:“International Seminar on Reforming Health Social Security” (June 27-29), “Sino-Japan ‘Frictions’through Media” (December 13), “Designing the Future with Digital Earth” (February 8), “Examining
China’s Governability” (March 7), “Corporate Values and Customer Strategies in the Knowledge
Era” (March 23), “Symposium for Future Scientific Development and Innovation” (March 30)
Results of these researches have been published in G-SEC Working Papers.
http://www.gsec.keio.ac.jp/index_e.html

Founded at the Hiyoshi campus in 1988, theSports Medicine Research Center conducts
research and clinical studies in sports medicine
and science with a central focus on health. For
studies commissioned by industry, the Center
regularly conducts collaborative research with
the School of Medicine and the Faculty of
Science and Technology. Joint research is now
being conducted on functional sportswear andon human ergonomics. The joint research on
functional sportswear, begun in April 2004 andcommissioned for three years, has produced
high-functional wear that went on sale from
June 2005; research on higher value-added
wear is continuing. Clinical studies are also Testing in progress for research on functional sportswear
being conducted on evaluating amounts ofphysical activity and the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. Guidelines for appropriate
activities have been developed.
Academic publications: Bulletin of the Sports Medicine Research Center
http://www.hc.cc.keio.ac.jp/sports/

The Center’s “Action-Oriented Plurilingual Language
Learning Project” was selected as a Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology“Academic Frontier” Project in 2006. This project views
language education from elementary school to graduate Keio Research Center for Foreign Language
school holistically, and seeks to propose a better- Education: Lecture designed by the Center
integrated language curriculum throughout thestudent’s educational career. Another aim of the project isto provide students with communication skills that will enable them to better function in aplurilingual environment. To create individuals who can thrive in today’s international world, theCenter seeks to provide an action-oriented approach toward language learning in three ways:
through language education policy-making, pedagogical development, and improvement oflanguage education facilities.
Publication: Journal of Foreign Language Education, Newsletter, Summary of Research Activities

http://www.dmc.keio.ac.jp/en/

Research Center for the Arts and Arts Administration

The Keio Research Center for Foreign Language
Education was founded in October 2003. One of theCenter’s primary missions is to consider foreign
language education across all Keio-affiliated schools,
from elementary to graduate. Currently, the Center has six
major research projects: (1) Language Education Policy
Project, (2) Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence
Development Project, (3) ELT Coordination Project, (4)Intercultural Communication Project, (5) Action-Oriented
Autonomic Learning Project, and (6) Digital Contents
Project.

Other Journals (in Japanese)

Hiyoshi Research Portfolio (HRP) 2005, whose mission was to create a meeting ground forconnecting the university and society so as to exchange and produce new values and new“scientia,” was held at the Hiyoshi Campus on December 20th and 21st, 2005. There were morethan 60 poster sessions by research groups or individual researchers, and various symposia andworkshops were organized in which
many participants took part. HRP’s goal of
returning new knowledge anddiscoveries to society, and of
establishing a new network with society
by promoting within and without Keio
University the multi-lateral and crossdisciplinary
academic
activities
conducted at the Hiyoshi Campus, will
give a big impetus to the role of theuniversity
HRP2005 venue

Graduate School of Business Administration
The Graduate School of Business Administration hosts several research projects. For
example, in 2005 faculty members conducted research on “Holistic Analysis of Strategic
Decision-Making.” Other faculty researches include a study of the quality of medical
treatments, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; andresearch on “Corporate Strategies of Enterprises in an Era of Technological Innovation,”sponsored by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). For
research commissioned by the Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. we also developed
teaching material using the case method for the development of teachers of management oftechnology (MOT) nationwide.
http://www.kbs.keio.ac.jp/english/index.html

Journals Issued by Faculties andAcademic Associations on Mita Campus
Shigaku (The Historical Science)
Philosophy
A Literary Magazine Mita Bungaku
Library and Information Science
Journal of Arts and Letters
Mita Journal of Economics
Keio Economic Studies
Journal of Law
Kyoyo-Ronso (Journal of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Law)
(supplementary volume of Journal of Law)
Keio Law Review
Keio Journal of Politics
Journal of Law and Political Studies
Studies in Sociology, Psychology and Education
BC Mita Business Review
Keio Business Review

Hiyoshi Review
Hiyoshi Review
http://review-keio-up.co.jp/
The Graduate School of Business
Administration: Results of research into
teaching by case method.

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http://www.ic.keio.ac.jp/nncenter/

Health CenterYagami Campus
Yagami Campus

Research Centers

Yagami Campus
Aspiring and Working for the
Next Frontiers of Science andTechnology

For Inquiries:

KLL Specified Research Projects (FY2005)

Secretariat of the KLL(c/o Office of Research Administration, Yagami
Campus)
TEL: +81-45-566-1470
E-mail: staff@kll.keio.ac.jp
http://www.kll.keio.ac.jp/

Started in FY2003

to Explore Next-generation Cutting-edge Areas: One-Year
Started in FY2005 (Research
Projects)“Studies on Regulatory Mechanism of Growth Factor Receptor Expression and Their
Application for Genome-based Drug Discovery”
Professor Masaya Imoto
Fundamental Science and Technology“Fundamental Studies on Self-Assembling Soft Materials Targeting Nano-Functional
Biosystem”
Assistant Professor Atsushi Hotta
Science for Open and Environmental Systems“Countermeasures on Heat Island by the Development of Urban Regeneration”
Professor Shuzo Murakami
Science for Open and Environmental Systems“MEMS-based Human Interface Devices”
Assistant Professor Norihisa Miki
Integrated Design Engineering

KLL Liaison Office
TEL: +81-45-566-1438
E-mail: liaison@educ.cc.keio.ac.jp
http://www.kll.keio.ac.jp/liaison/index.html

Started in FY2004 (Research to Explore Next-generation Cutting-edge Areas)

Faculty/Graduate School of Science and Technology

Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science and Technology (KLL)The Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science and Technology (KLL), a stage for industrygovernment-academia collaboration, was established at the Graduate School of Science andTechnology in 2000 as a center for leading academic research and new business creation in science andtechnology. Its goals are to return research achievements to society and to conduct research
activities that transcend areas of specialization. The KLL has promoted and advanced research
projects which draw upon the originality and global orientation of Keio University and which takeadvantage of its strength as a comprehensive university. http://www.kll.keio.ac.jp/

With the objective of focusing on the development of “germinating”
research areas that are expected to be important to society in the
future, the KLL calls for research projects (“KLL Specified Research
Projects”), and advances research aggressively and systematically interms of both finances and research space. In order to more vigorously
advance general research projects that have been established, “KLL
Research Space” is loaned on a fee-paid basis. There is usable space in
the Sousoukan of the Yagami Campus (a total of 2,519m2 available; see
page32), as well as on the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus. Furthermore,
researchers from corporations and elsewhere outside of the University
who participate in research are granted the status of “Researcher of KLL.”
They are able to perform research activities smoothly at Keio by, forexample, utilizing the Information and Media Center for Science andTechnology (library).

“Development of a Bacteria-based Computer and its Application to Gene Analyses”
Professor Yasubumi Sakakibara
Fundamental Science and Technology“Development on Autonomous Robot for Precision Operating in Open Environment”
Instructor Masaki Takahashi
Science for Open and Environmental Systems“Development of Perfect Classified Communication against New Threats”
Assistant Professor Hiroaki Nishi
Integrated Design Engineering“A New Visualization Technique for Membrane Potentials in Human Motoneurons”
Instructor Junichi Ushiba
Fundamental Science and Technology“Development of Novel Host Defense Proteins by Evolutionary Genomics”
Instructor Kohji Hotta
Fundamental Science and Technology“Local Distribution Analysis of Nanometer-Sized Glycocluster in Biomembrane”
Instructor Teruhiko Matsubara
Fundamental Science and Technology

KEIO TECHNO-MALL 2005

Number of Commissioned Research andOther Cases Received (FY2000–FY2005)
350

Activities of the KLL

Promotion of Research Activities“Development of the Next Generation of Microfluidic Device for Selective Separationof Specific Material”
Associate Professor Yohei Sato
Integrated Design Engineering“Modeling of Wrap-Reinforced Structure”
Assistant Professor Masayuki Kohiyama
Science for Open and Environmental Systems

Cases

Here is an introduction to the activities of the KLL.

The KLL acts as a point of contact between Keio University and groups
outside of Keio University such as industrial circles, promoting
cooperation for research work in the pre-patent, or germination, stage. It
promotes the research activities of the Yagami Campus from various
perspectives (see http://www.kll.keio.ac.jp/), flexibly responds toindividual consultations, and establishes an interactive flow between
enterprises and university research activities. By utilizing these
dynamics, the KLL coordinates optimal joint and commissioned
research projects, both domestic and international.

“Optical Detection of a Single Pair of Charge-transfer Molecules for Angstrom
Resolution Bioimaging”
Associate Professor Toshiharu Saiki
Integrated Design Engineering

300

Fostering Young Researchers
In order to foster outstanding
researchers in science andtechnology, the KLL offers
research aid in the form of
Research Grants for Doctoral
Program,which
assistresearch activities performedby doctoral students. In
FY2005, the KLL extended
grants of ¥300,000 each to 111
students, thereby financially assisting the start of research activities by thestudents as bona fide researchers.

77

250
52

57

57

52

167

149

139

127

118

35

61

64

72

89

43

200
132

Researchers discussing their work with guests

150
100
119

50
0
2000

2001
Governmentorganizations /Public-service
corporations

2002

2003
Private corporations(specified
contributions)

2004

2005
Private corporations(commissioned
research, etc.)

TECHNO-MALL in progress

Returning of Research Achievements to Society
Every December, the KLL holds the Keio Techno-Mall, an exhibition
aimed at corporate managers. The exhibition introduces researchachievements and explores ways to generate new businesses. In 2005,
there were 68 booths introducing research achievements and over
1,200 attendees. (The Keio Techno-Mall 2006 is scheduled for 1
December 2006 at the Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho.) In
cooperation with the Intellectual Property Center, the event supports
the patenting and commercialization of research achievements andfulfills the cycle of intellectual creation by returning the achievements tosociety.

Commissioned Research Projects (excerpt)“Training Program for System Biologists in Keio University”
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Professor Kotaro Oka
Fundamental Science and Technology“A Large-Scale Analysis of Transcription Factor Complexes by In Vitro Virus Method”
MEXT
Professor Hiroshi Yanagawa
Fundamental Science and Technology“A Study on Inter-Chip Communications by Using Inductive-Coupling Channel”
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Professor Tadahiro Kuroda
Integrated Design Engineering“Development and Practical Implementation of Multianalyte Sensing Systems for
Medical, Food and Environmental Analysis”
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Professor Koji Suzuki
Integrated Design Engineering“Highly Dependable Software for Capturing Environmental Information”
MEXT
Professor Shinji Ozawa
Science for Open and Environmental Systems“Basic and Leading-edge Research on AHS Technology and Evaluation Methodology
for Introduction of ITS”
National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
Professor Hironao Kawashima
Science for Open and Environmental Systems

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The Faculty and Graduate School of Science and Technology is located at the Yagami Campus,
where research and education centered on scientific and technological fields are conducted. In
accordance with the principle of pursuing “emerging” themes, work on the campus will continue to be
more open and multifaceted, in the form of joint studies into various issues in as-yet-unknown
interdisciplinary areas that go beyond conventional fields of specialization. Our mission is to foster humanresources; to have researchers not only study the leading edge, but also open it up for themselves andbecome leaders of society. http://www.st.keio.ac.jp/english/index.html

Coordination for Research Work

“Development of a New Protocol for Self-Assembly of Transition Metal Complexes by
Means of Specific Hydrogen Bonding and Its Application in Organic Synthesis”
Professor Fumitoshi Kakiuchi
Fundamental Science and Technology“Simulation Method for Prediction of Explosion Damage”
Associate Professor Akiko Matsuo
Science for Open and Environmental Systems

09“Effective Third-Harmonic Generation of All-Solid-State Continuous-Wave Lasers”
Assistant Professor Taro Hasegawa
Fundamental Science and Technology

Shinanomachi Campus
Shinanomachi Campus

Research Centers

For Inquiries:

Shinanomachi Campus
Center for Translational Research:
From Bench to Bed

Shinanomachi Research Park

Office of Research Administration at Shinanomachi
TEL: +81-3-5363-3879
E-mail:ras-shinanomachi@adst.keio.ac.jp
http://www.med.keio.ac.jp/research/index.html

The Research Park provides 55 laboratory spaces called units for joint research projects between industry,
government, and academia. Durations of the research projects vary from three to five years.

Research Plan
Solicitation ofresearch projects
Selection of project leader
Application andawarding

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Shinanomachi Campus

Center for Integrated
Medical Research

Research
begins

Evaluation

Contract toimplement research(Research
implementation
period is 3-5 years)(Mid-term evaluation,
final evaluation)

Acquisition andManagement ofIntellectual Property

Contract:
Based on the decisions of the evaluations committee at the Center for Integrated Medical Research, theparticipating projects are decided and collaborative contract is made between companies or research
representatives and Keio University.

Seminar

The Evaluation Committee evaluates each project at the end of the second year and upon completion of theresearch in the final year.
All costs related to the research project from moving in to removal upon completion—for facilities, equipment, plumbing
work, utilities, and general administration costs and expenses—are born by the project leader (usually paid from
common research fees).

Research Park

From Bench to Bed
Tsuruoka Town
CampusCenter for Translational ResearchShin-Kawasaki
Town Campus

Research Results:
The Intellectual Property Center (IPC) at Keio University offers advisory services to researchers regarding
acquisition of intellectual property rights and technology transfer.

Keio University Hospital
University Hospital

The Shinanomachi Campus houses the School of Medicine (for 2nd-year students
and above), the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care (3rd-year students), theGraduate School of Medicine, and the University Hospital. It contributes to society
through education, research, and treatment. The Center for Integrated Medical
Research, located on campus, is a Research Park to advance research in the life

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT)New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO)“Development of Immunotherapy by
Intratumoral Administration of Dendritic
Cells”
Professor Yutaka Kawakami, Institute forAdvanced Medical Research“Clinical Extension of Technologies for
Gas-mediated Manipulation ofMacromolecular Functions”
Professor Makoto Suematsu, Biochemistry“Leading Project for Biosimulation”“Development and Application ofComputer-based Biosimulation Assisted
by Metabolome Analyses”
Professor Makoto Suematsu, Biochemistry“Development of Stem Cell Therapy for
Spinal Cord Injuries”
Professor Hideyuki Okano, Physiology“Contorol of the Stem Cell Niche andClinical Application”
Professor Toshio Suda, Cell Differentiation“Establishment of regenerative therapy
using peripheral blood monocytes”
Assistant Professor Masataka Kuwana,Internal Medicine
National Institute of Biomedical
Innovation (NIBIO)“Development of the Regenerative
Cardiomyocytes from Human andSimian Embryonic Stem Cells”
Professor Keiichi Fukuda, Regenerative
Medicine
Pharmaceuticals and Medical
Devices Agency“Research on Treatment of Severe
Diseases or Impediments Caused byDrug Side-Effects”
Professor Kazuo Tsubota, Opthamology

Endowed Laboratories in the School of
Medicine and Graduate School of
Medicine

Outside Research Funds at
Shinanomachi Campus· Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics· Oriental Medicine· Pfizer Growth and Development· Bridgestone Laboratory ofSpecified
Donations

Developmental and Regenerative
Neurobiology

Subsidies····(New course from FY2006)
JMM Musculoskeletal Reconstruction
and Regeneration Surgery
Center for the Study of Chronic Liver
Diseases
Johnson & Johnson Ocular Surface andVisual Optics
Inaida Laboratory for Anti-aging
Medicine

Joint ResearchCommissioned
Research(All yen amounts in thousands)

Specified Donations

1,383,962

Joint Research

3,650,726

Commissioned Research

3,897,805

Subsidies

3,282,653

Total

6,215,146

Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
“Keio University-Daiichi Pharmaceutical Research Project on
Thrombosis Genetics”
Kowa Company, Ltd.
“Elucidation of Mechanism and Investigation of Treatment for
Sjögren Syndrome”
Toshiba Corporation“Non-invasive Radiology System for the Diagnosis and Therapy ofCancer”

Astellas Pharma Inc.
“Vascular Medicine Project”
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Ltd.
“Development of Novel Systematic Diagnosis with MDCT and MRI
in Cardiovascular System”
Roche Diagnostics K.K.
“Development of Rapid and Quantitative Detection Method ofMicrometastasis in Lymph node Bases on Sentinel node Concept”
Hitachi, Ltd.
“Development of the Surgical Robot with Haptic Feed Back”

Keio University Medical Science Fund
Establishment of the Fund
In 1994, Dr. Mitsunada Sakaguchi, a 1940 alumnus of the School of Medicine,
donated five billion yen to Keio, expressly to encourage medical research and creative
progress at the University and to promote worldwide medical advances. To fullyreflect Dr. Sakaguchi's commitment to medical progress, the University launched the Keio
University Medical Science Fund on April 1, 1995. Furthermore, in July 1999, twobillion yen were added to the Fund, for a total operating amount of 7 billion yen.

Major Research Projects

Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation“Development of Platelet Substitutes”

Shinanomachi Research Park
http://www.rpk.med.keio.ac.jp/

Research field of School of Medicine available at:
http://www.cimr.med.keio.ac.jp/ichiran_e.htm

sciences.
The Center for Integrated Medical Research advances unified strategic research byresearchers from a variety of biomedical departments and agencies who gather to pursue
common goals.

Sankyo Co., Ltd.
“Therapeutic Strategy for Prevention/ Progrression of Metabolic
Syndrome and Methodology of its Clinical Application”

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
“Development of Novel Therapy for Hematological Malignancies”

The project leader or corporations sign a joint research contract with Keio University.

Research ParkCANON Inc.
“Development of DNA chip and its Application“

To continue Keio University’s reputation built by the achievements of its forebears,
the Fund will be used to contribute more deeply to the welfare of human society by
nurturing and exchanging world-class human resources not only within the University, butalso internationally in the fields of medical research, in the spirit of the achievements oftrailblazing standard-bearers Yuichi Fukuzawa and medical pioneer ShibasaburoKitasato.
The main activities of the Fund are to administer the Keio Medical Science Prize and the
Mitsunada Sakaguchi Memorial Laboratories.
Keio Medical Science Prize
The Keio Medical Science Prize is awarded to researchers in recognition of theiroutstanding achievements in the fields of medical or life
sciences. No consideration is given to nationality.
The Keio Medical Science Prize consists of a certificate of
merit, a medal and a monetary award of 20 million yen. The
award ceremony and commemorative events are held at Keio
University in the presence of invited guests.
Award medal

Mitsunada Sakaguchi Memorial Laboratories
The School of Medicine currently has two programs titled 'Developmental Biology
Laboratory' and ' Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics ', both ofwhich are run under the Keio University Medical Science Fund. We aim to promote,through these programs, education and research which swiftly respond to the needs andvarious changes of the society.
Developmental Biology Laboratory
Professor Toshio Suda
The focus of the research in our laboratory is to understand the properties of stem cells.
Hematopoietic stem cells can be defined as cells that have the capacity for both selfrenewal and differentiation into all blood cell types. We have analyzed themechanisms of stem cell systems at the molecular level and cell/tissue level. This
basic research is directly linked to issues in clinical medicine, such as tissue
regeneration and repair.
Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Laboratory
Professor Keiichi Fukuda
The goal of the research in our laboratory is to develop regenerated cardiomyocytes andestablish cell transplantation therapy for the patients with severe congestive heart
failure. Heart transplantation is the ultimate therapy for the treatment of severe heart
failure, but the inadequate supply of donor hearts is a major problem. We promote basic
research of the stem cell science and tissue engineering of the heart usingdevelopmental and molecular biology and gene modified mouse, and examine thetranslational research for the clinical application.

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Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Graduate School of Medicine/School of Medicine

Adoption of
Research Plan

Criteria for Participation:
A project leader applicant to the Research Park may be either a faculty member affiliated with the Keio University Schoolof Medicine or a researcher of another university, research institution, or corporation, but a faculty member of
Keio should be included as a responsible official in the project team in the case that the leader is from outside Keio.

Faculty andGraduate School of
Science andTechnology

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
“Foundational Assessment of the Development of New Therapeutic
Methods for Digestive Disorders”
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
“Pharmacological Effects of Amino Acids on Chron’s Disease andAnalysis of Change in Metabolic Balance of Amino Acids during
Disease State”

Schematic of Research Park for Participants

Keio University Medical Science Fund
TEL: +81-3-5363-3609
E-mail:ku-msf@adst.keio.ac.jp
http://www.ms-fund.keio.ac.jp/index_jp.htm

Faculty ofEnvironmental
Information,
etc.

Joint Research Projects

Shonan Fujisawa Campus
Shonan Fujisawa Campus

Research Centers

Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC)
Contributing to Social
Development with Cutting-edge
Research Based on
Interdisciplinary Cooperation

SFC
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World-Leading Fusion Research Technology

Office of Research Administration,
Shonan Fujisawa Campus
TEL: +81-466-49-3436
FAX: +81-466-49-3594
E-mail addresses:
Participation in research activities:
sec-kri@sfc.keio.ac.jp
Press related: press-kri@sfc.keio.ac.jp
General inquiries: info-kri@sfc.keio.ac.jp
Keio Research Institute at SFC website:
http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/english/

Keio Research Institute at SFC
The Keio Research Institute at SFC is an affiliate of
the three faculties and Graduate School of Mediaand Governance which promotes research
activities at SFC.
As a leading center of cutting-edge research in the
21st century, the Institute works to further
enhance society’s advancement by performing
ground-breaking
research
basedoninterdisciplinary cooperation and by nurturing a
two-way partnership between educational andresearch activities at the campus. This includes all
related activities with industry, government, andacademia both in Japan and overseas. Specificmeasures to achieve this include promoting joint
research projects with other organizations andsupporting venture incubation efforts. One of theunique aspects of the Keio Research Institute at
SFC is its SFC Research Consortium, which
encourages university-led collaborative researchby multiple organizations. There are currently 16
such projects underway (as of June 2006).
Additionally, the Institute was commissioned with
190 funded research projects amounting toapproximately ¥1.8 billion from government
agencies, local governments, and privatecompanies in FY2005.
Researchers for these projects come not only fromwithin SFC, but outside as well—approximately
300 visiting researchers conduct research at theInstitute. The Institute is committed to presenting its
research achievements widely to the public so thatthe results of its efforts flow back to society.
http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/english/
Number of researchers: (as of 23 June 2006)
Full-time staff: 253
Researchers appointed with external funding: 108
Visiting Researchers: 335
Total: 696

SFC Open Research Forum 2005

Contract / Joint Research
SFC ResearchConsortium

Venture Incubation
AssistanceLaboratory
Keio ResearchInstitute at SFC

Laboratory

SFC Research Consortium

The Keio Research Institute at SFC is proud of
having laboratory system which enables SFC’s
researchers to form research groups of those whohave different academic backgrounds yet share thesame research interests and objectives. These
groups carry out interdisciplinary collaborative
research projects.

SFC Research Consortium conducts joint research
projects which tackle large issues under thepremise of mutual benefit. The University takes theinitiative in deciding a research topic and invites
participation from multiple external organizations
including businesses and government, to extend
efforts beyond a single field of study.

Currently, the following 12 laboratories are in
operation:

Currently, the following 16 consortium projects
have been organized:· Career Resource Laboratory· Internet Research Laboratory· Geo-informatics Laboratory· Digital Cinema Laboratory· Bioinformatics Laboratory· Auto-ID Laboratory· Ubiquitous Computing & Communication· Building Conceptual Media and Application

Laboratory· Platform Design Laboratory· Healthcare Informatics Research Laboratory· Keitai Laboratory· SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory· Interaction Design Laboratory
http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/english/laboratory/laboratory.html

Systems· VCOM· Research on Advanced Next-generation Internet
Architecture· Building Advanced Information Infrastructure· VSI (Virtual Systems Institute)· Sharing Human Intellect Project· SFC Venture Form
· Research Project on Urban Computerization andPublic Space· E-CELL Consortium· DVTS (Digital Video Transport System)
Consortium· SFC “Design Museum Factory” Consortium· DMNET (Digital Media Learning NETwork)· e-Care Consortium· SIV Entrepreneur Education Research Consortium· Interaction Design Research Consortium· Ubiquitous Cinema Consortium
http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/english/research/
consortium.html

Returning Research Achievements to Society

Making Research Achievements
Available to the Public
SFC Open Research Forum (ORF)
The Keio Research Institute at SFC believes
returning research achievements to society to be
an important social duty. In order to makeachievements widely available to the public, theInstitute annually organizes an SFC Open Research
Forum where various research projects at theInstitute are disclosed to industry, national andlocal government agencies, and academic society.
The current status and future plans of projects are
made public at the Forum through exhibitions,demonstrations, and symposiums. Furthermore,
the Institute holds panel discussions between
industrial and political experts and formulates
proposals based on the discussions which it offers tosociety. These efforts aim to strengthen
cooperation between industry, government, andacademia and incorporate external feedback into
the planning of future research projects.
http://orf.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ (in Japanese)

SFC Forum

Keio SFC-DNP Seminar

The SFC Forum provides a setting where businessleaders and university staff can engage indiscussions that generate and reevaluate theknowledge required by the current age. Its purpose is
to give people living in today’s dramaticallychanging society a forum at the university—aplace where they can share a wealth of ideas andbroad perspectives in order to anticipate issues
and build a vision for the future. Specifically, on amonthly basis the Forum holds luncheons andresearch seminars at which innovative SFC
research is introduced, management seminars
with member-led discussions, etc. Additionally, itoffers Research Conferences for joint andcommissioned projects in the pre-launch stage sothat members can exchange ideas with SFC
researchers in their field of interest.
http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/sfc-forum/(in Japanese)

The Keio SFC-DNP Seminar is a collaborative
project with Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP)
which was organized through a research
conference offered at the SFC Forum. From theviewpoints of social assumptions and technology,
the seminar seeks the future vision toward therealization of “the emergent society” produced bychanges in diversification of information
communications. In FY2006, we published the
mid-term results of our planned three-year
research as a book, discussing the meaning andpossibility of “the emergent society.”
http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/japanese/
information/sfc-dnp.html (in Japanese)

Digital Art Awards
As the information technology revolution accelerates the spread of digital media, there is an increasing demand for digitalcontent, such as films, animation, and interactive games.
The Digital Art Awards 2006 (DAA 2006), presented by Keio Research Institute at SFC, is designed to encourage, support, andpromote digital content produced by creative students. The competition aims to become an international gateway tosuccess for students who will lead the next generation digital content industry. The sixth annual competition is currently inviting
innovative and experimental digital works in four categories: “Digital cinema,” “Interactive,” “Digital Music”and “High SchoolStudents.” Winners of the Digital Art Awards 2006 are presented with their awards at the Open Research Forum (ORF) .

Case Studies
Interaction Design Laboratory
Professor Michiaki Yasumura
Faculty of Environmental Information
In the last decade of the twenty-first century, the way
human beings and computers interact has altereddramatically. We have moved from personal computers to aubiquitous computing environment. Indeed, computers are
now used in heterogeneous places ranging from offices andschools to homes and airplanes. The new and ubiquitous
man-machine interface requires a comprehensive
methodology that 'interaction design' supplies. With thisview in mind the Interaction Design Laboratory was created.
The Laboratory therefore generates new concepts anddesigns of computers that allows better user interface. The
guiding principle behind our entire endeavor is to create new
artificial design that goes beyond the conventional personal
computer to a level where an interactive design supports thewhole spectrum human life, including memories, lifestyles,
and activities.
SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory
Professor Jiro Kokuryo
Faculty of Policy Management
The SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory began functioning on April 1,2005 within the Keio Research Institute at SFC to intensify anddiversify the successful research work of the SFC Incubation
Village Research Consortium and Venture Support Intensive
Project in the area of entrepreneur education, systemization ofbusiness incubation knowledge, entrepreneur strategy
planning, expansion of venture incubation facility andorganizational support from business companies.
The guiding principle behind the establishment of the SIV
Entrepreneur Laboratory has been the Keio ResearchInstitute at SFC which has given paramount importance tolaboratory based research on specific themes like venture
support, environment and information technology. Bothlaboratory-based research and venture support themes werethe motivating ideas behind the establishment of the SFC
Incubation Village Research Consortium in April 2002.
As SIV Research Consortium as well as other group of
researchers in Keio University SFC continues to expand its
venture incubation facilities, the campus welcomes wideranging cooperation both with local/overseas universities
and business enterprises. For instance, in 2006 a new
venture incubation facility will be established at Keio
University SFC in collaboration with the Organization for
Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation,
Kanagawa Prefecture and Fujisawa City. To further this end an
administrative support system has already been established.

Venture Incubation
Keio University is expanding incubation facilities(Keio Fujisawa Innovation Village) forentrepreneurs in joint cooperation with theOrganization for Small & Medium Enterprises andRegional Innovation, Japan (SMRJ), Kanagawa
Prefecture and Fujisawa City.
These facilities are offered for rent at reasonablerates to entrepreneurs who utilize SFC knowledge
and information in fields such as IT, biotechnology,
environment-conscious technology, nursing andhealth care, health management, city design, andsocial system design, and desire to begin a start-up
business in alliance with Keio. Public offerings
began in November 2005, and 28 organizations
were selected based on their wish to utilize
knowledge from and ally themselves with Keio
University. As organizations move beyond thefacilities, new applications will be accepted on an adhoc basis.
Keio University hopes that a variety of new
businesses will emerge from these facilities,
including listed companies active at the global
level and community-based social ventures.
At the facilities, a number of incubation managers
will be present to assist the businesses throughadvice and matching suited to their needs.

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Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Keio University’s fifth campus, SFC, was built in1990 as a site for research and education based oncompletely new concepts adapted to the changing
times. It includes the three faculties of Policy
Management, Environmental Information, andNursing and Medical Care as well as the Graduate
School of Media and Governance which opened in
1994. In order to produce top-quality professionals
who will be pillars of 21st century society, SFC
also opened the Graduate School of HealthManagement in April 2005. This school further
expands and enhances the concept of the Faculty of
Nursing and Medical Care by providing a program
which enables graduates of the sciences andhumanities alike to grapple with the broad theme of“health.” Situated on a futuristic 330,000 square
meter campus, SFC seeks to maintain a balance
between the latest technology and a rich, naturalenvironment. Research projects serve as the coreof a participatory curriculum which instills
students with specialized knowledge and practicalskills.
http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/index.html.en

For Inquiries and Document Requests:

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

Research Centers

For Inquiries:

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Open and Cutting-edge Research
Facility Pursuing IndustryGovernment-Academia
Collaboration for Regional
Development

FY2005 Open Campus (14 Project Exhibits)

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Shin-Kawasaki Frontier Research and Education
Collaborative Square
144-8 Ogura, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa,
212-0054 Japan
TEL: +81-44-580-1580 FAX: +81-44-580-1570
E-mail: k2-tc@adst.keio.ac.jp
http://www.k2.keio.ac.jp/

The Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus, popularly known as the K2 Town Campus, was established in the spring of 2000 as a facility responsible for cutting-edge joint research among industry,
government, and academia through collaboration and cooperation with the city of Kawasaki. K2 (“K Square”) represents the double meaning of (1) Keio (one “K”) and Kawasaki (another“K”) teaming up and thereby producing a squared effect by joining forces, and (2) the campus square (plaza). This is where the Shin-Kawasaki Frontier Research and the Education
Collaborative Square were established as a frontier research organization within Keio University.

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In FY 2005, 14 representative Keio University frontier research projects rooted in industry-government-academia collaboration were carried out. In addition to using frontierresearch to enhance the technologies of local businesses and cultivate local industry through the generation of new industries, the K2 Town Campus also held seven open
seminars an open campus day, and other events that served to make city residents and young people aware of numerous types of learning centered on science and technology.

Toward Industry-GovernmentAcademia Collaboration for
Regional Development

Frontier Research
380 Registered Researchers

The Shin-Kawasaki Frontier Research and Education
Collaborative Square is a center which aims for not only
industry-government-academia collaboration, but alsocollaboration with the local community. It Ieads to thevitalization of the local community by transmitting its
research achievements to the world at large, as well as bycultivating new industries and contributing the humanresources to support them.
Moreover, Keio University is also participating in theestablishment of the Kawasaki Innovation Liaison Council forthe purpose of building a network for industry-governmentacademia collaboration, advancing innovation within thecommunity, and supporting the founding of new businessand fostering of entrepreneurs.
The K2 Town Campus will continue to work as a center forcollaboration that is meaningful to both Keio andKawasaki City.

Frontier Research Projects
14 frontier research projects rooted in industry-governmentacademia collaboration are being carried out across faculties
and research courses, with a staff of over 380 researchers(including full-time teachers, joint researchers, and graduate
students) working day and night to advance research.

Collaboration with
the Kawasaki City

Contribution toSociety andthe Community

Establishment and Fostering of
New Industries

Open Seminars

Striving for Industry-Government-Academia
Collaboration for Regional Development

FY2005 Open Seminars *Techno-Juku targeted for junior and senior high school students
DD/MM/YY

12/11/05
12/11/05
19/11/05
19/11/05
03/12/05
03/12/05
28/01/06

Instructor
Professor Yasuhiro Koike
Professor Hiroshi Shimizu
Professor Kouhei Ohnishi

Topic
Plastic Optical Fiber: Creating the Broadband Society*
The Future of Automobiles: The Evolving Electric Car Eliica
The Development of Medical Robots: Collaboration between
Engineering and Medicine
Professor Nobuyoshi Shimizu
The Human Blueprint: What is a Genome?*
Associate Professor Seimei Shiratori
Nanotechnology: Making Life More Convenient
Professor Masaya Imoto
The Forefront of Genome-created Drugs
Associate Professor Kiichiro Kobayashi The Management of Innovation and Technology

Various seminars related to numerous different types of learning centered on science and technology are organized to enlighten residents, young people, and individuals from thebusiness world. In FY2005, a total of seven open seminars and open lectures were held that were attended by many participants. Additionally, numerous seminars are alsoplanned for FY2006.

The K2 Corner Starts on Kawasaki FM

Visiting Guests

From January 2005, the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus (K2 Town Campus) is being presented on radio by Kawasaki FM 79.1.
On the third Tuesday of each month, a researcher of the K2 Town Campus appears at the studio and introduces frontierresearch that is currently being advanced.
Instructor

Content

18/01

Professor Yasuhiro Koike

Plastic Optical Fiber and Broadband Society

Contributing to Society through Frontier Research
The campus functions as a center for industry-governmentacademia collaboration by using intellectual property andresearch on cutting-edge technology in order to enhance
technologies for local businesses, as well as to create andfoster new industries.

15/02

Professor Masao Nakagawa

Progress in Mobile Phones and Visible Optical Communication

15/03

Professor Hiroshi Shimizu

Vehicles in the Near Future

19/04

Professor Kouhei Ohnishi

Evolving Robot: From Grasping to Touching

17/05

Associate Professor Seimei Shiratori

Nano Technology Changes Our Life

21/06

Professor Nobuyoshi Shimizu

The Forefront of Genome ResearchContributing to Society through Science Education
and Awareness Campaigns
Under the cooperation of each frontier research project,various seminars are held in order to inform residents andyoung people of the numerous types of learning centered on
science and technology.

19/07

Professor Shigeru Tanaka

Simple and Convenient Scrubber can Eliminate Indoor Contaminants

16/08

Chief Administrator Eiji Tomizawa

Information about This Year’s Open Campus and Open Seminars

20/09

Professor Masato Nakajima

For the Graying Society: Putting K2’s Research into Action

18/10

Vice-President Jun Murai

DD/MM

Principal Guests in FY2005

K-Building
K-Building
K-Building

Project on Flexible Network for Hard-real-time and Hard-real-world System
Kouhei Ohnishi (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)
Genome-based Drug Discovery Project
Masaya Imoto (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)

Experimental Research Project on Autonomous, Distributed, Cooperative Control
by Space and Outdoor Robots
Kazuo Yoshida (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)

K-Building

Next Generation Broadband Mobile Communication Research Project
Masao Nakagawa (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology) *K-Building

VISOR Project—Flexible Communication Systems
Shinichiro Haruyama (Visiting Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)

K-Building

E-Building

Technology of Air Cleaning for Creating the Comforts of Life
Shigeru Tanaka (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)

K-Building

K-Building

K-Building

Kanagawa Shimbun

15/11

Associate Professor Nobuyuki Yamasaki

Developing Necessary Real-time Processing Devices for Next-

20/12

Visiting Professor Shinichiro Haruyama

Communicating with Visible Light: New Illumination Techniques for

The column “Campus NOW” in the newspaper
Kanagawa Shimbun posts hot topics about the ShinKawasaki Town Campus (K2 Town Campus), about every
other month.

Distributed Real-time Processing Project—Distributed Real-time Information
Processing for Humanoids
Nobuyuki Yamasaki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)
NEDO Device Development Project for Next Generation Robot Motion Control
Research and Development of System LSI (M-RMTP) for Next Generation Robots
Nobuyuki Yamasaki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)

2006
Project on Developing High Reliability of Devices with Mechanical Contacts —Toward Highly Reliable RF MEMS Switches and Sliding Contacts
Koichiro Sawa (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)**
ERATO-SORST Koike Photonics Polymer Project—“Fiber to the Display” by Highspeed Data Transmission and High-quality Displays
Yasuhiro Koike (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)

I-Building

Beyond the Human Genome Project DNA Science: Basic Research, Medical
Applications and Public Campaign
Nobuyoshi Shimizu (Professor, School of Medicine)

O-Building

Future Vehicle Project—Vehicles on the Ground Using the Technology of Drive
and Automatic Driving
Hiroshi Shimizu (Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information)

O-Building

O-Building

O-Building

17/01

Chief Administrator Eiji Tomizawa

A Review of 2005 and Resolutions and Planning for 2006

DD/MM/YY Topic

21/02

Visiting Lecturer Akihiro Tagaya

Developing Indispensable High-Precision, Low-Cost LCD Displays

27/04/04

21/03

Associate Professor Manabu Omae

The Progress of Automotive Technology

Advancing Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration
for Regional Development

18/04

Professor Masaya Imoto

Development of Therapeutic Drugs Using Human Genomic Information

06/07/04

Exchanges at Open Seminars

as the Base

31/08/04

Familiarizing Oneself with the Sites of Cutting-Edge
Research

02/11/04

Finding out about Cutting-Edge Research throughStamps01/03/05

Ride on the FM for Cutting-Edge Research

26/04/05

Changing Lives with Cutting-Edge Technologies

21/06/05

Commercializing Cutting-Edge Technologies

23/08/05

Learn about the Cutting-Edge Technologies at Open
Lectures01/11/05

Touch and See the World of Tomorrow

27/12/05

The Green Campus

28/02/06

The Sparkling Eyes of Children

25/04/06

Research Announcements You’ve Been Waiting For

20/06/06

How about A Simulated Walk through the “Street ofDreams”?

16/05

Chief Administrator Eiji Tomizawa

Introducing a New Project and Schedule of the Coming Year

20/06

Professor Koichiro Sawa

Research to Improve the Reliability of Switches

Next Generation Nano-technology Thin Film Project (Wide Applications of WetProcess Nano Coating)
Seimei Shiratori (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)
Project for IP-based Wireless Communication Technologies—For a Combinationof Cellular and Ad-hoc Networks
Masao Nakagawa (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)*
The WIDE Project—Research on IPv6
Jun Murai (Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information)

Guests of K2 inspecting various research projects.

Media Coverage· In FY2005, the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus (K Town
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Campus) was reported in 88 newspaper articles (to thebest of our knowledge) for events such as the test ride ofthe electric car Eliica by Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi, as well as for commendations received byresearchers.

Test run of an electric car

Seminar in a laboratory· Kanagawa Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa· Princess Takamado· The Kawasaki Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Financial Commitee· ASPA (Asian Science Park Association)· Malaysia: Director of MARA Education Foundation· France: President of Ecole Centrale Nantes· Beijing Haidian Science Park: Observation delegation· China Electric Businesses: Observation delegation

Toward Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration for Regional
Development

Transmitting Information

Research Projects * Completed in FY2005 ** New Project starting in FY2006

The Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus (K2 Town Campus),
keeping foremost in mind collaboration between
industry, government, and academia, supports visits bybusinesses, organizations, and media to showcase its
leading-edge research being pursued daily.

2005

Generation Robots

The K2 Town Campus

Junior and senior high school students at Open seminar

Open seminar

Open seminar· Mass media such as Television Kanagawa and FM
Yokohama also produced special features on the K
Town Campus.

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Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Shin-Kawasaki Frontier Research and Education Collaborative Square
Access by train:
Shibuya

10-minute walk from
Shin-Kawasaki Station, JR Yokosuka Line

Hiyoshi

15-minute walk from
Kashimada Station, JR Nambu Line
Tokyu Toyoko Line
JR Yokosuka Line
JR Nambu Line
JR Tokaido Line
JR Yamanote Line

Hiyoshi Campus
Yagami Campus

ShinKawasaki

Tokyo (20 min.)2

K Town Campus

Shinagawa (12 min.)Kashimada

Kawasaki (7 min.)Yokohama (9 min.)16
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Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

This roughly two-hectare site surrounded by greenery houses four two-story research buildings and one welfare building where a total of approximately 380 (as of March 2006) researchers
including graduate students, joint researchers, and others work day and night to advance research.

On Saturday, 11 November 2005, the Open Campus began with greetings from the vice president and the mayor of Kawasaki City, and was attended by many residents, students,
and individuals from businesses, among others.

Tsuruoka Town Campus
Tsuruoka Town Campus

For Inquiries:

Research Centers

Tsuruoka Town Campus
K-FRECS: Keio Frontier Research& Education Collaborative Square

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EventsTsuruoka Town Campus
Keio Frontier Research & Education Collaborative
Square (K-FRECS) at Tsuruoka
14-1 Baba-cho, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata, 997-0035 Japan
TEL: +81-235-29-0800 (Main)
FAX: +81-235-29-0809
E-mail: office@ttck.keio.ac.jp
http://www.iab.keio.ac.jp/

Commercialization
A Bio-venture Company from Keio University
Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc. (HMT)
http://humanmetabolome.com/

Summer Bio College
This is a basic hands-on program in biotechnology aimed at high school
students in the Keio’s affiliated high schools. There were 19 participants in
FY2005.

Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc. (HMT) is a venture company
established in July 2003 by Professor Masaru Tomita, Professor Tomoyoshi
Soga, and others from the IAB, based on the IAB’s measurement and analysis
technology for metabolomes. HMT conducts R&D aimed at industrial
applications in medical care, drug discovery, food fermentation, etc. In October
2003, HMT became the first company to be invested by the Entrepreneur
Assistance Fund of Keio University. The company began joint research with
Mizkan Group Co. Ltd. in January 2004, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. in June 2004,
Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation in February 2005, and Chugai PharmaceuticalCo., Ltd. in September 2005. HMT is headquartered at the Tsuruoka
Metabolome Campus.

In April 2001, Keio University established the Tsuruoka Town Campus of Keio (TTCK) in Tsuruoka City,
Yamagata Prefecture, with the cooperation of Yamagata Prefecture and the municipalities of the Shonai region.
The cornerstone of the campus is the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB).

Keio Summer Bio CampThis is a basic hands-on program in biotechnology for any high school students
from all over Japan. In FY 2005, 19 students participated.

Research at IAB is performed at two facilities: the Center Building and the Bio-lab.
TTCK conducts, closely and jointly with the other campuses of Keio, research and development inadvanced areas and enhances research and educational activities. It proactively transfers newly createdtechnologies to local governments and businesses to encourage industry-government-academia
collaboration, for contributing to regional development as well as to the advancement of science andtechnology in Japan.

The Advanced Biosciences Seminar with Experiments
This seminar is offered for teachers at elementary, junior high, and highschools in Tsuruoka City, who are either science teachers or those interested inbiosciences. The seminar utilizes the research equipment of the IAB‘s Bio-lab andliterature at the Chido Library, specializing in areas of natural sciences
centered on bioscience. There were 16 participants in FY2005.
Open Campus 2006
For local residents, a symposium discussing the research done at the Institute forAdvanced Biosciences (IAB) and tours of labs were held in August 2006.

Bio-labInstitute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB)The Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB) is a full-fledged laboratory for bioresearch set up at the TTCK in April 2001. The IAB, using the leading-edge
biotechnology, comprehensively measures and analyzes the cellular activities of organisms and microbes, simulates various cell functions and activities bycomputer, and applies its findings to areas such as medical care and food fermentation.

The 1st Metabolome Symposium“The Future of Life Sciences through Metabolomics”
In November 2006, the first domestic academic conference on metabolome
will be held. Researchers nationwide will be participated.

The IAB attracts attention of the world as a pioneer of “integurated systems biology,”a new IT- driven bioscience.
http://www.iab.keio.ac.jp/

Major Research Projects
Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT)“Development and Application ofComputer-based Biosimulation
Assisted by Metabolome Analyses”(2003-2007)
21st Century COE Program“Understanding and Control of Life’s
Function via Systems Biology”(2002-2006)
Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry (METI)

Japan Science and Technology
Agency (JST)“Modeling and Construction of
Simulation Environments for
Systems Biology”(2004-2008)“Methods of Introducing Samples
for Mass Spectroscopy Analysis of –Omics and Methods of Analysis of
Large-Scale Data from Mass
Spectroscopy”(2006)“Development of Metabolome MS
Spectral Integration Database”(2006-2010)“Functional RNA Project”(2005-2009)

Research System
Major Joint Research Organizations
The Faculty of Science and Technology, the School of Medicine, Shonan
Fujisawa Campus, RIKEN, and Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc.

Educational Activities
The IAB develops and deploys educational activities for students with different
majors in undergraduate or graduate school of Keio University, under the ideal that
advanced research and education should be inseparable. In FY2005, 35
students in the spring semester and 32 students in the fall semester
participated in the programs and activities offered at TTCK.

New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development
Organization (NEDO)“Development of Fundamental
Technologies of Industrial
Processes Using Biofunctions:
Development of Cellular ModelingTechniques”(2001-2005)
Ministry of Health, Labour andWelfare (MHLW), Grant-in-Aid forCancer ResearchHigh-throughput and quantitative CE-MS methods which can measure thousands of charged
metabolites

Yamagata Prefecture andTsuruoka City
“Development of Fundamental
Technologies Using Systems Biology(Simulations Software Techniques,
Metabolome Analysis Techniques,
Genome Design Analysis
Techniques, Proteome Analysis
Techniques) and Their Applications(Medical, Food, and Environment)”(2006-2010)“Research on Development of New
Medical Treatment Based on Cancer
Biology”(2005-2006)

Other Related Facilities
Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus is a researchfacility of Tsuruoka City aimed at cluster formation ofbioresearch and development, with the IAB as its
cornerstone. HMT moved into the facility in 2005,
and in 2006 RIKEN, Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. andNishikawa Keisoku Co., Ltd. moved in and started up
their activities. Now, IAB’s Metabolome group isalso on the campus conducting research.
Overall View of Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus
Metabolome Group Research Facility in Tsuruoka
Metabolome Campus

Bio Camp
The Bio Camp is a program for students of the Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) at
Keio to spend one semester at the TTCK and experience the basics ofbiotechnology. The program begins with an introduction to the handling oflaboratory instruments because the students have no experience withexperiments. Each student extracts his/her own DNA and analyzes the gene
for alcohol-degrading enzymes, and self-diagnoses through genetic testingwhether his/her level of tolerance for alcohol is high or low. At the end, thestudents decode the genome sequences through state-of-the-art DNA
sequencers.
Bioinformatics Program
The Bioinformatics Program is a rare graduate program in the world in thesense that students can earn credits from both the SFC (bioinformatics) andthe TTCK’s IAB (systems biology). At the TTCK, a number of experiments andlaboratory trainings are provided, such as “metabolome analysis” and“proteome analysis,” using the most advanced DNA sequencers, mass
spectrometers, etc.

Major Awards
November 2001
“Yamagata Keizai Doyukai (Association of
Corporate Executives) Grand Prize, Yamagata
Landscape Design Award”
June 2003“Nihon Kogyo Shimbunsha Award in the 17th
Dokusousei wo Kirihiraku Sentan Gijutu Taishou(Leading-edge Technology for Originality andCreativity)”

November 2003
“IBM Shared University Research Award”
June 2004“Industry-Academia-Government Collaborative
Distinguished Service Commendation (Award of
the Minister of State for Science and Technology
Policy)”April 2005
“First Prize in the 5th Japan Biotechnology
Business Competition”

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Research Centers—Tsuruoka Town Campus

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Introduction to Bioscience for Tsuruoka Citizens
The introductory bioscience course for general public and taught byresearchers of the IAB. There were 93 participants in FY2005.

Research Institute for Digital Media and Content
Research Institute for Digital Mediaand Content (DMC)

Research Centers

For Inquiries:

Research Institute for DigitalMedia and Content (DMC Institute)
The“Encouraging Development ofStarategic Research Centers”of the Special
Coordination Fund for the Promotion of
Science and Technology, MEXT

In order to promote integrated research related to digital media and content, DMC has established five research areas at the DMC Lab : ( I Content
Creation, II Content Digitalization & Distribution, III Media Environment, IV Intellectual Property Management, V Content Industry & Policy)

DMC Institutec/o KEIO University
2F, West Annex, 2-17-22 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
108-0073 Japan
TEL : +81-3-5418-6432 FAX : +81-3-5418-6437
E-mail : info@dmc.keio.ac.jp
http://www.dmc.keio.ac.jp/en

The Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC), established in 2004, promotes international research projects under a project-based contractsystem called a “project system”, focusing on contextual digital contents from a variety of angles including: Content Creation, Development ofMedia Technology, Intellectual Property Management and Content Industry and Policy. In FY2005, DMC also launched new Global Studios as an overseas
base at Tsinghua Univ. (China) and Yonsei Univ. (Korea), and held international symposiums to promote the global distribution of our research
results.

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Examples of main DMC projects are as follows:

LyKEIOn ProjectThis project aims to make a broad contribution to society by establishing a technical base and new
methods for use of next-generation digital content, based on super high-quality digital imagery
technologies. This project will also contribute to the accumulation and delivery of digital content at DMC andto the development of expert personnel who will sustain the new content industry. In addition, this projectfeatures joint research with research laboratories and other related organizations in Japan and around the world.

2005.4.13

DMC Lectures

Press Conference, “The world’s first permanent experimental facility for digital cinema
installed at the West Annex of KEIO Mita Campus”

Studio at Yonsei University

Studio at Tsinghua University

The studios are:2005.6.1

Workshop, “DMC Workshop on Digital Cinema-New Directions in Digital Cinema Technology-”

2005.7.21

DMC Lecture, “The Latest Trends of European Degital Cinema-WorldScreen and CineVision· Facilities for high-quality digital video & audio
communication· Hubs located in key places of digital content development· Centers shared by research communities with diverse
academic backgrounds· Part of a global digital network connected by astandardized communication system

Studio at the University of Cambridge

2006”

iGrid 2005

2005.9.27

Participation in an international networking conference, iGrid 2005

2005.10.25

DMC Lecture, Richard Edlund, “Digital Cinema”

2006.3.11,12,15

Noh Performance and 4K Digital Cinema
BankART 1929 YOKOHAMA

Studio at Keio University

4K Digital Cinema

Content Industries & Policy Research ProjectStudio in San Francisco

Studio in New York

Project List
Special Projects:

Under the strong leadership of the institute director, the DMC Institute supports three special projects.
DMC System OCW e-Learning

Task Force:

The Task Force oversees all research projects and handles specific issues related to personnel and the DMC Lab.
Communication Strategy Human Resource Development

DMC Lab: Five Research Areas
Content Digitalization &Distribution

Media EnvironmentIntellectual Property
Management

Content Industry & Policy· Art Ensemble Digitization· Post-Encyclopaedism· Digital Cinema LyKEIOn Project· Digital Intellectual Property
Project· Content Industries & Policy
Research Project· Resources of Butoh Body
Movements· Creation of a Remote
Collaboration System and Stateof-the-Art Digital Content· Digital Archives for ArchitecturalSpace Project· 3D Digital Media Capturing and
Presentation· Re-creation and Archive of 40s
Mining Town Using Advanced 3D
Computer Graphic Technology· Research on Ubiquitous MediaInfrastructure Technologies andApplications· Best Practice Guide of e-Learning· Project for Developing
EducationPrograms for StrategicStandardization

2005.12.6 The 1st Creative Industry and Policy Forum –Music Business in the Net Age
2006.1.26 The 2nd Creative Industry and Policy Forum2006.2.10 The 1st Creative Industry and Policy Seminar
2006.3.10 The Japan-Korea Media Convergence Policy Symposium
2006.3.16 The 2nd Creative Industry and Policy Seminar

Organization (as of March 31, 2005)· Content Cruising System· Historical Image Database of
Yukichi Fukuzawa at Keio
University(1) Industry-Government-University Research Collaboration(2) Global Policy Collaboration(3) Research, Policy Recommendation & Education
Creative Industry and Policy Forum

Content Creation· Sound Education

With the rapid development of an information society in recent years, the digital content industry has been
attracting much attention from policy makers worldwide. However, it has been pointed out that there is no solid
knowledge base for policy proposals and planning regarding digital content.The mission of our project is toconstruct a theoretical framework for digital content from an interdisciplinary perspective, and to create an
Industry-Government-University open research platform for policy discussion regarding digital content.
Since its start in October 2005, this project has mainly focused on the following three activities:

Researchers

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Cooperating personnel at Keio33

Temporary Researchers

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Research Assistants

38

The Japan-Korea Media Convergence Policy Symposium

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Research Centers—Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC Institute)

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

The project is divided into the following four areas:(1) Digital Cinema Project: Establishing evaluation methods and securing content delivery and film
restoration technologies in collaboration with Hollywood and other professional communities(2) Archiving technologies: Permanent storage formatting and system prototyping(3) High-speed digitizing technology: Automatic digital restoration and high-speed film scanner prototyping(4) Content creation, collection and evaluation: Vintage film collection, digital archiving, and evaluation of newcommunication tools.

Promoting Research Collaboration and Transmission to Society:
Activities at the Center for Research Promotion
The Center for Research Promotion utilizes the broad-ranging research capabilities of Keio University to plan and promote comprehensive research
activities that transcend the boundaries of existing organizations and faculties, for example through interactions in differing fields.

1 The Center for Research Promotion’s Grant Programs for Researchers

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Similarly, when conducting research that involves morethan one field, it may be difficult to apply for publicfunding if preliminary results are not available.
Furthermore, when researchers in several different
fields try to joint-research, even though they want todevelop new research directions through collaborations
that are not an extension of any one of their original
fields, they may have to abandon their research for lack offunding.

In order to overcome these problems even to a small
degree, and to increase the potential for research at
Keio University, the Center for Research Promotion
established two in-house grant programs in 2005: The“Grant for New and Young Researchers” and the“Differing Fields Collaboration Grant.”
Details of the Grant Programs
Following is an outline of the conditions for applications for the Research Grant Programs.
Grant for New and Young Researchers
1. The research must be creative and offer possibilities forthe future.
2. On April 1 of the year of the application, theapplicant must be 40 years of age or younger, or
have been with Keio University for five years or less,and must be a full-time researcher, a non-tenured

Selected Researchers and Research Subjects in 2005 (titles at time of selection)
Grant for New and Young Researchers
Name

Affiliation/position

Subject of Research

Junichi Ushiba

Instructor, Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Faculty of
Science and Technology

Development of a communication device inspired by neural signaltransmissions

Toshihiko Oka

Instructor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology

Making a large single crystal of a photo-sensitive membrane protein for aneutron diffraction experiment

Yasuhiro Kakinuma

Instructor, Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of
Science and Technology

Application of Electro-rheological Gel to Fixtures and Micro Alignment
Systems for Thin Glass Plates

Yoko Saikawa

Instructor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science andTechnology

Chemical Studies on Natural Pigments as Functional Molecules

Takuya Satomura

Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce

A Simultaneous Model of Determination of Pricing: An Empirical
Approach

Motoaki Sano

Instructor, Department of Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine

The Role of HEXIM-1 in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Remodeling

Yasunari Takada

Instructor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of
Medicine

The mechanism of cell density-regulated transcription factor NF-kB
activation

Toshiyasu Nakamura

Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of
Medicine

Diffusion MRI of denervated skeletal muscle for early diagnosis ofperipheral nerve injury

Taro Hasegawa

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science andTechnology

Laser cooling of doubly-charged lanthanum ions for implementation ofquantum computers

Masanori Hirashima

Instructor, Department of Cell Differentiation, School of Medicine

Role for somite-derived endothelial cells in vascular development

Atsushi Hotta

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of
Science and Technology

Mechanical properties, fracture surface and material recycling on thecomposite of polymers and amorphous carbon

Kohji Hotta

Instructor, Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Faculty of
Science and Technology

Construction of 3-D database for embryonic development of chordate
animals

Hideyuki Maki

Instructor, Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics,
Faculty of Science and Technology

Carrier control of carbon nanotubes with the electric field and strain forthe light emitting devices

Shinji Matsuda

Instructor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine

Molecular mechanism for protein sorting to the postsynaptic spines

Norihisa Miki

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of
Science and Technology

Collagen-mixed Polymeric Material for a Microreactor with High Bioaffinity

contract researcher, or a special researcher (ifqualified to apply for external funding).
3. Maximum research expenses per project is one
million yen
Differing Fields Collaboration Grant
1. Two or more researchers must be participating fromdifferent specialized fields
2. Project must be comprehensive, taking advantage ofcollaborations between different fields, and must be
creative and offer possibilities for the future.
3. Maximum research expenses per project is fivemillion yen
In either case, the funding is positioned as an initialinvestment and preparation funding for opening up new
fields, so as a next step, the researcher (or the research
representative) is required to further develop theresearch results, and apply for external researchfunding (e.g., subsidies for scientific research expenses orother competitive research funding) in relation to the
granted research in the following year.
After screening by the Selection Committee, theresearchers that submitted the selected applications
are provided with grants for research expenses. The
researchers are required to conduct the research during
the year in which the grant is provided, and to present theresults of that research at a research seminar held at the
beginning of the following year. At the same time, they
are required to announce their plans for acquisition of
external research funding in the next year.
During the 2005 fiscal year, there were 42 applications, ofwhich 15 were selected for the Grant for New andYoung Researchers and one for the Differing Fields
Collaboration Grant. The table below shows the names
and subjects selected in 2005.

Differing Fields Collaboration
Name of research representative

Affiliation/position

Subject of Research

Kazunori Nakajima

Professor, Depertment of Anatomy, School of Medicine

Mechanism of cortical development

Research Presentations

2 Bio-information Medical and Engineering ForumThe Bio-information Medical and Engineering Forum
was initiated in December 2005 to promote newinteractions among researchers in the Keio University
School of Medicine and the Faculty of Science andTechnology, to foster young researchers, to provide
opportunities to present research results, and toencourage new developments in the integration ofresearch fields.
At the level of individual researchers, there havealways been extensive interactions between
researchers in the School of Medicine and the Faculty of
Science and Technology. This Forum respects thoseindividual interactions, while at the same time
providing a new venue intended to encourage newcollaborations related to medical and engineering
activities at Keio University. Concrete results are
already beginning to appear. To give one example, theresearchers who participated in the Forum came to therealization that listening to presentations on researchby the various lecturers provides supplemental
materials for their own research. In some cases, theseresearchers conducted detailed discussions later,
decided on specific themes, and jointly applied for
Keio’s internal research grants.
The Forum was supervised by Prof. Makoto Suematsu of

the School of Medicine (Medical Chemistry) and Prof.
Kotaro Oka of the Faculty of Science and Technology(Department of Biosciences and Informatics). Based on anawareness that it is most effective to conduct this type of
research meeting close to a clinical environment in a
hospital, as a rule the Forum will be held once every
two to three months in the lounge of the General
Medical Sciences Research Building on Shinanomachi

Starting with the 2nd Forum in April 2006, theproceedings will be provided via a remote broadcast
from the venue in Shinanomachi for Faculty of Scienceand Technology researchers who are unable to travel to
Shinanomachi.
Through this Forum, we expect to see even further
vitalization of research interactions in fields related to
medicine and engineering at Keio University.

Speaker’s name / Title of Presentation
1st

2nd

3rd

Date

Affiliation/nameTitle of presentation

Dec. 20, 2005

Professor, Medical Chemistry, School of Medicine
Makoto Suematsu

Investigating biological functions using metabolome analysis,
and applications in medicine

Professor, Department of Biosciences and Informatics,
Faculty of Science and Technology
Hiroshi Yanagawa

Genome drug production systems using the In vitro virus (IVV)Assistant Professor, Surgery, School of Medicine
Yuko Kitagawa

Developments in Solid Cancer diagnosis andtreatment using Sentinel node theory:
What can be expected of engineering technologies?

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Science and Technology
Norihisa Miki

Contributions of micromachine technologies to medicine: From “Fantastic
Voyage” to diagnostic chips

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Science and Technology
Takashi Maeno

Touch sensors and touch displays

Assistant Professor, Regenerative Medicine, School of
Medicine
Motoaki Sano

Peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor r (PPARr) coactivator 1 as a factor in
the control of cardiac muscle energy metabolism

Apr. 14, 2006

Jul. 11, 2006

3 Transmission of Research Activities to Society
The Center for Research Promotion conducts public
symposia twice each year at the Mita Campus as aform of outreach for research activities (comprisingefforts to educate members of society and promote
proliferation of research results). The intent of these
symposia is to show a broader segment of society the
day-to-day research activities undertaken at the
University in a multi-faceted, three-dimensional format.
The symposia held by the Center for Research
Promotion are not like the research seminars
conducted in specified academic fields. One of theunique characteristics is that knowledgeable
individuals from outside the university participate inexchanging ideas on a common theme; for example,
participants might include researchers in different
academic fields or representatives of companies withdeep connections to the theme in question. In addition tolectures, debates, and occasionally booth exhibits anddemonstrations, the same theme might be examinedfrom the perspective of completely different research
fields, or from the dual perspectives of “Universities”
and “Society.”At the “21st Century Brain Science Frontier”
Symposium held in February 2006, researchers frominside and outside Keio University in the fields of
medicine, bio-information sciences, and psychology
gathered along with a top executive from a
pharmaceutical company for lectures and a panel
discussion on the theme of “Brain Sciences.” Theproceedings included an introduction to the current
status of brain science research in three fields, anddiscussions on its possibilities in the 21st century. This
Symposium was also jointly sponsored by three Keio
University Centers in the 21st Century COE Program.
At the Symposium conducted on the Mita Campus,
which was broadcast in real time at the School of
Medicine on the Shinanomachi Campus, there weremore than 200 participants, including researchers fromprivate sector companies as well as the general publicwith an interest in the central theme.
A symposium was held in July 2006 on the theme of“Sports as a Guide to the Future: Research andadvancement in sports medicine, science, and culture.”
The Symposium welcomed a wide range of speakers,
including researchers in sports medicine, as well as aprofessor of literature who spoke about sports inancient Greece; an Olympic gold medalist; a manager
from a companies with extensive experience insupporting sports; a merchandiser from a manufacturer
that developed sportswear jointly with Keio University; auniversity sports trainer; and a producer of sporting
events. There were about 230 participants in total,
including researchers from inside and outside Keio
University, students, parents with children, and adults
involved in sports either through work or as a hobby.
Overall, the Symposium was a great success.

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Opening comments

Yuichiro Anzai (President; Keio University)“Research in the generation and regeneration of the central nervous
system using stem cells”

Hideyuki Okano (Professor, School of Medicine (Physiology), Keio University)“Memory Research using the Cerebellum Model: Investigating
synapses and behaviors from two elements”

Michisuke Yuzaki (Professor, School of Medicine (Physiology), Keio University)

Keynote Speech“The Mysteries of Life, Unraveled by Calcium”

Katsuhiko Mikoshiba(Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (Cerebral Nerve Generation); Director for
Developmental Brain Science Group, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research) )“Information Processing in single nerve cell dendrites”

Kotaro Oka(Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology (Department of Biosciences and Informatics), Keio University )“Cerebral nerve activity operating machinery: Development of brainmachine interfaces”

Susumu Takahashi(Kyoto University Graduate School, Graduate School of Letters, Dept. of Behavioral Culture)“Is the hippocampus of birds the same as the hippocampus of
mammals? Comparative research in cognitive neuroscience”

Shigeru Watanabe(Professor, Faculty of Letters (Psychology), Keio University)“The conditions under which language is born”

Kazuo Okanoya(Biolinguistics Research Team Leader, Advanced Brain Function Development Research Group, RIKEN Brain
Science Institute)

Keynote Speech“Viewing brain functions via fMRI”

Seiji Ogawa(Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University; Director, Ogawa Laboratories for Brain Function
Research)

Special Lecture“Conditions for Innovations”

Haruo Naito (President and CEO; Eisai Co. Ltd.)

Panel Discussion

Yuichiro Anzai, Seiji Ogawa, Haruo Naito, Katsuhiko MikoshibaModerator: Hideyuki Okano

M.C.: Prof. Junji Yoshihara (Director, Keio University Center for
Research Promotion)

Jointly sponsored by three 21st Century COE Programs:“Understanding and control of bio-functions using system biology”“Toward and integrated methodology for the study of the mind: Centre for Integrated Research on the Mind”“Basic Study and Clinical Application of the Human Stem Cell Biology and Immunology: Approaches based on the Development ofExperimental Animal Models”

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Goal of the Programs
Many existing research funding programs examine past
research results in the field in question. As a result,particularly when a young researcher attempts to open up
a new field, there are no corresponding past research
results, so that researcher will face the problem ofbeing unable to obtain funding when s/he needs it
most: when starting up new research.

Campus. Following presentations by researchers in the
School of Medicine and the Faculty of Science andTechnology, a social gathering is held for theparticipants, in the hopes of planting the seeds for new
interactions among the researchers.

Prof.Okano gives a presentation

Symposium: ”Sports as a Guide to the Future”
Keynote Speech“Initiative to the Future: Current conditions and new developments in sports medicine”
Hajime Yamazaki (Vice-President, Keio University; Director of the Sports Medicine Research Center)

Special Lecture“Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sports support activities”
Kazuyasu Kato (President, Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd.)Part 1:
Dialogue“Talking about sports medicine and science”“Contributions by sports medicine and science to Quality of Life”
Shinzo Kato (Uniqlo Co. Ltd.; Men’s Business Division; Merchandising Team)
Shohei Onishi (Keio University Graduate School of Health Management, Committee Chairman; Vice-Director of the Sports Medicine Research Center)

Part 2:
Lecture“Talking about Sports Culture”

Special Lecture“Advancement of Sports Culture that Opens up the Future”
Kenji Ogiwara (Gold Medalist at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics; Member of the House of Councilors)“Sports and Literature in Ancient Greece: the Case of Pindaros”
Taro Nishimura (Vice-President, Keio University; Professor, Faculty of Letters)

Part 3:“Panel Discussion”“Health Society / Sports Society: Talking about sports and Universities, and about sports and society”
Shohei Onishi (Keio University Graduate School of Health Management, Committee Chairman; Vice-Director of the Sports Medicine Research Center)
Akio Ueda (Manager, Japanese National Rugby Team U-21; Former Manager, Keio University Rugby (Football) Club)
Tsutomu Aiba (Manager, Keio University Baseball Club)
Moderator: Shigeru Sugiyama (Sports event producer; Guest Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Health Management)

M.C.:

Prof. Junji Yoshihara (Director, Keio University Center for Research Promotion)

House of Councilors member Kenji Ogiwara speaks to the group; photoin the background was taken when he won his gold medal
Assistant Prof. Kitagawa gives a presentation

Researchers listen intently to the presentations

Panel Discussion

Participants listening on the edge of their seats

The 21st Century COE Program
Since its foundation in 1858, Keio University has been at the forefront of education and research in Japan. For 148 years, Keio has consistently fulfilled its mission
to contribute back to society through its academic and research achievements in fields such as industry and medicine. Keio has also made substantial
contributions through fostering the leaders of society and creating new areas of knowledge. Keio University continues to be a driving force in contributing to
the future of Japan and the global community. The University’s application to participate in the 21st Century COE Program for FY2002 and FY2003 is an opportunity
to advance its fundamental mission through two main focuses: “independence” i.e., remaining impartial and unaffected by the short-term trends ofsociety; and “collaboration” i.e., working with contemporary society to achieve results. Keio University aims to become a leader in the global society of the
21st century through the creation of dynamic development and integration of these two focus points at an international level, based upon a uniqueelliptical model.
FY 2006 marks the final year of programs adopted in FY2002 (five programs). As a result, the University is examining the programs post-21st Century COE programs,
and discussing the building of research programs that transcend research boundaries and provide a competitive edge by virtue of their distinct
characteristics. The goal is to build competitive, world-class research programs that identify with the keywords “international character,” “collaboration,” and“nurturing young researchers.”

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Links to each of the 9 fields and 12 programs at Keio University are available at the following URL:
http://www.21coe.keio.ac.jp/index_en.html
For more information about the 21st Century COE Program, refer to the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science website:
http://web.jsps.go.jp/english/e-21coe/index.html

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[Mathematics, Physics, Earth Sciences][Social Sciences]

Integrative Mathematical Sciences: Progress in Mathematics Motivated by Naturaland Social Phenomena

Policy Innovation Initiative: Human Security Research in Japan and Asia
Program Leader: Professor Jiro Kokuryo, Graduate School of Media and Governance

Program Leader: Professor Yoshiaki Maeda, Graduate School of Science and Technology[Social Sciences][Mechanical, Civil, Architectural andOther Fields of Engineering]

Designing toward the Ordering of Political Society in a
Multi-cultural and Pluri-generational World

System Design: Paradigm Shift from Intelligence to Life

Program Leader: Professor Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Graduate School of Law

Program Leader: Professor Kazuo Yoshida, Graduate School of Science and Technology

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Creating Intellectual Values[Interdisciplinary, Combined Fields,
New Disciplines]

Infrastructure for a Knowledge Society

Inspiring through Education

Next Generation Media and Intelligent Social Infrastructure

Exploring New Entrepreneurial Potentials

Independence[Life Sciences]

Collaboration

Program Leader: Professor Hideyuki Tokuda, Graduate School of Media and Governance[Chemistry, Material Sciences]
Function Creation Oriented Life-Conjugated Chemistry
Program Leader: Professor Haruma Kawaguchi, Graduate School of Science and Technology

Understanding and Control of Life’s Functions via Systems Biology
Program Leader: Professor Hiroshi Yanagawa, Graduate School of Scienceand Technology[Social Sciences]

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Development of a Theory of Market Quality and an Empirical
Analysis Using Panel Data

[Humanities]

Program Leader: Professor Naoyuki Yoshino, Graduate School of Economics

Toward an Integrated Methodology for the Study of the Mind—-CIRM: Centre for Integrated Reserch on the Mind—

Establishment of Individualized Cancer Therapy based on
Comprehensive Development of Minimally Invasive and Innovative
Therapeutic Methods
Program Leader: Professor Masaki Kitajima, Graduate School of Medicine

Program Leader: Professor Taro Nishimura, Graduate School of Letters

P.29[Medical Sciences][Information Sciences, Electrical andElectronic Engineering][Medical Sciences]

Optical and Electronic Device Technology for Access Network
Program Leader: Professor Toshiaki Makabe, Graduate School of Science and Technology

Basic Study and Clinical Application of the Human Stem Cell Biology
and Immunology: Approaches Based on the Development ofExperimental Animal Models
Program Leader: Professor Hideyuki Okano, Graduate School of Medicine

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Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Due to the falling birthrate in Japan, the number of students is also decreasing, and competitiveness among universities is increasing. The same is true forresearch. More than ever society considers a university not only as an educational institution, but also eyes it for its research capabilities. How toestablish a strong research system as whole for the university and how to increase the value of a university—these are questions that we at Keio
University are answering through our examination of the post-21st Century COE programs.

[Humanities] FY2002

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Designing toward the Ordering of Political Society in a Multi-cultural and Pluri-generational World

Program Leader: Professor Taro Nishimura, Graduate School of Letters
http://www.cirm.keio.ac.jp/en/index.php

Program Leader: Professor Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Graduate School of Law
http://www.coe-ccc.keio.ac.jp/en/

The Centre for Integrated Research on the Mind (CIRM), which was elected as a
21st Century Center of Excellence Program in 2002, from the beginning has
developed academic cooperation with overseas research institutions as well
as foreign scholars. We organized an international symposium with l’Ecole
Normale Superieule de Paris at Paris in 2003 and with the Konrad Lorenz
Institute at Vienna in 2004. Proceeding from these achievements, in 2005
besides regular project activities we held 17 lecture seminars by foreignscholars, 15 international symposia, 15 research seminars, and workshop
programs. Among these, the international symposium “Intra and Inter Species
Communication: Integration of Ethology and Ethnology,” organized by Shigeru
Watanabe (CIRM) and Dominique Lestel (l’Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris), andwhich tried to integrate ethology and ethnology, was held in August in
Budapest, Hungary. Also, the international symposium “Reasoning andCognition,” focusing on logical thinking and social cognition, organized by the
French Embassy and CIRM, was held in December at our Mita campus. In the
symposium, a group of scholars of cognition science and philosophy froml’Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris and scholars of the Logic and Language
Project and the Evolution Project at CIRM presented the results of ourinternational interdisciplinary research project.

Neuroscience” together with two other COE Programs at the School of Scienceand Technology, namely “System Design: Paradigm Shift from Intelligence to Life”
and “Understanding and Control of Life Function via Systems Biology.” In this
symposium, Professor Shinsuke Shimojo of the California Institute ofTechnology gave a special lecture.

An International Base for Research
As a program dedicated to the promotion of research on public opinions andattitudes in a global and multicultural world, building international research
networks constitutes one of the core strategies of the Center for Civil Society with
Comparative Perspective.

Domestically, on September 10 a symposium “Towards an Integrated Science on
the Mind,” organized by the Japanese Psychonomic Society and CIRM, washeld at our Mita campus. Two scholars each from the fields of natural science,social science and the humanities gave lectures and discussed the theme of themind from their own points of view. Also on September 15, CIRM hosted a
symposium “Body, Self and Time: From Philosophy of the Mind to

Two reports of our research projects, Cognition et emotion dans le langage
and Reasoning and Cognition, were published, as well as Research Reports ofGraduate School Students in 2005.

Toward creating an environment conductive to fostering a new generation ofresearchers, the following further developments must be mentioned. First, weselected 18 students of the Graduate School of Letters and Social science forresearch grants based on examinations of their actual research plans; in
February 2006 all the students gave public presentations on the results of theirresearches. Second, , in 2005 we started together with the Graduate School ofLetters and the Graduate School of Social Science an “Interdisciplinary
Graduate Program on the Mind, Brain and Reasoning,” which was elected by the
Ministry of Education and Science as one of the “Initiatives for Attractive
Education in Graduate Schools.” This new program, based on ourinterdisciplinary research projects in CIRM, aims to produce researchers of the next
generation. At the same time we hope it will give a guarantee of the continuity ofour program.

Having conducted systematic and large-scale public opinion surveys in 13
countries, the Center boasts collaborative partnerships with 31 universitiesand 34 researchers both in and outside Japan. To further facilitate research
networking that extends to different areas of the world including Asia andEurope, the Center has established academic cooperation agreements withgovernment agencies, research institutes, and universities in Japan andoverseas which that share common research objectives. Through theseinternational links the Center regularly hosts joint
workshops and symposiums with scholars ofworld renown as guest speakers. Some of ourefforts have already appeared in a Korean
newspaper with a national circulation. The
Center’s publications also serve as an important linkwith other educational and research institutions
in disseminating our research efforts. Our
English-language academic journal, the Journalof Political Science and Sociology, has been
added to the library collections of more than 60
universities worldwide. Furthermore, the main
work of associated researchers was compiled in a
16-volume book series Dynamics of Civil Society ina Multicultural World, which has been favorably
reviewed by major newspapers. Three of thetitles are also published in translated editions
outside Japan.

Providing International Research Training
The Center also puts as one of its central objectives the education and training ofyoung researchers, for which four strategies have been developed. 1) To
strengthen international competitiveness, support has been given to doctoral
students wishing to present papers at international conferences or in Englishlanguage journals in the form of ‘academic writing’ and ‘academicpresentation’ seminars. 2) For practical training, we have launched special
graduate courses through which students can participate in research projects withvisiting professors and researchers from abroad. 3) In terms of competitive
selection of researchers, the Center adopts an open recruitment policy for theposts of COE research fellows and assistant researchers. 4) Finally, research grants
are allocated to graduate students and young researchers through an open
competition, while travel grants have been made available to those embarking onfieldworkor
participatingin
conferences or symposiums in Europe,
the US, South Korea, China andAustralia. The result of the above
strategies can be seen in the increased
number (a 40% increase compared tothe project’s launching year) of
publications and presentations by
doctoral students.

[Social Sciences] FY2003[Social Sciences] FY2003

Development of a Theory of Market Quality and Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data

Policy Innovation Initiative: Human Security Research in Japan and Asia

Program Leader: Professor Naoyuki Yoshino, Graduate School of Economics
http://www.coe-econbus.keio.ac.jp/

Program Leader: Professor Jiro Kokuryo, Graduate School of Media and Governancehttp://www.coe21-policy.sfc.keio.ac.jp/en(1) Research on a Theory of Market Quality
In an unsophisticated market, fraud and cheating occur on a daily basis. How to improve the“quality of markets” is a key question of this 21st COE project. A high-quality market assures thetransactions between the suppliers and the demanders. An environment of appropriately
designed laws and institutions has to be well established in order to make the market high-quality.
At the same time, the laws and institutions change as the market evolves in the process of
economic development. Feedback exists between the market and the underlying laws andinstitutions. A new journal, The International Journal of Economic Theory (Blackwell), started incooperation with the 21st COE Program (Keio University) and Kyoto University, and Reforming
Systems in the Age of Quality (by Makoto Yano) are based on the above concept.
International Journals
Asian Economic Papers (MIT Press)
The International Journal of Economic Theory (Blackwell)(Many editorial pieces have appeared in several national newspapers, such as the Asahi
Shimbun.)Keio Panel Data: Questionnaires

introduction of the equal job opportunity law can be analyzed bythese panel data.
New financing methods of public works such as revenue bonds will change
households’ job behaviors in rural regions. New financial transaction laws could changesavings pattern of households.
Continual collection of data can identify various changes inhouseholds’ behavior due to improvement of laws andinstitutions. These household data can empirically identify the
impact of the changes in the quality of the market on
household behaviors. Each year, the obtained results are
published and the data used by outside researchers.
Dynamism of Households’ Behavior (edited by Yoshio
Higuchi) is a collected work based on these panel data.

Young researchers at work

Exchanges of Papers and Comments through International Conferences
International Conference on Economic Theory
Jakarta Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Seminar
Regional Capital Integration-Japan, Korea, China conference(3) International Cooperation of Research in Asia
Financial markets in Asia are not as well-developed compared to the U.S. or Europe. However, ahigh saving rate can be seen in many Asian countries. Most of these funds are invested in the U.S.
and Europe at first and then return to Asian countries as investments from the U.S. andEurope. By contrast, about 68% of funds are internally collected in Europe and transacted
across European countries.

International Research Networks
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Korea Institute of Economic Policy (KIEP)Bank of Thailand, Indonesian Ministry of Finance
University of the Philippines
Singapore University
World Savings Bank Institute

Lack of transparent legal systems, lack of well-functioning financial markets, and lack offinancial products are among the many reasons for the small transaction among Asian
countries. How to improve the quality of financial markets is one of our key research interests.
Scher and Yoshino’s Small Savings Mobilization and Asian Economic Development (2004, M.E.
Sharpe) is a product of the research results.
International Journals (21st COE Program)(2) Analysis of Keio Household Panel Data
Household data of more than 4000 families (7000 individuals) are collected every year by the 21st
COE project. The main characteristic of this survey is asking questions to the same households
every year so that changes in the family and individuals’ behaviors can be obtained. The
survey started in 2004, and data have been accumulated for these three years. The surveys ask
such questions as income, savings, choice of jobs, working hours, etc. Accumulation of thesame family data indicates various changes in their behaviors. Phenomena such as theincrease of jobless youths and the participation of female into the labor market after the

The second issue is a new financing method of public spending such as infrastructure. Private
Public Partnership, especially revenue bond is planned to be applied in such Asian countries as
Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Mongolia under the leadership of this 21st COE program.
Three volumes of Asian Economic Papers (MIT Press) are issued a year based on theseresearch. The 21st COE Program is one of the key supporting institutions together with
Columbia University, KIEP (Korea Institute of Economic Policy), and institutions in Indonesia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. Research network among Asian scholars isestablished by an international conference held every year through this international journal AEP.

This 21st Century COE Program has been pressing ahead with its current initiative of
establishing a center for sougou seisakugaku or integrated policy management
through the study of human security. In 2005, the year of the initiative’s mid-term
assessment, we reviewed what had been achieved, re-defined what should ultimately be
management accomplished, and carried out a restructuring process in accordancewith our aims.

The PhD students employed as research assistant(RA)s have made great progress incarrying out theoretical and applied science in the field of human security. Some RAs from
our COE program also obtained their PhD, and nearly another 20 students are
expected to earn their PhD in a couple of years. Since we believe that one of our mostimportant tasks for COE is to encourage young pioneers, it is our great pleasure to seethem launching forth with excellent results.

One very important development in FY2005 has been the identification of sougou
seisakugaku as a practical study. The aim of sougou seisakugaku is not only to takecognizance of contemporary society objectively and correctly, but to identify problem areas
based on that cognizance, to find ways leading to effective policy solutions, and toconsequently add to our stock of knowledge in this area. On February 4, 2006, we invitedauthorities in this field to organize a workshop introducing the issues of this COE
program as the theme of discussion, and we put forward our role in this new
initiative. The discussions that led to the above definition of these studies arecovered in a book published in early 2006. In FY2005, we produced 42 working
papers, published 109 theses, and co-authored 12 books in addition to the above .

We believe that the initiative of sougou seisakugaku should not only be extended
within Japan, but also worldwide. This COE program is trying to establish aframework for researchers in Japan to exchange research results with theircounterparts in Vietnam, Thailand, and China on an ongoing basis. Also we areplanning to include sougou seisakugaku in the curriculum of the International
Advanced Degrees Program (in which a master’s degree must be completed in
English) offered by the Graduate School of Media and Governance. Part of thisprogram is expected to begin in FY2007.

Our research activities convinced us that the premise of human security as a field ofpractice oriented research endeavor was appropriate and correct. In our approach
toward the currently imperative theme of human security, supporting such a security
framework means to focus on human beings at particular locales rather than on large
systems under the umbrella of nation states. Given such consensus, researchers of thisCOE program utilize methods of theoretical and applied sciences at locales where
human security is under threat, engaging in uncovering problems and generating
policy solutions together with the people at those locales (sometimes also being
affected by nation-wide organizations). Researchers have taken part in studies atvarious locales ranging from research in forest destruction in China to nursing
programs for the aged in Japan. As this approach seems to offer more possibilities forsolving global problems such as environmental issues, we believe that sougou
seisakugaku can break new grounds in contemporary research.
Workshop “Sougou seisakugaku: A Practice Oriented Approach to Studying
and Solving Social Issues”

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Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Toward an Integrated Methodology for the Study of the Mind —CIRM: Centre for Integrated Reserch on the Mind—[Life Sciences] FY2002

27[Information Sciences, Electrical and Electronic Engineering] FY2002

Understanding and Control of Life’s Functions via Systems Biology

Optical and Electronic Device Technology for Access Network

Program Leader: Professor Hiroshi Yanagawa, Graduate School of Science and Technology
http://www.coebio.keio.ac.jp/index.cgi?je=1

Program Leader: Professor Toshiaki Makabe, Graduate School of Science and Technology
http://www.coee.keio.ac.jp/index.cgi?je=1

The center aims to utilize biological informatics to guide the development andapplication of novel biologically active molecular probes to regulate cell andorgan functions, as well as to reconstitute biological system functions in vitro andto modulate them in vivo. To facilitate interdisciplinary research training of
postgraduate students, the Keio Bioscience Interactive Research Program(KBIRP) supports those who are interested in themes in integrative biology,
from the molecular level to the organism level, as well as those aiming at
integrating the engineering and biomedical sciences.

In this era of globalization, international collaborative networks engaged in academic
fusion are essential for the achievement of scientific breakthroughs. Since thisprogram first began in 2002, the [Information Sciences, Electrical and Electronic
Engineering] COE has continued its activities as a Center for academic fusion between“Device technologies” and “System networks,” building relationships based on an
International “Network of Excellence” with more than 30 universities and research
institutions located in Europe, North America, and Asia.
In addition to long-term staff exchanges for international collaborative research andeducation activities, we have won high acclaim for our International Internshipprogram, in which COE Research Assistants are dispatched to overseas affiliates for sixmonth periods. Already, more than ten RAs have participated in this Internship. One of themost important tasks of our COE program is to foster the industry awareness of PhD
students through COE-RAs providing them with opportunity to absorb a rich variety ofexpertise related to both “Device technologies” and “System networks.” With thecooperation of JEITA, Advanced Science and Technology course has been offered byinviting more than 80 lecturers from leading companies.

Networks & Hard Real-Time Interactive System Control” (Profs. Koike and Ohnishi). As ofthe end of the 2005 academic year, we had published 350 journal papers (224 inEnglish and 126 in Japanese), given 101 invited talks and 576 presentations at
International Conferences, and published 17 workshop/symposium proceedings andreports on COE activities. In Autumn 2006, Baifukan Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) publish “21seiki Souzo Gijutsu Rikkoku he no Michi (The Road to Becoming a Nation of Creative
Technology in the 21st Century),” which documents the intent and strategies behind theformation of Keio University’s COE program in the field of Information, Electric, andElectronics, as well as the career paths of PhDs who received their training andeducation in this environment.

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Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

The center has focused on three major research domains: collection andintegration of large-scale information on genome, proteome, and metabolome(Domain A); development and application of biological molecular probes(Domain B); and reconstitution and artificial control of biological function(Domain C). These cutting-edge interdisciplinary biosciences have great
potential to advance systems biology. Broadly, the goal of KBIRP is to construct a
multidisciplinary bridge between informatics and experimental biologicalsciences. This year the center promoted especially cooperation between
Domains A and C, Domains B and C, and Domains A, B and C. Domain(A + C)
achieved a large-scale analysis of genome, proteome, and metabolome;
prediction of domain-domain interaction of proteins; prediction of detection
time of CE-MS; and visualization of multi-omics data. Domain(B + C) developed
new bioprobes and their application for controlling and imaging biosystems.
Domain(A + B + C) accomplished the finding of a new regulatory mechanism ofgas-mediated metabolisms, the simulation of movements of nerve cells inbrain cortex formation, and the simulation of rational treatments of cancer anddiabetes.

Research activities at the center are coupled with educational programs on
several campuses of Keio University (the Graduate School of Science andTechnology in Yokohama, the Graduate School of Medicine in Tokyo, theGraduate School of Media and Governance at the Shonan Fujisawa campus,
and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences at the Tsuruoka Town campus).
KBIRP recruited 50 postgraduate students including seven international
students as research assistants (RA) on these campuses so that they can share thesame curricula for understanding systems biology. Seven RAs received thecompetitive research fellowship supported by the COE program to visit foreign
research laboratories in collaboration with COE. KBIRP awarded the Certificate of
the COE Research Cooperation Program to 27 RAs who fulfilled more than one
program and completed their doctorates. The center strongly promotes
research cooperation with domestic and foreign institutions and universities,
and some RAs are staying in American and European universities including
Massachusetts General Hospital, Duke University, Aalborg University, theForsyth Institute, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of
Auckland, and the University of California, Los Angeles, for short periods oftime. The center has also taken in RAs from foreign countries, including China,
South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Bangladesh. Remote lectures for COESystems Biology and progress workshops were held via high-performancetelecommunications systems. In 2005, four symposia including two
international symposia were held at the Mita, Shinanomachi, and Yagami
campuses, and an intensive workshop was held for the education of young RAs at
the Shonan International Village from September 19 to 21.

This COE has held international workshops on five continents. In 2005, we held abilateral workshop welcoming a group of professors from Germany to commemorate“2005/2006 Deutschland in Japan,” and to increase the visibility of Keio University’s COE
activities. In December 2005, we held the 2nd International Symposium at the Tokyo
International Forum.
Keio University’s COE activities have given rise to many unique integrated
technologies, including “Wireless Interconnect Technologies for LSI chips” (Prof.
Kuroda); “Visible Light Communications” (Prof. Nakagawa), and “Giga-Bit POF

Network of Excellence[Chemistry, Material Sciences] FY2002[Interdisciplinary, Combined Fields, New Disciplines] FY2002

Function Creation Oriented Life-Conjugated Chemistry

Next Generation Media and Intelligent Social Infrastructure

Program Leader: Professor Haruma Kawaguchi, Graduate School of Science and Technology
http://www.lcc.keio.ac.jp/index.cgi?je=1

Program Leader: Professor Hideyuki Tokuda, Graduate School of Media and Governancehttp://www.coe21.sfc.keio.ac.jp/index.html.en

In our 21st Century COE Program “Function Creation Oriented Life-ConjugatedChemistry,” “Life-conjugated chemistry (LCC)” is defined as the chemistry to
improve the quality of life, including safety, health, medical care, and comfort.
Since the program started in 2002, 17 faculty members, three postdoctoral
fellows, and 30 research assistants have been involved in establishing theCenter of Excellence for the research and education on LCC.
Among our activities, international ones are listed below:

Program Summary
The objective of our program is to develop a new architecture of the intelligent
social infrastructure which supports our life, environment, culture, education, andmedical care in the 21st century. The research is conducted by thecollaboration among IT researchers, informatics and digital media researchers andpolitical scientists at Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Keio University. The research
center is organized by three research groups namely the Next Generation
Information Infrastructure Group, the Next Generation Application Group, and theEmpirical Social Experiment Group. The center’s unique feature is that threegroups collaborate with local governments, educational institutes, research
institutes and other organizations for empirical social experiments based on socalled the “skewered three layers” model. The research project is also unique that
it is built in the curriculum of the graduate school of media and governance. The
Next Generation Information Infrastructure Group investigated ubiquitous
networks and computing environment, semantic web systems, multi-databasesystems, satellite-based internet technologies based on the experiments
among Asian universities. The Next Generation Application Group has beendeveloping many applications ranging from advanced e-learning systems tounique ubiquitous media and contents. The e-governance subgroup of the
Empirical Social Experiment Group designed and implemented evaluation
methods and information sharing systems for educational services of local
governments. It was used at many high schools in Miyagi prefecture and1. Members were engaged in collaborating works in one of three researchgroups: a group to create new functional materials by means of function
designing, a group to create new functional materials learning from biomolecules and bio-systems, and a group to create new functional materials byusing hierarchic architecture. As a result, a number of innovative functional
materials were created and registered in the “LCC Chemical Bank,” which is ouran original database collecting our achievements. Main products were biosensors, remote sensing systems, diamond electrode, energy transforming
materials, biofunctional molecules, supra-structured nano-materials, etc.

2. Members were active in the international academic community and pursued
collaboration with overseas leaders. Eight international symposia wereorganized by LCC members for four years. Such symposia raised our group’s andmembers’ reputation. Two more symposia are scheduled in next spring. In
addition, more than a half of LCC members will visit RWTH Aachen (The
Aachen University of Technology) this fall to make our achievement open.
3. Biochemists in Yonsei University and Keio University started collaborating in
2005. The first joint symposium was held in Seoul last year and the second one
will be held in Yokohama this year.
4. Research associates (RA) attended more than 20 special seminars presented by
distinguished foreign guests last year. All of the RAs had an obligation topresent papers at international conferences at least once a year. Four RA
students were sent to abroad to work for cooperative research program.

21st Century COE KEIO-LCC International Symposia
1.
2.

No. of Participants(Overseas Participants)

Theme of Symposium

Dates

Frontiers of Nanoscale World
Diamond Electrochemistry and Related Topics

February 20, 2003
March 30 and 31, 2004

128 (007)
098 (018)

Chairperson
Prof. Atsushi Nakajima
Assoc. Prof. Yasuaki Einaga(7th International Mini-Symposium on Diamond Electrochemistry)

3.

Functional Colloids and Surfaces

January 21, 2005

072 (007)

Prof. Haruma Kawaguchi

4.

Carbon Films: Applications for Life and Environment

March 4 and 5, 2005

099 (020)

Assoc. Prof. Yasuaki Einaga(8th International Mini-Symposium on Diamond Electrochemistry and Related Topics)

5.

Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry

March 12, 2005

045 (009)

Prof. Kazunobu Toshima

6.
7.

Frontiers of Nanoscale World: from Nanoclusters to Nanomedicine
Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry

September 22, 2005
November 22, 2005

079 (006)
081 (010)

Prof. Atsushi Nakajima
Prof. Kazunobu Toshima

8.

PACIFICHEM 2005-Chemical sensors, Biosensors, and Sensing Technologies

December 18-20, 2005

280 (130)

Prof. Koji Suzuki

International Workshop on “Ubiquitous Media and Social Infrastructure” at Stanford University

elementary schools in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. It demonstrated the effectiveness ofthe system for school evaluation. The e-learning subgroup also developed newcourse materials based on collaboration with many junior high schools in
Fujisawa city, Taiwan, Korea, and United States. They also evaluated new
distance learning systems based on experiments among Beijing University and fourFrench universities and contents development using podcasting, and web. The espace subgroup also developed internet GIS systems, web-based support
systems for policy design and management.
We have organized International Workshop on “Collaborate! In search forIntelligent Social Infrastructure” in January, 2005 and then we hosted
International Workshop on “Ubiquitous Media and Social Infrastructure” atStanford University in August 2005. During the workshop, many research
assistant(RA)s presented their collaborative research works and their
methodology. Throughout active discussion with foreign researchers they
deepened their understanding of the intelligent social infrastructure. At the
research center, 18 RAs have been awarded Ph.D. degrees in 2005, and many
awards and prizes such as a Minister Award of Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications, a Green City Award of the Prime Minister, a Special Award ofJapanese Marketing Science Association, and a Minister Award of MICS
JGN2 R&D idea contests were also awarded.

[Medical Sciences] FY2003

Establishment of Individualized Cancer Therapy based on Comprehensive Development of Minimally Invasive
and Innovative Therapeutic Methods
Program Leader: Professor Masaki Kitajima, Graduate School of Medicine
http://www.coe-cancer.keio.ac.jp
This institution mainly focuses on research dealing with development of three areas: new
diagnostic methods, minimally invasive therapy, and new treatments that enable individualized
cancer therapy in the near future. In addition we aim to train oncologists and researchers withexpertise in oncology to comprehend basic medical sciences as well as clinical medicine inthese areas. It is determined that we should be mutually associated to focus on the following four
subjects with the hope that the results of the training would lead to clinical practice at the earlystage of the training.

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3. The development of upgraded forceps and tactile sensing technology inendoscopic surgery
The robot-assisted surgery was developed by Dr. Morikawa and Dr. Nakazawa. The robot isequipped with flexible spine feedback function, and this achieved not only domestic but alsointernational reputation among surgeons with good knowledge of robot-assisted surgery. The
clinical practice of this robot-assisted surgery has currently been prepared smoothly. Also, Dr. Yozu
has experience of more than 200 cases of minimally invasive cardiac surgery using the port-accessmethod. The surgery was openly shown to visitors from overseas, and eventually, owing to his
contribution the port-access method, has become widely spread in the world.
4. The development of minimally invasive therapy focusing on immunotherapy andcryoablation
Cryoablation went into clinical practice against liver cancer (more than 100 cases), lung cancer(more than 60 cases), and pancreatic cancer (more than 30 cases) under the guidance of Dr.
Kitajima, Dr. Kobayashi, and Dr. Murai. Supported by no additional treatment, the safety of thecryoablation was confirmed. Larger tumors underwent the freezing technology to simulate
temperature distribution. This work has been continued, led by Dr. Arai, Dr. Kuribayashi, and Dr.
Kobayashi, to develop the best suited freezing technology. Dr. Kawakami injected dendritic
cells into the mouse tumor-model after cryoablation and found regression of the systemic
tumor when antibody T-cells was induced. Clinical practice was then conducted on melanoma andliver metastasis from gastrointestinal cancer.

Integrative Mathematical Sciences: Progress in Mathematics Motivated by Natural and Social Phenomena
Program Leader: Professor Yoshiaki Maeda, Graduate School of Science and Technology
http://coe.math.keio.ac.jp/
This COE program has a mission to encourage international research and todevelop international cooperation programs with several international
institutions. We invited over 70 overseas researchers to the program andarranged the Pathways Lecture Series in Mathematics (14 sessions), which
encourages the research works of students. We have deep cooperation with
Cologne University and Beijing University by inviting researchers andorganizing an international conference. This COE program made research
partnerships with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and
Cork College University. The program is now proceeding to have an exchange
program with Boston University. We are also planning to have international
visiting programs with Pennsylvania State University, Boston University, theUniversity of California, Berkeley, Warwick University and Bourgogne
University. We have a good partnership with the Institut des Hautes Études
Scientifiques (IHES) in which we exchange researchers and organize
international workshops. The international workshop on Noncommutative
Geometry and Physics 2005 was organized with the cooperation of Tohoku
University and Beijing University.

The 21st COE Program in Integrative Mathematical Sciences focuses on thefollowing two projects: 1) study of mathematical objects related to“noncommutativity” and 2) the analysis of nonlinear phenomena via data
science. The two groups also collaborate on projects. The noncommutative
project group is integrating research topics on geometry, topology, ergodic
theory, number theory, algebraic geometry and integrable systems, and thegroup also cooperates on physics problems. This group is working toward
establishing an international research group on noncommutative geometry.
The data science group is developing research topics on mathematicalmodeling of various phenomena driven by data science. Its main three topics areneural networks, destruction, and market risks.
This COE program has had remarkable progress in yielding research works byproject members. In FY2005, it employed 13 research assistants and five post
doctorial researchers, and they lends various support to the PhD students toencourage their studies. For this year, we had 30 PhD students join our
program, and young researchers produced about 50 papers and 70
presentations at international and domestic conferences. Our PhD students do notwork just in academic positions but also at companies, which is one of ouraims. The international workshop “Cherry Bud Workshop 2006,” focusing on
mathematical modeling, encouraged young researchers to develop theirresearch careers not only in academia, but also in fields such as finance andinsurance.

By successfully implementing these planned projects, we were able to obtain highevaluations for the international research activities. Our goal is to establish an
official research center in Keio University by the end of this COE program.

In November 2006 an international symposium is scheduled to discuss and evaluate the results ofthe four subjects above, and world-class leaders in these subjects will be invited.

[Medical Sciences] FY2003

Basic Study and Clinical Application of the Human Stem Cell Biology and Immunology:
Approaches Based on the Development of Experimental Animal Models
Program Leader: Professor Hideyuki Okano, Graduate School of Medicine
http://www.coe-stemcell.keio.ac.jp/
This COE received a very high rating (an “A” rating) in its intermediate evaluation in
2005, and has continued to make great leaps forward as an International Center for
Stem Cell Research. It was one of only five research facilities in Japan to have been
selected
asa“globalstem
cell
research
center”(ref:http://mbbnet.umn.edu/scmap/scresearchmap.html). It has initiated close
collaborations with the Lund Stem Cell Center in Sweden, one of the world’s top stem
cell research centers. Represented by Professor Toshio Suda, who is one of key
members of this COE, we could obtain an international collaborative grant from theJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), named “JSPS Core-to-Core
Program” to further strengthen ties with Lund University and this COE (ref. Figure).
Projects that began after the start of the COE program
have begun to generate notable results that havebeen published in many top-level international
journals, including Cell, Nature, Science, Nature
Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Immunology,
Nature Neuroscience, and PNAS.
In terms of education, the COE has conducted training
through presentations and discussions at the COEX
Meeting, where research data is presented in English, aspart of efforts to foster young researchers who can be
active on a global stage. At the same time, it has held
seminars on an average of once each month, inviting

researchers from overseas to exchange information and participate ininternational exchanges. The following three elements form the new basis for theoperations of this COE.
I) COE Stem Cell Biology/Immunology Research and Education Center
The “COE Stem Cell Biology/Immunology Research and Education Center ” hasbeen established (Center Director: Yumi Matsuzaki; Special COE Research
Associate Professor), and operations are being strengthened to promote a
collaborative research structure within Keio University. The Center currently has 69
registered users, and the utilization rate is among the best in Japan, averaging 75
hours per week.

Biology
Okano
Suda

Neural stem cells
KokaiaHematopoietic stem cells Jacobsen

Functional Genomics（Okano,Borg）

Computational Biology（Suematsu,Peterson）

II) Setup of COE Small Fish Research Center
New activities in 2005 included the setup of a new
facility (the COE Small Fish Research Center) for
research on killifish, zebra fish, and other small fish.

Pre-clinical research
Suda Fukuda
Gene therapy
Koyasu Kawakami Cell transplantation

Karlsson
Bjorhlund

Clinical research
Ikeda
Okano

Cell therapy
Juliusson
Overcoming intractable Lindvall
diseases

Embryology and Genetics(Institut Pasteur)

Regenerative medicine(Lund University)

III) Construction of COE Mouse Database (SCAD)
A new mouse database (Shinanomachi Campus Animal
Database, SCAD) was constructed in 2005, to
strengthen the system for promoting effective use ofgenetically altered mice at Keio University, and topromote collaborative research in this area.

Cancer/Aging(The Netherlands Cancer Institute)

Figure: Core-to Core Program between the Keio University COE and Lund University (SCC)[Mechanical, Civil, Architectural and Other Fields of Engineering] FY2003

System Design: Paradigm Shift from Intelligence to Life
Program Leader: Professor Kazuo Yoshida, Graduate School of Science and Technology
http://www.coesys.keio.ac.jp/English/index.html
In 2005, group members in the System Design COE program conducted robust discussions with awider view toward “System Life.” Additionally, the various basic technologies of “System
Life” itself or basic technologies for supporting “System Life” were developed.
Systematization of the concept of “System Life” across four sub-groups, namely the
Sustainable Building as System Life group, the Autonomous-Cooperative Robotics group, theEnergy and Bio-System for Life Design group, and the Symbiotic Production System group was donein a cross-disciplinary way. Following is each group’s achievements in 2005.
The Sustainable Building as System Life group built simulation platforms as well as sensing
platforms based on grid technology that controls, so to speak, the brain and nerves ofbuildings. It also studied methods of designing “System Life” for metropolitan residential
environments to autonomously cope with global environmental issues; tools for design were also
developed. Overall, the Sustainable Building as System Life group achieved steady results,
such as methods of design of symbiotic buildings, methods of assessing environmental impact onsustainable buildings as “System Life,” applications to smart structure systems, creation ofsustainable structural systems with neural networks, and integrating urban and architectural space
into “System Life.”
The Autonomous-Cooperative Robotics group achieved results that are closely related to“System Life.” Among the achievements are the following: establishment of control methods ofmechanical systems such as bipedal robots, humanoids, and a guide robot “KEITA” who acts inharmony with humans; establishment of hierarchical feedback mechanisms by tactile
sensation; development of power assist control methods for electrical vehicles; and proposals for
new adaptive control methods.
The Energy and Bio-System for Life Design group obtained vital results that became the basis for
system designs toward “System Life.” Such vital achievements were completed throughresearch on cellular and tissue micro/nano biomechanics and system integration, research ontransfer phenomena sensing and control of energy devices, and remote sensing of micro/nano scale
thermophysical properties.
The Symbiotic Production System group also produced results that are essential for the basis ofsystem designs toward “System Life.” This group established a framework for designing“System Life” by using hierarchical design models, and also developed technologies of“System Life” for industrial processing systems.

In response to the results of the interim evaluation in 2005 by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, all the group members spent substantial amounts of timein discussing the future points of view of system design toward “System Life” as well as the futurerole of this organization in 2006.
As a result of these robust discussions, new groups have been formed such as the group to create“System Life” design methodologies and architecting. In addition, new projects have been
started in order to achieve concrete results. Such projects are “Micro-scale ProductInnovation” and “Human-scale Product Innovation.” Those actions are taken with the purpose offurther clarifying and renewing the organization.
Adding to the activities in 2005, research associate and post-doctoral hiring programs as well as
the International Internship Program were carried out as part of the development of young
researchers. The existing Advanced Design School offered three courses, namely Space
System Design, Architecture System Design, and Product and System Design. As a part of thisAdvanced Design School program, an English lecture series given by internationally reputablelecturers was offered. In this Advanced Design School, potential for “System Life” designs
was pursued from both research and educational perspectives, new fields were developed,
and also researchers meeting international standards were nurtured. As for the International
Internship Program in 2005, an RA from Imperial College in London was invited as a long-term
intern. In addition, young researchers from the group were sent to various universities
worldwide such as Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, theUniversity of Pennsylvania, the University of Nebraska-Lincolns, and the University of
Newcastle.
Furthermore, international symposiums were held resulting in active international exchanges. The
details of the symposiums are as follows.
1) July 8, 2005
Workshop on Product and System Design2) October 1, 2005
2nd International Symposium on Ecological Challenges in Manufacturing Systems
Other achievements that should be noted are the first place prizes in Robot Soccer World
Competition achieved by soccer robots embedded with the concept of “System Life.”
1) League Champion: RoboCup2005 in Osaka, Middle Size League2) League Champion in Dribbling challenge: RoboCup2005 in Osaka, Middle Size League

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The 21st Century COE Program

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

1. Individualized medication based on the patient’s constitution and nature of cancercells
The research is enhanced, taking the view that individualized treatment achieved by the early
detection of cancers and anti-cancer drug sensitivity profiling should be improved. The
research on individualized treatments has been structured with the foundation of exploringnovel biomaterials that are candidates for tumor markers. This search is supported byexhaustive analysis techniques such as the genotyping, DNA microarrays and metabolic
profiling, and pharmacogenomics. The ongoing developmental projects are: minimally invasive tests
for the detection of early lung cancers, new in vivo imaging methods for multi-drug resistance genes(MDRI) through radionuclide labeling, diagnostic methods supported by nanobioparticles
containing anti-cancer drugs and RNase protein incubation, and the delivery system ofanticancer drugs. These developmental projects have been internationally acclaimed. The 15th Keio
University International Symposium for Life Sciences and Medicine: “Pharmacokinetic,
Pharmacodynamic, and Pharmacogenomic Approaches for Measuring and Managing Variability in
Drug Response” was held under the leadership of Dr. Tanigawara. This international
symposium focused on the aforementioned drug response, resulting in strengthening
international collaboration with the overseas institutions that attended the symposium, andallowed us to dispatch researchers to the interested institutions. Also, Dr. Sakamoto joined theinternational congress as a member of the International Consensus Group for Hepatic
Neoplasia and contributed to the establishment of consensus and the diagnostic standard for earlystage hepatocellar carcinoma and precancerous lesions.

2. The development of the diagnosis and the treatment methods targeting sentinel
lymph node (SN)
Dr. Kitajima, Dr. Kubo, and Dr. Kitagawa launched a joint large-scale test with multiple
institutions in covering SN navigation surgery for gastric cancers and breast cancers, which
turned out to be the first trial in this country. The SN navigation surgery on gastric cancers
initiated by our institution went public at the 6th IGCC where the surgical technique wasdemonstrated at Keio University and broadcasted on-air, leading to the worldwide recognition ofthis surgical method. Also, the Lymphoseek which is considered to be the new tracer to
identify SN was brought to clinical practice under a tie-up with the University of California,
San Diego.

[Mathematics, Physics, Earth Sciences] FY2003

FY2005 Financial Position

Research-related Facilities and Libraries

Ended on March 31, 2006

Research Space for Rent
Keio University provides research space and incubation facilities for rent as indicated below. Policies and availability differ by campus, so please inquire in advance for vacancies, rental
qualifications, application procedures, application deadlines, etc.
As of July 2006

1 Balance Sheet
Million yen

Assets31

Liabilities

Fixed assets

282,299

Tangible fixed assets

181,302

Fixed liabilities

007,480

School bonds

004,239

088,467

Retirement allowance reserve

029,020

Structures

004,891

Pension reserve

016,868

Equipment and supplies for022,668
Current liabilities

029,506

education and research
Other equipment and supplies

000,415

Books

035,685

Short-term borrowings *2

002,180

Vehicles

000,017

School bonds *2

001,833

Construction in progress

001,619

Accounts payable

010,848

100,997

Advances received

012,854

Land lease rights

000,004

Deposits

001,677

Telephone subscription rights

000,072

School trip deposits

000,113

Facility use rights

000,910

Deposits

000,002

Liabilities total

Profit-making business capital

003,750002,461

Funds

053,126

Funds

Specified assets *1

087,112School bond assets producing interest

006,073

First fund *3

273,238

034,600

Second fund *4

007,238

Third fund *5

034,600

Current assets

063,326

Cash deposits

023,895

Accounts receivable

013,355

Inventories

000,460

Balance of income and expenditure

Negotiable securities

023,608

Carried forward to next year

Assets for school trip deposits

000,113

Others000,895

007,959

6

Funds total

323,035△65,522344,625

Research Space at the KLL(See pages 9-10)

Total of 32 rooms in Sousoukan Building on Yagami Campus
Size: 66.12m2 - 102.49m2 ; Total floor area: 2,519m2
Type A (for chemistry and biology experiments)
Type B (for applied physics experiments)
Type C (for experiments for heavy materials)
Type D (for experiments for light-weight equipments)
Type E (for various types of experiments)

Secretariat of the KLL(c/o Office of Research Administration, Yagami Campus)
Tel. +81-45-566-1470
E-mail: staff@kll.keio.ac.jp
http://www.kll.keio.ac.jp/

income and expenditure344,625*3 First Fund
Funds related to the acquisition and maintenance of fixed assets (acquisition cost of
fixed assets such school land, school buildings, equipment and supplies, books,
etc. acquired by self-financing).

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Shin-Kawasaki Keio Frontier Research and Education Collaborative
SquareTel. +81-44-580-1580
E-mail: k2-tc@adst.keio.ac.jp
http://www.k2.keio.ac.jp

Shinanomachi Research Park
(See pages 11-12)

56 units in the Institute of Integrated Medical Research Building Outline:
Steel frame with a reinforced concrete structure; 2 under ground floors, 9 above
ground floors, and one penthouse floor
Size: 96m2 - 124m2 ; Total floor area: 24,400m2

Shinanomachi Office of Research Administration - Administrative
OfficeTel. +81-3-5363-3879
E-mail: ras-shinanomachi@adst.keio.ac.jp
Center for Integrated Medical Research
http://www.cimr.med.keio.ac.jp/
Shinanomachi Research Park http://www.rpk.med.keio.ac.jp/
Shinanomachi Office of Research Administration
http://www.med.keio.ac.jp/research/index.html

Keio Fujisawa Incubation Village(SFC-IV)(See page 14)

Steel frame structure, 2 floors
Site area: 1,825.3m2
Total floor area: 1,470.0m2
Rental space: 906.4m2
Offices: 18; small offices: 3; shared offices: 8
R&D fabrication rooms: 5; server room: 1

Keio Fujisawa Innovation IM Room
Tel. +81-466-49-3910
E-mail: tsuji-y@smrj.go.jp
http://www.sfc-iv.jp/8.html

Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus(Tsuruoka Leading-Edge Research
Industrial Support Center - not a Keio
facility.)(See page 18)

29 units, Size: 7m x 10m x 2.8m
Steel frame structure, 2 floors
Total floor area: approximately 3,700m2

Planning and Coordinating Division, Department of General Affairs,
Tsuruoka City
Tel. +81-235-25-2111(ext. 321)
E-mail: kikaku@city.tsuruoka.yamagata.jp
http://www.city.tsuruoka.yamagata.lg.jp/ (HP of Tsuruoka City)

Shinanomachi Research Park

*4 Second Fund
Fund related to future acquisition of fixed assets (3.2 billion yen transferred in
FY2005)*5 Third Fund
Amount of assets related to scholarships and research funds.

Library Collections
Keio University has five campuses: Mita, Hiyoshi, Shinanomachi, Yagami, and Shonan Fujisawa, each one of them developing leading-edge research and education in various disciplines,
and also high-level medical practice. The Media Centers, centering the library service, branch on each campus to provide intensive support for all these specific activities.

Source: Activities and Financial Position of Keio Gijuku: FY2005 Business Report

As of March 31, 2006

Book Stocks

Collections by Material Type

University
only

Imputed income

Expenditure

All of Keio
(Keio Gijuku)

University
only

Personnel

62,14932,911

52,702

26,976

Tuition and other student fees

43,87636,204

Expenses for education andOther fees

2,296

1,999

research*3

Donations*1

6,752

2,610

Expenses for general administration

3,921

1,239

Subsidies*2

12,847

9,349

Interest on borrowings

199

100

Income from asset management 5,265

247

Loss on disposition*

319

282

Income from business

7,484

7,096

Provision for allowance for84

21

Income from medical services

41,6210

Miscellaneous income

2,874

2,562

Discretionary reserve--

123,016

60,069Total expenditure

119,374

61,530

Imputed income total

4

doubtful accounts

Electronic Media

Domestic
Books

Foreign
Books

Domestic
JournalsForeign
Journals

Notebook
Materials(items)Electronic
Journal Titles

Number of
Databases

Number ofElectronic Book
TitlesMita Media Center

2,519,911

0,899,732

0,988,656

0,231,402

0,273,359

0,126,762

19,066

187

1,627

1,104

*2 Subsidies
In FY2005, subsidies from the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private
Schools in Japan (PMAC) totaled ¥9,356,336,000. General subsidies account for¥6,535,358,000 of this amount and special subsidies account for ¥2,814,978,000.
Subsidies allocated to individual researchers, such as subsidies for the 21stCentury COE Programs and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), etc.,
are considered deposits of the school juridical organization. These subsidies,direct research expenses, which take up the bulk of these subsidies, are notincluded in the subsidies of the financial statement, which are considered imputed
income. Accordingly, expenditures corresponding to these subsidies are also
excluded from expenditures for education and research.

Hiyoshi Media Center

0,758,108

0,413,396

0,203,509

0,047,288

0,062,856

0,031,059

18,874

098

1,627

1,314

Medical Media Center(Shinanomachi)

0,386,219

0,060,706

0,049,684

0,085,511

0,183,003

0,007,315

20,848

076

1,637

0,168

Information andMedia Center for Science andTechnology (Yagami)

0,344,514

0,087,663

0,042,094

0,054,438

0,157,190

0,003,129

20,033

082

1,627

0,373

Shonan Fujisawa
Media Center

0,378,340

0,197,657

0,092,502

0,040,986

0,022,865

0,024,330

21,030

113

1,957

0,917

*3 Expenses for education and research
Research activities funded by subsidies such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific
Research (Kakenhi) are not included (please see *2 above)

Total

4,387,092

1,659,154

1,376,445

0,459,625

0,699,273

0,192,595*1 Donations
Includes contributions in goods.

27,699,211*4 Loss on disposition
Most of the loss on disposition in this period is loss on disposal of fixed assets.

Transfer to capital fund

△ 10,123△ 4,264

Current excess over expenditure

6,481

-

Brought forward from last year

59,041-

Carried forward to next year

65,222-

3,642△ 1,460

Imputed income total Income total

112,893

55,805

Total expenditure

Number of Seats

Total
Million yen

All of Keio
(Keio Gijuku)

32

K-Building: 1,388.25m2
E-Building: 1,388.25m2
I-Building: 1,171.36m2
O-Building: 1,388.25m2*1 Specified assets
Assets reserved for specific purposes such as the “retirement allowance reserve,” the“pension reserve,” and the “Second Fund.”2 Income and Expenditure Statement

IncomeKLL Liaison OfficeTel. +81-45-566-1438
E-mail: liaison@educ.cc.keio.ac.jp
http://www.kll.keio.ac.jp/liaison/index.html

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus(See pages 15-16)

Keio Corporate Administration “Jukukan-kyoku” at Mita Campus*6 Fourth fundFunds for payments; must be constantly maintained. (Transfers not necessary in
FY2005 under accounting standards.)

Total of liabilities, funds, and balance ofAssets total

Spiral staircase in the shape of DNA
double-helix at Yagami campus‘Sousoukan’*2 Short-term borrowings and school bonds
Current portion of “long-term borrowings” and “school bonds (Jukusai)” expected
to be repaid in FY2006.

Reserve assets for the third fund

Fourth fund *For Inquiries

The settlement of accounts of the school juridical organization Keio Gijuku is a
consolidated account of the following four sectors: the corporation (the headadministrative body representing the corporation and various capital funds), theuniversity (including research institutes and libraries), affiliated schools for
integrated education (elementary, junior and senior high schools and a foreign
language school), and hospitals (Keio University Hospital and Tsukigase
Rehabilitation Center).
Source: Activities and Financial Position of Keio Gijuku: FY2005 Business Report
Old University Library at Mita Campus

Shonan Fujisawa Media Center

Shinanomachi Media Center

2,458

3,876

Research-related Facilities and Libraries

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

027,540

Buildings

Long-term loans

Outline057,607

Long-term borrowings

Land

Other fixed assets

Facility

Research Funds at Keio University in FY2005

3. Research Funds by Type

Research funds at Keio University from national and local public institutions, private businesses, and university funding, etc., totaled approximately¥14.5 billion in FY2005. The funds include those for the 21st Century COE Program for which Keio University won 12 projects, the largest number for a private
university. Other funds include the Special Coordination Fund for the Promotion of Science and Technology “Program to Encourage the Development ofStrategic Research Centers,” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
In the following, data on research funds is categorized by campus, affiliation of researcher, type of funds, and field of research.

1. Research Funds by Campus

AmountAmount and Number of Projects
Shin-Kawasaki
Town Campus

Tsuruoka Town Campus

2.2%

0.1%

1.8%

Mita Campus
Shonan Fujisawa Campus
Hiyoshi Campus
Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Yagami Campus
Tsuruoka Town Campus
Shinanomachi Campus

Mita Campus
Shonan Fujisawa
Campus

7.6%

17.4%
26.3%
Number of
Projects

Shinanomachi Campus

44.6%*Research may actually take place at
different campuses.

0

20

40

60

80

Number of Projects

Amount281

1,103,397

Mita Campus
Hiyoshi Campus

192

265,589

Yagami Campus

737

3,825,455

Shinanomachi Campus

1,865

6,502,209

Shonan Fujisawa Campus

450

2,539,560

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

3

7,245

Tsuruoka Town Campus

8323,047

3,536

14,566,502

Total

0.6%

0.0%
University Funds
Subsidies
GrantsSpecified Contributions

Joint Research University Funds

8.0% 5.5%

29.5%

Subsidies

44.2%
Number of
Projects

Definition
Specified
Contributions

Subsidies:
Research funds provided mainly by government and their
public offices.

11.0%

0

20

40

1.2%
Type of Funds

Amount

University Funds

762

798,164

Commissioned Research:
Research commissioned by government and other public
offices, as well as private enterprises.

Subsidies772

6,436,472

Grants81

171,421

Joint Research:
Collaborative research through personnel exchanges
and/or sharing technology/facilities under the joint
research agreement, with or without payment ofresearch funds.

Specified Contributions

1,282

1,604,521

Commissioned Research

384

4,296,684

Joint Research242

1,163,996

Contracts

10

88,499Technical Guidance

3

6,745

3,536

14,566,502

Contracts:
Research under a contract agreement.

Total

4. Subsidies not included in
Imputed Income

Some of the subsidies to the university appear as imputed income of school accounts in the financial statement but others
do not. The amount of imputed income in FY2005 was ¥12,847 million (please see Income and Expenditure
Statement, p.31).

2. Research Funds by Affiliation of Researchers
Affiliation of Researcher

Number of Projects

AmountFaculty/Graduate School of Letters

124

375,726

Faculty/Graduate School of Economics

92

429,177

Faculty/Graduate School of Law

76

181,265

Faculty/Graduate School of Business and Commerce

7,000,000

67

117,122

School/Graduate School of Medicine

1,867

6,406,141

Faculty/Graduate School of Science and Technology

741

3,827,755

Faculty of Policy Management

89

580,141

Faculty of Environmental Information

288

1,856,064

Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care

29

37,0972,000,000

1,000,000

Graduate School of Human Relations

00

Graduate School of Business Administration

23

59,448

Graduate School of Media and Governance53

486,806

Keio Law School

23

17,235

Graduate School of Health Management

1500

Research Institutes

52

94,715

Others11

97,310

Total

3,536

14,566,502

Ot
he
rs

0

10

＊2,237,874

039,622

11,90001

00,783,998

202,750

1,684,100

11,90005

01,684,105

11,9004,665,642

40,97916

04,705,977

242,372

0,772,397△00△300

21st Century COE Program
Total

Other income
Received from otherorganizations

Interest

29,079*Excluding amounts carried over to following year

4,000,000

3,000,000

Expenditures△120,533

Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant (MHLW)

Thousand yen
Commissioned to externalorganizations (as part ofexpenditures)

2,329,978Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi) (MEXT)

6,000,000

5,000,000

Amount received (△: returned
due to termination of project,change of affiliation, etc.)

Type

Thousand yen

100

as

The amounts not imputed to income are as follows:

The table on the right shows the number of projects and the amount allocatedaccording to the affiliation of the researcher. In both the number of projects and theamount, the School/Graduate School of Medicine comes out on top of the list,
followed by the Faculty/Graduate School of Science and Technology.

80

Thousand yen

Number of Projects

such

60

GrantsSpecified Contributions:Contributions earmarked for research activities.

Technical Guidance:
Research involving technical guidancedevelopment of equipment or apparatus.

Commissioned Research
Joint ResearchContracts
Technical Guidance

AmountCommissioned
Research

100

Thousand yen

CampusTechnical Guidance

Grants:Research expenses provided mainly by foundations forthe purpose of improvement or accomplishment ofresearch.

AmountYagami Campus

The number of projects funded by specified
contributions results in the largest of all whencompared to the other types of funding. Funds
from subsidies come first in terms of amount.
Funds from subsidies, commissioned research,specified contributions, and joint researchaccount for approximately 90% of the total
research funds.

Amount and Number of Projects
Contracts

These amounts, such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, are subsidies given to individual researchers, so in thefinancial statement they are not classified as “subsidies” but rather as “deposits.” However, these subsidies are includedin ¥6,436 million shown as subsidies in the table “Research Fund by Type” above.Indirect expenses corresponding to thedirect research expenses shown above are as follows:
The amounts not imputed to income are as follows:
Thousand yen
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi) (MEXT)

224,610Source: Activities and Financial Position of Keio Gijuku:
FY2005 Business Report

Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant (MHLW)

23,311

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Research Funds at Keio University in FY2005

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

The following figures are tabulated from theresearch funding data administered by the
Office of Research Administration of each
campus.* The Shinanomachi campus (homeof the Medical School and the Graduate
School of Medicine) came in first in both theamount and the number of projects, while
the Yagami Campus (home of the Faculty of
Science and Technology) came in second inboth categories.

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Hiyoshi Campus

Amount21st Century COE Program

Total

67,000314,921

Indirect expenses are managed by government agencies, so they are classified as “miscellaneous income” in the financial
statement. They are included as “indirect expenses” on p.36.

5. Research Funds by Field

Amount

6. Ratio of Direct Research
Expense to Research Funds

Amount and Number of Projects
Humanities

3.3%
Combined

The data in this section are compiled withreference to classification of the field of
research in other official reports such as theSurvey of Research and Development by the
MinistryofInternal
AffairsandCommunications, and various surveys on
research expenses by the Japan Association ofPrivate Colleges and Universities. The fieldof medical science came in first in thenumber of projects and amount.

12.3%

Humanities
Medical Science
Social Sciences
Combined
Science and Technology

Social Sciences

AmountGeneral Administrative Expenses

6.2%

Indirect Expenses

3.6%

By dividing research funds into direct
research expense, indirect research expense,and general administrative costs, the ratio of
direct research expense to research funds is
calculated to be approximately 90 percent.

7.5%
AmountDirect Research Expenses
Indirect Expenses
General Administrative Expenses

Science andTechnology

32.2% Number ofMedical Science

44.7%

Projects
Direct Research Expenses
0

20

40

60

80

90.2%

100

35

36
Research Funds at Keio University in FY2005

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Thousand yen

Thousand yen

Number of Projects

AmountDefinition

Humanities

210

472,903

Social Sciences

331

1,098,270

Science and Technology

862

4,693,595

Medical Science

1,919

6,503,613

Indirect Expenses:
Expenses provided equivalent to a certain percentageof the competitive research funds in addition to thedirect expenses for the research to supplementadministrative and operational costs of the institution towhich a researcher is affiliated.

Combined

214

1,798,121

Total

3,536

14,566,502

Field

Total Research Expense

14,566,502
Direct Research Expenses

Indirect Expenses

General Administrative Expenses

13,137,388

529,791

899,323

General Administrative Expenses:
Expenses provided to supplement administrative costs forresearch other than direct expenses for the research.

Indirect Expenses and General Administrative Expenses
Thousand yen
General Administrative
Expenses
Indirect Expenses

700,000
600,000
500,000

Field
Humanities

Indirect Expenses

General Administrative Expenses

18,2802,575Social Sciences

25,83035,000Science and Technology

229,888237,799

Medical Science

177,035

480,326

Combined

78,758143,623

Total

529,791

899,323

Definition

400,000

Humanities:
History, Philosophy, Literature, Languages, and other humanities.

300,000

Social Sciences:
Economics, Sociology, Business and Commerce, Political Science, Law, and other social sciences.

200,000

Science and Technology:
Applied Chemistry, Chemistry, Mechanics and Shipbuilding, Engineering, Mathematics, Electrics,
Communications, Physics, and other science and technology.

100,000

7. Direct Research, Indirect, andGeneral Administrative Expenses
by Campus

Direct Research Expenses

General Administrative
Expenses
Tsuruoka Town Campus

Shin-Kawasaki
Town Campus

0.0%
Shown in the graphs and a table on the right isa breakdown by campus of direct researchexpenses, indirect expenses, and generaladministrative expenses. As with researchfunds,
theShinanomachi
Campus(School/Graduate School of Medicine) came infirst, while the Yagami Campus (Faculty of
Science and Technology) came in second.

Indirect Expenses

Tsuruoka Town Campus

2.4%

Hiyoshi Campus

0.0%

0.0%

2.0%

7.9%

Shonan Fujisawa
Campus

17.0%

0.0%
8.3%

25.2%

Yagami Campus

Shinanomachi Campus

44.4%

Hiyoshi Campus

SocialSciences

ScienceandTechnology

MedicalScience

Combined

Combined:
Interdisciplinary fields.

0.1%

Hiyoshi Campus

0.3%

Shonan Fujisawa
CampusYagami Campus

19.8%

22.3%

Yagami Campus

Shinanomachi Campus

Shinanomachi Campus

33.4%

54.5%

Shinanomachi Campus

Shonan Fujisawa Campus

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

Tsuruoka Town Campus

Thousand yen

CampusHumanities

2.0%

Shin-Kawasaki
Town Campus

33.1%

Medical Science:
Medicine, Nursing, Pharmaceutical Science, and other health and medical sciences.

0

Mita Campus

Yagami Campus

26.3%

Mita Campus

Hiyoshi Campus

1.0%

Mita
CampusMita Campus
Shonan Fujisawa
CampusTsuruoka Town Campus

Shin-Kawasaki
Town Campus

Direct Research Expenses

Indirect Expenses

General Administrative Expenses

1,041,152
262,7653,449,484
5,835,613
2,228,395
6,158
313,821
13,137,388

44,1100175,415
177,035
133,23100529,791

18,135
2,824
200,556
489,561
177,934
1,087
9,226
899,323

Mita Campus
Hiyoshi Campus
Yagami Campus
Shinanomachi Campus
Shonan Fujisawa Campus
Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
Tsuruoka Town Campus
Total

Competitive Research Funds and the University’s International
Competitive Capability
For universities, the weight of competitive research funds over external research funds is increasing. On March 28, 2006, the Cabinet passed the 3rd Science andTechnology Basic Plan, a five-year plan (FY2006-2010) for the nation that will provide approximately 25 trillion yen in government R&D expenditure.
In 2006, the first year of the Basic Plan, the budget related to Science and Technology expenditures is 3.6 trillion yen, of which 470 billion yen is allocated as competitive
research funds (an increase of 6.2% over the previous year). The total amount budgeted for competitive research funds by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) is 358 billion yen (including estimates for administration). Within this budget, the greatest amount is 190 billion yen for Grants-in-Aid
for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), an increase of 1.5 billion yen, or 7%, over the previous year). Next are the 48 billion yen provided for Basic Research Programs(operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency) and the 39.8 billion yen for the MEXT Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science andTechnology. Besides MEXT, the other ministry providing large-scale competitive funding is the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, which has budgeted 42.8 billion
yen for Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants.

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Further Internationalization of the University
Keio University, inheritor of founder Yukichi Fukuzawa’s tenet, “To be trailblazer ofsociety” aims to achieve international standards with the following themes:“implementing visceral education,” “creating intellectual value,” and “breaking new
grounds in industry.”

The president of the University serves as the executive director of OGI. The
Organization was selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology as part of its Strategic Fund for Establishing International Headquarter in
Universities program.

In January 2005, Keio University established the Organization for Global Initiatives(OGI) to strategically pursue international exchange and collaboration university-wide.

http://www.ogi.keio.ac.jp/english/index.html

Exchange of Researchers and Students
No. ofPartner
Institutions

Incoming
No. of Students

No. of Researchers No. of Students

Outgoing
No. of Researchers

Asia

00031

000568000078000014000003

Middle East

00002

000003000007000002000001Africa0000-

00000400000400000200000-

Oceania

00006

00000600000200000900000-

While competition between universities for research funds grow more intense domestically, the 3rd Science and Technology Basic Plan specifies toorganizations aiming to become world-class research centers that strategic investments will be given under the principle of market competition.

North America

00042

000054000031000055000087

Middle andSouth America

00004

000008000006000000000002

The achievements of Keio University in such an intense environment are introduced below. First, Keio’s ranking in winning MEXT’s Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(Kakenhi), representative of competitive research funds, is shown with other institutions. Next, Keio’s achievements in exchanges with overseas universities andresearch institutions, which are essential for increasing its international competitiveness, are presented.

Europe00069

000081

000046000076000039International
Organizations

00003

000 (10)0000n/

0000n/

0000n/* Competitive research funds: “Fund for research and development to be distributed to researchers and institutions making proposals on a subject publicly announced and passing the examination based primarily on scientific and technologicalperspectives, by a committee composed of more than two members including experts in the subject field,” (Reform of the Competitive Research Funding System, Council for Science and Technology Policy, April 2003)* Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology homepage “The 3rd Science and Technology Basic Plan” http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kagaku/kihon/06032816/001/001.pdf

Total

00157

00072400017400015800v132Europe:69 Partners

76 Students 39 Researchers

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81 Students 46 Researchers
Keio Seoul Office

54 Students 31 Researchers

Asia &
16 Students 4 Researchers
Middle East:
33 Partners 571 Students 85 Researchers

55 Students 87 Researchers

North America:
42 Partners

Keio Academy of New York(High School)

2 Students

Africa:4 Students 4 Researchers

1 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)
Kakenhi is designed to remarkably develop any academic research, from basic toapplied, in fields ranging from humanities and social sciences to the natural sciences,
based on the free thinking of individual researchers. The grants are meant to beprovided, after peer review, to innovative and pioneering research projects. In FY2005, due
to the relaxation of application requirements, the Kakenhi were granted forapproximately 52,000 research subjects out of total 125,000 applications (an increase of
12,000 applications compared to the previous year).

The table shows the number of Kakenhi projects adopted (new and those continuing fromthe previous year) and the amounts distributed (at the time of selection, different from thedata on page 32) of the top 20 institutions from FY2003 to FY2005. The aggregate of the
top 10 accounts for about 45% of the total, and that of the top 20 for about 56%. Keio
University was ranked 11th overall and first among private universities, with theamount distributed equivalent to 1% of the total.

9 Students

FY2003

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Institution

2,501
1,820
Osaka University
1,484
Tohoku University
1,542
Nagoya University
1,008
Hokkaido University
1,103
Kyushu University
1,202
Tokyo Institute of Technology 0,705
University of Tsukuba
0,709
Hiroshima University
0,753
Keio University
0,539
Kobe University
0,558
RIKEN
0,381
Okazaki National Research Institutes 0,175
Okayama University
0,563
Chiba University
0,467Tokyo Medical and Dental University 0,360
National Institute of Genetics 0,060
Kumamoto University
0,340
Kanazawa University
0,419
University of Tokyo
Kyoto University

A
B
B/A
C
C/A
A Total amount distributed (research expenses)

Amount(Million yen)

Institution

018,751009,370
007,487006,889005,474004,920004,535
004,008
002,530
002,130
001,961
001,735
001,609
001,566
001,501
001,378
001,354001,311001,168
001,137

University of Tokyo

Source: OGI
Data based on university authorized agreements only.
Number of partner institutions as of March 2006.
Number of students and researchers as of May 2005.
( ) indicates head-counts for Each Region.

Internationalization of Research
Along with the increase of student exchanges between universities, “theinternationalization of research” is proceeding in parallel, as the percentage of papers
authored jointly with researchers from other countries is growing greatly. At Keio
University, in addition to exchanges stemming from agreements at the school level as
described above, research centers, institutes, laboratories, etc, including those in the 21stCentury COE program are increasing international exchanges at the project andorganization level.

There were 157 research exchanges (joint researches, sponsorships of international
symposia, personnel exchanges, etc) with overseas universities and research
institutions in arrangements separate from the overall university exchange
agreements. (Tabulation is based on the achievements of the 48 centers that
responded to a survey.*) Partnerships by region ranks as follows: Asia, North
America, Central America, and Europe.)

126,341066,094
00052%
080,81400064%
B Total of top 10 institutions

English Publications Issued by Keio University Research Centers

FY2005
Number of
Projects

2,676
2,031
Osaka University
1,592
Tohoku University
1,599
Nagoya University
1,079
Kyushu University
1,287
Hokkaido University
1,183
Tokyo Institute of Technology 0,757
University of Tsukuba
0,741
Hiroshima University
0,842
Keio University
0,578
Kobe University
0,669
RIKEN
0,437
Chiba University
0,538
Okayama University
0,608Tokyo Medical and Dental University 0,364
Waseda University
0,460
National Institute of Genetics 0,071
Kumamoto University
0,348Tokyo Metropolitan University 0,266
Kyoto University

Middle andSouth America:
4 Partners* Conducted in June 2006 by Annual Report on Research Activities Publication Committee

FY2004
Number of
Projects

2 Researchers

3 International
Organizations

Kakenhi Distributed by Institution
Rank

8 Students 6 Researchers

6 Students
2 Researchers

Oceania:
6 Partners

Amount(Million yen)

Institution

022,101
012,244009,243008,475
006,722005,415005,347004,160
002,611002,403002,227002,216002,149
001,858
001,695
001,494
001,422001,422001,241
001,151

University of Tokyo

155,051
078,72100051%
095,59600062%

Number of
Projects

2,750
2,170
Osaka University
1,627
Tohoku University
1,679
Nagoya University
1,212
Hokkaido University
1,312
Kyushu University
1,347Tokyo Institute of Technology 0,761
University of Tsukuba
0,850
Kobe University
0,735
Keio University
0,585
RIKEN
0,478
Hiroshima University
0,836
Okayama University
0,600Tokyo Medical and Dental University 0,372
Chiba University
0,572
Kumamoto University
0,391
Waseda University
0,503
Kanazawa University
0,450
Niigata University
0,489
Kyoto University

Amount(Million yen)

018,088011,339008,262008,079005,781005,334
005,138004,278002,760
002,343002,320002,312002,245
001,776
001,749
001,698
001,448
001,409001,277
001,227
158,892
071,40200045%
088,86300056%C Total of top 20 institutions

Source: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, http://www.jsps.go.jp/j-grantsinaid/
Data here is classified by the research institution with which the research representative is affiliated; it may not reflect the overall ranking by institution because funded research activities are often conducted with co-researchers whose
affiliation differs from that of the representative.

Citation of Papers Authored by
Keio University Researchers
Rank

The 21st Century COE Research Programs
Development of a Theory of Market Quality and an Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data (p.25)* Jointly published with Kyoto University’s 21st Century COE Program “Formation of Interfaces in Advanced Economic Analysis”

International Journal of Economic Theory Blackwell Publishing
http://www.ijet.jp/
Asian Economic Papers MIT Press
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/asep
Designing toward the Ordering of Political Society in a Multi-cultural andPluri-generational World (p.26)
Journal of Political Science and Sociology
http://www.coe-ccc.keio.ac.jp/en/journal/
Policy Innovation Initiative: Human Security Research in Japan and Asia (p.26)
Policy and Governance Working Paper Series
http://coe21-policy.sfc.keio.ac.jp/en/wp/index.html
Institute for Media and Communication Research (p.5 Mita Campus)
Keio Communication Review
http://www.mediacom.keio.ac.jp/english/publication.html
Global Security Research Institute (G-SEC) (p. 7 Mita Campus)
Global Security Research Institute Working Papers (GWP)
http://www.gsec.keio.ac.jp/wp_e.html
School of Medicine (p.11-12 Shinanomachi Campus)
The Keio Journal of Medicine
http://www.kjm.keio.ac.jp/

Number of
papers

Index

Combined0045

3748.10107.0Material Science

0009

0169.60120.1

Chemistry

0014

0628.00106.5Biology/Biochemistry0009

0223.40129.5

Molecular biology /Genetics
Genetics

0005

0134.60140.6

Immunology

0011

0058.10113.9Pharmaceuticals

0005

0031.60119.3

Psychiatry / Psychology 0003

0032.50122.90009

0083.00106.7

Humanities /SocialSocial Sciences
Sciences

Source: Based on “Ranking of Japanese Universities” (2007); Asahi
Shimbun Co.

Competitive Research Funds and the University’s International Competitive Capability

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

The rate and amount of winning competitive research funds can be said to be an indicator of a university’s research potential. The national universities (91corporations including institutions that share use of the four major national universities), being better funded with government subsidies for administration andmaintenance of facilities, and thus having better research facilities, have long been ahead of private universities, which number just over 700 and have about 80%of the undergraduate and graduate student population, in terms of both award selection and amount.

2 International Exchange and Collaboration

Researchers at Keio University in FY2005

Researchers from Outside Keio
Keio University has long emphasized the creation of an environment conducive for intellectual exchange and synergistic cooperation with researchers bothwithin and outside the institution, with the goal of sharing common or related research subject.

This section presents data on researchers involved in research or education at Keio University (Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors andInstructors), doctoral students and awardees of doctor’s degrees, and researchers participating in research projects at Keio but not affiliated under the any of above
conditions.

Not only undergraduate faculty/graduate school but also research institutes of Keio University accept researchers from other research institutions anduniversities.

Number of Researchers Accepted—Breakdown by Job Title and Status

Number of Researchers

Job Title/Status of Researchers

Qualifications
Researchers participating in research without a contract of commissioned research.

Researchers of Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of
Science and Technology (KLL) (Yagami)

0144

Researchers participating in research under a commissioned research contract.

“Researchers” in the following data only include researchers in the University (Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and Instructors) and excludes teachers at affiliatedelementary and secondary schools of Keio University.

School of Medicine Researcher (Shinanomachi)

0,051

Researchers employed by research, educational, or medical institutions other than the School of Medicine of Keio
University.

In contrast to Mita and Hiyoshi campuses, there are more researchers funded by external research sources at the Yagami, Shinanomachi, and Shonan Fujisawa campuses. The numberof the non-tenured researchers (that is, the total number of researchers with fixed period contracts and special research professors) accounts for 22% overall, but is a striking 49%
at Shonan Fujisawa Campus.

Senior Visiting Researchers, Keio Research Institute at SFC(Shonan Fujisawa)

0,249

Researchers accepted by Keio Research Institute at SFC upon application from an institution not affiliated with Keio
University, or that from the applicant him/herself. Applicants must have a master’s degree or qualified as equivalent
having experience and achievements as an independent researcher.

Visiting Researchers, Keio Research Institute at SFC(Shonan Fujisawa)

0,129

Researchers accepted by Keio Research Institute at SFC upon application from an institution not affiliated with Keio
University or from the applicant him/herself. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or qualified as equivalent
having experience and achievements as an independent researcher.

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

CampusTenured Researchers

Researchers with Fixed Period Contract

Special Research Professors

0TotalMita

00000,359

00000000000046

00000000049

0,454

Visiting Professors and Researchers *1 (See Table A)

0,327

Hiyoshi

00000,295

00000000000018

00000000001

0,314

Others (See Table B)

1,142

Yagami

00000,242

00000000000018

00000000045

0,305

Total

2,091

Shinanomachi

00000,498

00000000000006

00000000121

0,625

Shonan Fujisawa

00000,134

00000000000040

00000000089

0,263

Total

00001,528

00000000000128

00000000305

1,961

Table A: Visiting Professors and Researchers

As of 1 May 2006

Support for Future Researchers
There are two types of doctor’s degrees: course and dissertation doctorates. Course doctorates are conferred upon completion of course work with all other requirements.
Dissertation doctorates are conferred on those who have submitted a dissertation with consent of a committee of a graduate school, and passed the examination by a board of review.
The standard period for completion of a doctoral course is three years, except for the Graduate School of Medicine, which maintains a four year standard.

Number of Doctorates Awarded

Number of Students Registered in Doctoral Courses

Course Doctorate

Graduate School of Letters〈045〉

Graduate School of Economics〈015〉

Graduate School of Law〈030〉

Graduate School of Human Relations〈011〉

Graduate School of Business and Commerce〈020〉

Graduate School of Medicine *〈068〉

Graduate School of Science and Technology〈150〉

Graduate School of Business Administration〈008〉

Graduate School of Letters
Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Human Relations
Graduate School of Business and Commerce
Graduate School of Medicine
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Graduate School of Business Administration
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Subtotal

006
006
005
004
006
031
085
002
026
171

Subtotal

002
000
005
002
009
066
012
000
002
098

Total

269

Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Human Relations
Graduate School of Business and Commerce
Graduate School of Medicine
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Graduate School of Business Administration
Graduate School of Media and Governance

As of 31 March 2006

〈050〉

Total

〈050〉

Mita/Hiyoshi

YagamiShinanomachi

Shonan Fujisawa

Total

Visiting Professor

000026029

000001100000000

066

Visiting Associate Professor

000007012

000001500000001

035

Visiting Lecturer

000005012

000001300000000

030

Visiting Research Fellow

000044058

000008000000000

182

Visiting Research Associate

000008004

000000200000000

014

Total

000090115

000012100000001

327

Table B: Others
0,119
0,068
0,103
0,046
0,047
0,192
0,345
0,012
0,161
1,093

As of 1 May 2005
Figures in parentheses indicate the maximum number of entrants for the graduate school.

Dissertation Doctorate
Graduate School of Letters

Graduate School of Media and Governance

Job Title, Status* The figure for the Graduate School of Medicine refers to the number of students registered in
doctoral courses.

Research InstituteNo. of Researchers at Keio University*2

No. of Researchers not Employed by Keio

TTTotalInstitute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Mita)

00000000000030

000000000000042

0,072

Institute for Media and Communications Research (Mita)

00000000000012

000000000000047

0,059

Keio Economic Observatory (Mita)

00000000000034

000000000000029

0,063

Shido Bunko, Institute of Oriental Classics (Mita)

00000000000009

000000000000003

0,012International Center (Mita)

00000000000055

000000000000022

0,077

Teacher Training Center (Mita)

00000000000031

000000000000042

0,073

Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies (Mita)

00000000000023

000000000000037

0,060

Institute of East Asian Studies (Mita)

00000000000024

000000000000034

0,058

Center for Japanese Studies (Mita)

00000000000012

000000000000035

0,047

Research Center for the Arts and Arts Administration (Mita)

00000000000021

000000000000014

0,035

Global Security Research Institute (G-SEC) (Mita)

00000000000062

000000000000031

0,093

Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC) (Mita)

00000000000102

000000000000038

0,140

Institute of Physical Education (Hiyoshi)

00000000000020

000000000000038

0,058

Health Center (Hiyoshi)

00000000000023

000000000000002

0,025

Keio Research Center for Foreign Language Education (Hiyoshi)

00000000000051

000000000000006

0,057Sports Medicine Research Center (Hiyoshi)

00000000000010

000000000000007

0,017

Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts (Hiyoshi)

00000000000177

000000000000019

0,196

Total

00000000000696

000000000000446

1,142

Figures show the totals for FY2005. Place names in parentheses indicate location of the institution.
*1 Generic designation used for visiting professor, visiting associate professor, visiting lecturer, visiting research fellow and visiting research associate. (Excludes researchers at Keio listed in Table B).
*2 Researchers at Keio University: the figure indicates total number of researchers including teachers in the affiliated elementary and secondary schools of Keio, in addition to tenured and non-tenured
researchers of undergraduate faculties/graduate schools or research institutes. A researcher affiliated to more than two institutions is counted as one researcher of each.

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Researchers at Keio University in FY2005

0,049“Tenured researchers” are those employed under full-time contracts without fixed terms. “Researchers with fixed period contract” are either full-time or part-time. Of those with fixed
period contracts, “special research professors” are paid by research funds allocated from outside Keio University as a condition of appointment.

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Number of Researchers

Research Associates of Faculty of Science and Technology (Yagami)

Technology Transfer: Activities at the Intellectual Property Center
Patenting
Licensing
Support for businessstartups

Research needs
Research funds
Joint/commissioned
research

Assessment
Commercialization

Research
at KeioIntellectual
Property Center Society
(IPC)

Keio

New research needs
Loyalities

Researchachievements

Knowledge created at Keio University is transferred to society in the form ofeducation and academic presentations. The university’s knowledge isreturned to society through students in the case of education, and as
research information in the case of academic presentations. In addition tothese traditional methods, technology transfers also include new activities inwhich accumulated knowledge is transferred to society in more concrete
form, as products and technologies.
At Keio University, these technology transfers are promoted by theIntellectual Property Center, which protects knowledge and research results
accumulated by the University as intellectual property. As the core of the
University’s intellectual assets, these intellectual properties are transferred to theindustrial world in the form of licensed technologies, joint research between
industry and academia, and the establishment of venture companies.

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Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

1 Intellectual Property(1) Patent Applications(2) Registered Patents

International

Through the transfer of intellectual property and technologies, in addition to adding further
vitality to collaborations between industry and academia, the Intellectual Property Center
strengthens information exchanges between industry and academia and actively promotes theblending of knowledge.
The Intellectual Property Center held the “Keio Innovation Network” every month during 2005,
during which the inventors themselves gave presentations on a specified theme.
It also holds “Keio Technology Transfer Forums” throughout the country to deepen exchanges of
information with various regions. In addition to introducing the technologies developed at Keio

170

166

Domestic

Domestic

157

International

2nd (Apr. 21, 2005)

4th (Jun. 28, 2005)
5th (Jul. 26, 2005)

62
30
11

7 7

2

10 11

16

(4) Number of Applications by Campus (2005)

Hiroaki Chiyokura“The future of sports coaching, changed by sensor/Internet technologies

Yuji Ohgi

Professor, School of Medicine
Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance“Moisture measurement in solid polymer membranes for fuel cells using small RF coils”

Kuniyasu Ogawa

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology“Evaluation of revolution accuracy in high-speed, small-diameter spindles”

Kimiyuki Mitsui

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology

Researcher/Physician, Faculty of Science and Technology“Remote melanoma (melanotic carcinoma) diagnostic systems”

Hiroshi Oka“Promising optical treatment technologies”

Tsunenori Arai

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology“Method for estimating genetic networks from genetic profile data”

Shuichi Onami

Associate Professor (non-tenured), Faculty of Science and Technology
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology“New production approaches opened up by fine particles

Keiji Fujimoto

8th (Dec. 22, 2005)“Next-generation IT opened up by SuperSQL”

Motomichi Toyama“High-speed handover methods in IPv6 Internet: next-generation
IT opened up by IP mobility”

Fumio Teraoka

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology“Development of new minimally invasive hematopoietic organ tumor treatment
methods using bioactive substances”

Masahiro Kizaki

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine“Development and application of new photodynamic therapy drugs”

Kazunobu Toshima

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology“Application of metabolome analysis for mining gaseous signal transducers”

Makoto Suematsu

Professor, School of Medicine“Drug discovery using glycotechnology”

Toshinori Sato Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology“Chemical Biology and Drug discovery”

Masaya Imoto“Stem cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine of the Central Nervous System”

Hideyuki Okano(5) Total Patent Applications by Inventor

108

Yagami (Faculty of Science and Technology)

146

Professor

Associate Professor

50

19%

Shinanomachi (School of Medicine)042

Lecturer

027

Instructor/Assistant

64

19%

SFC

019

Student

130

Staff Member

07

Materials/ Chemicals

15%

Mita

001

Other

152

Total

170

Technology transfers are conducted in the following three forms:(I) Licensing of Keio University’s intellectual property to companies(II) Joint research with companies based on Keio University’s intellectual property(III) Startups based on Keio University’s intellectual property, and continuation ofdevelopment activities in that company(2) Licensing Revenues
Thousand yen

80,472
63,949The following graphs show the status of technology transfer in each of the above
categories.
16,62844

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59,53842,012(1) Number of New Licensing Agreements(3) Venture Private ConferenceThis conference, held at the Mita Campus G-SEC on May 10-11 and Dec. 14-15, 2005, included
presentations by venture managers on business strategies and the outlook for the future, as
well as introductions of specific businesses.
(4) Intellectual Property Center Symposium

Each year, new submitters account for 20% of inventors, which is evidenceof the expanding fields of invention activities at Keio University.

2 Technology Transfer

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology

1st: Held on Dec. 15, 2005
At: Mita Campus, North Building Hall
“Talking about our venture”: Large venture corporation or venture company?
DeNA Co.,Ltd.; President: Tomoko Namba
Propia K.K.; President: Hiroshi Hochi
Nippon Technology Venture Partners Investment Operations Union; Mr. Kazutaka Muraguchi
Keio University SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory; Prof. Jiro Kokuryo
Intellectual Property Center; Director: Prof. Keisuke Shimizu
2nd: Held on Mar. 24, 2006
At: North Building Hall, Mita Campus“Incubation of Innovation in universities”
Keynote speech: “Expectations for university-based venture companies and venture incubation
at SBI”

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
Professor, School of Medicine

Lecturer: Yoshitaka Kitao; CEO, SBI Holdings, Inc.
Panel Discussion: “Talking about concepts for the transfer of knowledge at Keio University”
Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., Public Welfare Corporation Support Section Chief, Satoshi Hirao
School of Medicine; Headmaster’s Assistant, Prof. Makoto Suematsu
The Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science and Technology (KLL) Director: Prof. Yasuhiro
Koike
Keio Research Institute at SFC; Director: Prof. Jiro Kokuryo
Intellectual Property Center; Director: Prof. Keisuke Shimizu(5) Tozai 4-University Government, Industry, and Academia Collaboration ForumThe Tozai 4-University Government, Industry, and Academia Collaboration Forum was held
jointly by Waseda University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University, and Keio University
on March 10, 2006, at the Keidanren Kaikan Hall.
Keynote Speaker: Yoshitoshi Kitajima; President and CEO, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Panel Discussion: “Collaborations among Government, Industry, and Academia”
Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation); Mr. Akio Yamanoi
Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Special Advisor: Mr. Kenichi Sekiya
Wasaeda University; Vice President Yoichi Muraoka
Ritsumeikan University; Vice President Sadao Kawamura
Doshisha University Intellectual Property Center; Director, Hajime Wada
Keio University Intellectual Property Center; Director: Prof. Keisuke Shimizu

4 Intellectual Property Center Award/Education
11,1892,731

34(3) Startups and New Products Created Using IP Rights Owned by Keio

20

5“Development of advanced e-learning technologies”(2) Keio Technology Transfer ForumControl/ Measurement10

Research Associate (non-tenured), Faculty of Science and Technology

45

40

Information/ Communication

26

Ryo Sudo

Keiichi Fukuda

Kimihisa Yamamoto

Held on Aug. 31, 2005 at the
Osaka Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (Supported by Osaka
Prefecture and METI Kansai)

47%

Bio/ Medical“Formation of 3D liver tissue using multi-porous membranes”“Development of cell transplant methods using cell sheaths”

Yasubumi Sakakibara

9th (Feb. 22, 2006)

7(3) Proportion of Applications by Field of Technology (2005)

42“Precision metal hybrid nano-materials and their applications in electronics”

58
38

Details of these activities are outlined below.

“Development and appliation of bacteria computers”

83

41

Other activities included an Intellectual Property Center Symposium and a “Venture Private
Conference,” which was held jointly by Nippon Technology Venture Partners Investment
Operations Union and the Keio Research Institute at SVC.

7th (Nov. 24, 2005)

122
99

University, these forums provide an opportunity to better understand the technology needs ofcompanies, and to strengthen interactive ties.

(1) Keio Innovation Network (at Mita Campus G-SEC)

6th (Oct 27, 2005)

Following is the status of patent applications by field of technology, campus, and inventor.

The joint research funds obtained based on Keio’s Intellectual Property in 2005 totaled about one
billion yen for 34 projects. Of this total, 440 million yen was related to matching funds or otherpublic funds.

3 Platform for Information Exchange between Industry and Academia

3rd (May 27, 2005)

During the 2004 academic year, the IPC remained active as in the previous year, filing 170 domestic patent applications, 45 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications, and 99
international patent applications. Particularly notable is the increase in international applications, as is the dramatic increase in the number of patent rights acquired. According topatent statistics published by the Japan Patent Office, Keio University was No. 1 in terms of both the number of registered patents by university and the number of unexamined patents
published.

PCT

The Intellectual Property Center actively promotes joint research with private-sector
companies as well as the acquisition of public research and development funds, including the NEDO
Grant for Practical Application of University R&D Results under the Matching Fund Method and theJapan Science and Technology Agency Key Region Research and Development Promotion
Operation “Seeds Cultivation Experiment.”

In 2005, Keio created five new startups: STAC K.K., GSP Kenkyusho K.K., K.O.Immuno Tec.
K.K., Glyco Medics K.K., and Pharmish K.K., bringing the total number of startups based on Keio´sIntellectual property to 14.
Also, in 2005, 15 new products were developed based on IP rights owned by Keio.

(1) Intellectual Property Center Award

The Intellectual Property Center Award was established in 2002 to promote the activities of theIntellectual Property Center within the University, and to communicate the University’s new
initiatives to society.

The 6th Award, in 2005, was presented to Prof. Hiroaki Chiyokura of the Graduate School of Mediaand Govenance for his “Lecture Support System.” The Award ceremony was held during the“Incubation of Innovation in universities” Symposium held on March 24.

The Intellectual Property Center Award ispresented to those who have (1)generated intellectual property owned by
Keio University; (2) transferred IP from the
University to society and developed
practical applications; and (3) madesignificant contributions to the IPC’s
activities.

(2) Education

As in previous years, a course entitled “Introduction to Intellectual Property” was held on the Mita
Campus for students of any faculty, to provide an opportunity for education regarding
Intellectual Property.
6th Intellectual Property Center Award

Technology Transfer: Activities at the Intellectual Property Center

As a result of the high level of research at Keio University and the avid
support of researchers, large numbers of invention proposals are received
from all of the campuses. Technology transfers have given rise to extremely
significant results, some of which are outlined below.

(4) Joint research started based on intellectual property, and research funds obtainedAwards for Research Activities, FY2005「慶應義塾報」「慶應義塾ホームページ」掲載分・受賞日付順

Date Awarded(YY/MM/DD)

Recipient (s)AwardReason for Award

Awarding Institution

2005/10/30

Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (Professor, Faculty of Science and

ICDES 2005 Best Paper Award (CAD/CAM/CAE

For paper entitled “Quantitative Representation Method of Complexity and its Application for Shape

International Conference on Design

Technology)

field)

Generation” pp. 227-231, The 1st International Conference on Design Engineering and Science, OctoberEngineering and Science 2005

Source: Keio Gijyuku Ho (Keio Biweekly Newsletter) and Keio University homepage. Entries arranged by date of award.
Date Awarded(YY/MM/DD)

Recipient (s)AwardReason for Award

Awarding Institution

2005/04/18

Tomoyoshi Soga (Associate Professor, Faculty of

5th Japan Biotechnology BusinessFor “Development of metabolome analysis technology using CE-MS (capillary electrophoresis/

Japan Biotechnology Business Competition

Environmental Information)

Competition: 1st Placemass selection detector) and its application for the development of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics andSteering Committeeof Science and Technology) and others
2005/10/30
2005/11/1

functional foods
2005/04/20

2005/05/18

Haruma Kawaguchi (Professor, Faculty of Science and2005 Education, Culture, Sports, Science, andTechnology)

Technology Minister’s Award; Research

Hiroshi Handa (Guest Professor, School of Medicine)

Division; Science and Technology Fields

Akira Ishikawa (Professor Emeritus)

Honorary Doctorate, East China University of

For “Research in the Development of Nano-affinity beads for the development of pharmaceuticals”

2005

Yoshiki Ujiie (Research Assosiate(Non-tenured), Faculty
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (Professor, Faculty of Science and

ICDES 2005 Best Paper Award (Design

For presented paper entitled “Basic Study on Classification Scheme for Robust Design Methods”pp. 37-

International Conference on Design

Technology) and others

Methodology field)

42, The International Conference on Design Engineering and Science, October 2005

Engineering and Science 2005

Hiroshi Kawabe (Professor, Health Center)

43rd All-Japan University Health Management

For “Screening and bisphosphonade treatment effects using calcaneal bone ultrasound bone mass

44th All-Japan University Health Management

measurement”

Research Conference

Ikuo Saito (Professor, Health Center)Research Conference: Outstanding

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science,

Hirotaka Shibata (Assistant Professor, Health Center)

Presentation in General Research Division

and Technology

Hiroshi Hirose (Assistant Professor, Health Center)
Masaaki Mori (Assistant Professor, Health Center)

For contributions to interactions between Japan and China over many years in the study of law

Politics and Law; People’s Republic of China

East China University of Politics and Law;

Takanori Moriki (Assistant Professor, Health Center)

People’s Republic of China

Hirokazu Yokoyama (Assistant Professor, Health Center)
Kaoru Fujii (Assistant Manager, Health Center)2005/05/30
2005/05/31

Koji Suzuki (Professor, Faculty of Science andJapan Air Cleaning Association Award:

Technology) and others

Technology Award

Takahiko Tanahashi (Professor, Faculty of Science andTechnology) and others

For developing a “Formaldehyde Detector” for practical applications

Japan Air Cleaning Association

Japan Society for Computational Engineering

For “Numerical Analysis of Fluid Dynamics using Finite Volume Lattice Boltzmann Method”; Japan

Japan Society for Computational Engineeringand Science Award for Outstanding Papers

Society for Computational Engineering and Science Journal (2004); Paper No.20040005 A353; Februaryand Science

Ayako Higo (Engineer, Health Center)

23, 2004
2005/06/1

43

Hideyuki Tokuda (Chairperson, Graduate School ofInternal Affairs and Communications Minister’sMedia and Governance; Professor, Faculty ofMonthly Award for Telecommunications; 2005

Yasuko Kunegi (Engineer, Health Center)

For outstanding contributions to the proliferation and development of telecommunications

Masako Takayama (Engineer, Health Center)
Aya Yamagishi (Engineer, Health Center)2005/11/4

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

2005/06/18

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. / Japan Center for

October 2004

Economic Research

44

Economics)
SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal

In recognition of excellence in research related to production technologies over many years, andSociety of Manufacturing Engineers SME

2005/11/4

outstanding contributions to the development of production technologies

Science and Technology)
2005/06/7

For the book “The Economics of Older Workers” (in Japanese) Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.,

Economic Science

Yuji Nagasaka (Professor, Faculty of Science and42nd National Heat Transfer Symposium;

For “Dynamic Measurement of Surface Properties of Polymer Solutions Using Ripplon(2nd Report,

Technology)

Best Paper Award

Measurement of Surface Viscoelasticity)”

Saburo Yanagisawa (Professor Emeritus)

Hitachi Environment Foundation 32nd

For “Establishment of International Standard Analysis Method for Nitrogen Oxides in Exhaust Gas”

Koji Suzuki (Professor, Faculty of Science andEnvironment Award (1st Prize)

The Heat Transfer Society of Japan

2005/11/8

Koji Nomura (Associate Professor, Institute for48th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in

For the book “Measurement of Capital and Productivity in Japan” Keio University Press,

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc./ Japan Center for

Economic and Industrial Studies)

Economic Science

October 2004

Economic Research

Kouhei Ohnishi (Professor, Faculty of Science andIEEE IECON 2005 Best Paper Award

For paper entitled “Real-Time Gait Planning for Pushing Motion of Humanoid Robot”

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Shuzo Murakami (Professor, Faculty of Science and

A Foreign member of the Korean Academy of

For outstanding research achievements in Earth, City, and Construction Environment Engineering, and

The Korean Academy of Science andTechnology)

Science and Technology

for making substantial contributions to the promotion of science and technology in Korea; including a

Technology (KAST)

Technology)
Hitachi Environment Foundation and Nikkan

2005/11/18

Kogyo Shimbun Ltd.

Technology) and others
2005/06/27

keynote speech at an International Conference hosted by the Korean Academy of Science andYuichiro Anzai (President of Keio University andCommandeur de l’Ordre des Palmes

For actively introducing French academic research to Japan, and for promoting interactions with French

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)

Acade’miques

universities and other forms of cultural exchanges between France and JapanThe Republic of France

Technology (KAST)
2005/11/21

Masao Nakagawa (Professor, Faculty of Science andFor contributions to the development of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and mobile

IEEE Fellow

2005/07/13

Naoyuki Agawa (Professor, Faculty of Policy

6th Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Award

2005/07/17

For “American History as seen through the constitution”; published by PHP Laboratories;

The Yomiuri Shimbun and Chuo Koron Shinsha

September 16, 2004

Management)
Yukichika Kawata (Assistant Professor, (non-tenured)2005 Agricultural Economics Society of JapanFor paper entitled “Optimal Management of Hokkaido Sika Deer as a Regional Resource”; “Journal of

Faculty of Economics; At time of screening, affiliated2005/11/25
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Takao Takahashi (Professor, School of Medicine)2005 Japan Universities Association for

In recognition of outstanding contributions to the future of medical education; specifically, for theJapan Universities Association for Computer

Kenjiro Kosaki (Associate Professor, School ofComputer Education Awarddevelopment and application of a patient database that manages in-depth clinical information while

Education

Medicine)

protecting personal information, and for efforts to use this database for clinical clerkship where

Hiroyuki Shimada (Instructor, School of Medicine)students can learn effectively and independently about the thinking processes of physicians in the field.

Journal Award

Rural Economics”; Vol. 76-3; pp. 186-196; Dec. 2004

Tomoaki Okuda (Instructor, Faculty of Science and

The Japanese Association of Organic

For Study on Geochemical Application of compound-specific stable carbon-isotope analysis of polycyclic

The Japanese Association of Organic

Technology)

Geochemists Award for Young Researchers

aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)”

Geochemists

2005/11/28

Yoko Sazanami (Professor Emeritus)

French Order of Arts and Letters; Officier

For research related to direct investments and trade in Europe from Japan and other parts of Asia

The Republic of France

For “Micro presence: Insects; Microrealism”; a digital photo exhibit using insects as subjects

Higashikawa-cho, Hokkaido

2005/12

Shuzo Murakami (Professor, Faculty of Science and

CIB PC COMMENDATION 2005

For contributing to the success of SB05 Tokyo (The 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference inInternational Council for Research andTokyo), held jointly by CIB, iiSBE, and UNEP, and for outstanding contributions to CIB

Innovation in Building and Construction

with Kyoto University)
2005/07/28

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

communication technologies

Technology)

Takayuki Mitsuhashi (Research Associate (non-tenured),School of Medicine)(The Taguchi Prize)
2005/07/30

Kenji Kohiyama (Professor, Graduate School of Media

21st Higashikawa Award (New Writer Award)

and Governance)
2005/08/3

Jun Murai (Vice-President of Keio University;

Technology)
Jonathan Postel Service Award

2005/08/27

Internet Society (ISOC)

2005/12/1

proliferation of the Internet in the Asia-Pacific Region

Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information)
2005/08/4

For efforts targeting the development and proliferation of IPv6 technologies, and for contributions to the

Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (Professor, Faculty of Science and

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

For opening up new fields integrating industrial design and engineering design, and for outstanding

Technology)

Design and Systems Achievement Award

achievements in these fields

Tomotsugu Arikawa (Instructor, (temporary

The Bryological Society of Japan Awards for

For contributions to progress in bryology, through continued research in areas including the molecularcommission) Faculty of Economics)

Young Bryologist

phylogenetic research of pleurocarpous mosses and taxonomic study of the genus Pylaisia

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

2005/09/8
2005/09/10
2005/09/16

Sumiko Iwao (Professor Emeritus)

Prime Minister’s Award for Creators of a

Fumiko Yonezawa (Professor Emeritus)

Gender Equal Society

Masafumi Hagiwara (Professor, Faculty of Science

The Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory andand Technology)

Intelligent Informatics Contribution Award

Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (Professor, Faculty of Science and

The Japanese Society for the Science ofTechnology)

Design Award

Ichiro Inasaki (Headmaster and Professor, Faculty of

1st Precision Engineering Award

For outstanding achievements over many years in the creation of a gender equal society

For developing a “Facial Expression Movement and Facial Nerve Paralysis Analysis and Diagnostic

Japanese Academy of Facial Studies “Forum

Academy of Facial Studies Conference, Best

System,” and for a research paper that enabled quantification of various types of facial expression

Facial Studies 2005”

Ichiro Tanaka (Assistant Professor, School of Medicine)

Presentation Award

movement and quantitative diagnosis of Facial Nerve Paralysis.

CE.R.I.E.S. Research Award 2005

In recognition of an outstanding research project that clarifies the mechanism of skin peripheral immune

CE.R.I.E.S. (Centre de Recherches ettolerance for maintaining healthy skind’Investigations Epidermiques et Sensorielles)

Masayuki Amagai (Professor, School of Medicine)

The Bryological Society of Japan(Epidermal and Sensor Research andInvestigation Center)

The Prime Minister of Japan

Toshiki Nishiyama (Assistant Professor (Non-tenured),

Eco Design 2005 Best Poster Award

For research in methods of achieving ecological universal design through the use of high-performance

EcoDesign Promotion Network

wheelchairs

Graduate School of Media and Governance)
2006/2/20

For contributions to the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics

Forum Facial Studies 2005: 10th JapaneseTechnology)
and others
2005/12/5

2005/12/14
2005/09/5

Haruyuki Minamitani (Professor, Faculty of Science andTetsuya Komagata (Associate Professor, Faculty of2005 Small and Medium-sized Business

For the book “Case Studies on Chinese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Transitional Period”

Economics)

Research Encouragement Award(in Japanese) Zeimukeiri Kyokai Co. Ltd., July 5, 2005

Makoto Ida (Professor, Law School)

Siebold Award 2006

In recognition of commitment to better mutual understanding of culture and society in Germany andShoko Research Institute

The Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory andIntelligent Informatics

For continued research in design theory and methodologies using mathematical models

The Japanese Society for the Science of Design

For innovative achievements in research, technology, and education in the field of Precision Engineering

The Japan Society for Precision Engineering

2006/3/1

Alexader von Humboldt Foundation

Japan
2006/3/9

Masayuki Amagai (Professor, School of Medicine)

Science and Technology)

Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS)

For outstanding research achievements in both fundamental and clinical investigation on anAwardautoimmune skin blistering disease, pemphigus; specifically, for identifying the target autoantigen in

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

pemphigus and for the development of a novel strategy for autoimmune model mouse.
2005/09/20

Hideki Miyajima (Professor, Faculty of Science and

The Magnetics Society of Japan DistinguishedFor outstanding paper on “Magnetic Order in Permalloy Nano-Hexagonal Lattice” The Journal of theTechnology) ,Paper Award

Magnetics Society of Japan; Vol.29 (2005) No.2 pp. 111-115

The Magnetics Society of Japan
2006/3/19

Eiji Saito (Instructor, Faculty of Science andTomotsugu Arikawa (Instructor (Temporary

The Presentation Award on the Annual

For the presentation entitled “Phylogenetic analysis of Takakiaophyta using multiple chloroplast-Commission)), Faculty of Economics

Meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant

encoded genes” on the poster session of the 5th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant

Technology) and others
2005/09/21

Kimihisa Yamamoto (Professor, Faculty of Science and

SPSJ Wiley Award 2005

2005/09/28

2005/09/29

The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

Ichiro Inasaki (Headmaster and Professor, Faculty of

The Japan Society for Abrasive Technology

For outstanding contributions to the incorporation of the Japan Society for Abrasive Technology (Special

Science and Technology)

Incorporation Assistance Award

Award commemorating the 10th anniversary of incorporation)

Masaaki Mitsui (Instructor, Faculty of Science and

The Molecular Structure Comprehensive Study

For presentations of outstanding research results, including “Coexistence of solid-like and liquid-like

The Molecular Structure Comprehensive Study

Technology)

Meeting Encouragement Award

states in gas phase molecular clusters

Meeting Steering Committee

Mikiko Ishikawa (Professor, Faculty of Environmental

Prime Minister’s “Green City” AwardFor Gifu Prefecture Kakamigahara City “Water and Greenery Corridor”

The Prime Minister of Japan

Kanagawa Design Forum Award

For exhibit at Design Summit: “Proposal of new concept “ETHN-O-RIGIN” and design of information

Management Development Information

device system based on that concept”

Organization

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

Masato Inoue (Instructor, (non-tenured) Faculty of
Science and Technology),
Yoshiki Ujiie (Research Associate (non-tenured),
Faculty of Science and Technology) and others

2005/10/3
2005/10/8

2005/10/10

2005/10/13

Jiro Kokuryo (Professor, Faculty of Environmental

Internal Affairs and Communications Minister’s

For playing a central role in the construction of a nationwide public network and the development ofInformation)

Monthly IT Award

public applications

Itaru Kimura (Instructor, School of Medicine)

Alcon Japan Clinical Award

In recognition of substantial contributions to progress in clinical ophthalmology, and of potential as a

Systematics

Systematics

Masaaki Mitsui (Instructor, Faculty of Science and

The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for

For outstanding achievements in the “Development of formation method of giant molecular clusters andTechnology)

Young Chemists

elucidation of their electronic structures”

Index
21st Century COE Program
Center for Integrated Medical ResearchInstitute of Integrated Medical ResearchCommissioned researchCompetitive research fundConsortium
Contracts

Alcon Research Institutefuture leader among ophthalmologists, expected to make major contributions in the future

Doctorate
Course doctorate
Dissertation doctorate

For continued research achievements related to “Goethe and Natural Science” following Ph.D. thesis

DAAD: Deutscher Akademischer AustauschDoctoral program
Doctorates, number awarded

Aeka Ishihara (Associate Professor, Faculty of

1st Jacob-und- Wilhelm-Grimm-Förderpreis

Business and Commerce)(1st Brothers Grimm Advancement Award)

Hironao Kawashima (Professor, Faculty of Science and2005 Economy, Trade and Industry Minister’s

For promoting international standardization in ISO/TC204, which deals with important standardization ofTechnology)

Award for Industrial Standardization

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), notably car navigation and Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)

Dienst (The German Academic Exchange Service)systems

The Chemical Society of JapanThe Japan Society for Abrasive Technology

Information) Research Group
2005/09/30

2006/3/28

particularly notable research achievements

Technology)
2005/09/28

For outstanding original research results in the field of polymer sciences, and in recognition ofJapanese Society for Plant Systematics

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Expenses, general administrative
Expenses, indirect
GrantsGrants to researchers
Research grants

3-5, 22-30, 33, 38
3, 11, 12, 22
3, 9-11, 14, 34
21, 36, 37
13, 14
34
39
39
9, 39
39
12, 35, 36
34-36
21
9, 21

Incubation
Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB)
International collaboration
International exchange
Joint research
Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science andTechnology (KLL)
Keio Research Center at SFC
Keio Techno-Mall
Liaison OfficeLicensing
Patent applications
Post-doctoral fellow (PD)
Program to Encourage the Development ofStrategic Research Centers
Research assistant (RA)Research Park3, 13, 14, 32, 42
3, 4, 17, 18, 27
25, 28-30, 38
6, 38
3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11-15, 17, 18,
3, 4, 9, 10, 32, 40, 42
3, 4, 13, 14, 40, 42
4, 9, 104, 32
3, 41, 42
3, 41
27,30
19, 3326-28, 30
11, 12, 32

Researcher
Researcher

6, 9, 15, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 40-42

Researcher database, Research information
Researcher with fixed period contract
Researcher, tenured
SFC Open Research Forum
Special research professor
Specified contributions
Subsidies
MEXT Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)
MEXT Special Coordination Funds for Promotion of
Science and Technology
Technical guidanceTechnology transfer
Venture4
21, 39, 40
21, 394, 13
21, 3910, 11, 34
6, 8, 21, 31, 34, 37
33, 3734
4, 12, 41, 42
4, 13, 14, 18, 41, 42

Awards for Research Activities, FY2005

Keio University Annual Report on Research Activities 2005–2006

Ichiro Inasaki (Headmaster and Professor, Faculty of

48th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in

Commerce),
Atsuhiro Yamada (Associate Professor, Faculty ofEnvironmental Information)
2005/06/3

Atsushi Seike (Professor, Faculty of Business andContact Information
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Shinanomachi Campus

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345
Tel +81-3-3453-4511

35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582
Tel +81-3-3353-1211• 8-minute walk from Tamachi St.
(JR Yamanote Line or JR Keihin Tohoku Line);
Approximately 10 minutes by train from Tokyo to
Tamachi.
Approximately 20 minutes by train from Ueno to
Tamachi.
Approximately 15 minutes by train from Shibuya to
Tamachi.
• 7-minute walk from Mita St. (Asakusa or Mita Line);
Approximately 15 minutes by train from Suidobashi to Mita.
• 8-minute walk from Akabanebashi St. (Oedo Line)• 1-minute walk from Shinanomachi St. (JR Sobu Line);
Approximately 6 minutes by train from Shinjuku to
Shinanomachi.
Approximately 25 minutes by train from Tokyo to
Shinanomachi.
• 5-minute walk from Kokuritsu-kyogijo St. (Oedo Line)

Tsuruoka Town Campus
Center Building

Shonai Airport
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Mita Campus• CRP: Center for Research Promotion
crp@keio.ac.jp• IPC: Intellectual Property Center
toiawasesaki-ipc@adst.keio.ac.jp• Head Office of Research Administration
ora-honbu@adst.keio.ac.jp• Office of Research Administration, Mita Campus
mshien-ft@adst.keio.ac.jp• ORAA: Organization for Research Advancement andAdministrationoraa-jimukyoku@adst.keio.ac.jp

N14-1 Baba-cho, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997-0035
TEL +81-235-29-0800

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Tsuruoka
ChuoHigh School

JR Tsuruoka St.

Yamagata University Faculty of Agriculture
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ShrineTsuruoka Minami Tsuruoka Kita
High School
High School
Tsuruoka TechnicalHigh School
Chido
MuseumOhyamaCity Library
Police Box

Bio-labTsuruoka Parksuruoka
Tsuruoka
City Hall
Chidokan

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Yagami Campus• Office of Research Administration, Yagami Campus
yg-shien@adst.keio.ac.jpta/

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Hiyoshi Campus• Office of Research Administration, Hiyoshi Campus
ras-hiyoshi@adst.keio.ac.jp
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Access Information

Daitokuji
Temple403-1 Nipponkoku, Daihouji, Tsuruoka-shi,
Yamagata 997-0017
TEL +81-235-29-0534

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Bio-Lab, Institute forAdvanced Biosciences (IAB),
Keio Universityakat

Tsuruoka Town Campus

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Access Information

Campus Center, Institute forAdvanced Biosciences (IAB),
Keio University

Yamagata

Tsuruoka Park Rest House
Training Building

Hiyoshi Campus

Shonan Fujisawa Campus

4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa 223-8521
Tel +81-45-563-1111

5322 Endo, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa 252-8520
Tel +81-466-47-5111• 1-minute walk from Hiyoshi St. (Tokyu Toyoko Line);
Approximately 25 minutes by train from Shibuya to
Hiyoshi (20 minutes by express).
Approximately 20 minutes by train from Yokohama to
Hiyoshi (15 minutes by express).
Approximately 20 minutes by train from Shin-Yokohama
to Hiyoshi via Kikuna.

• Approximately 15 minutes by bus from Shonandai St.
(Odakyu Enoshima Line, Sagami Tetsudo Izumino Line,or Yokohama Subway Line);• Approximately 30 minutes by train from Yokohama to Shonandai.
Approximately 25 minutes by bus from Tsujido St.
(JR Tokaido Line);
Approximately 30 minutes by train from Yokohama to Tsujido.

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Shinanomachi Campus• Office of Research Administration,
Shinanomachi Campus
ras-shinanomachi@adst.keio.ac.jp

By air: approximately 60 minutes from Tokyo Haneda
Airport to Shonai Airport, approximately 25 and 18
minutes by car from Shonai Airport to Center Building
and Bio-lab, respectively.
By train: approximately 120 minutes by Joetsu
Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo St. to Niigata St.,
then approximately 120 minutes by Uetsu Honsen(main line) from Niigata St. to Tsuruoka St., then 5
minutes by car.

Shonan Fujisawa Campus• Office of Research Administration,
Shonan Fujisawa Campus
kri-sfc@sfc.keio.ac.jp• Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus
k2-tc@adst.keio.ac.jp• Tsuruoka Town Campus
office@ttck.keio.ac.jp

Yagami Campus

Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus

JR local lines

3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa 223-8522
Tel +81-45-563-1141

144-8 Ogura, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi,
Kanagawa 212-0054
TEL +81-44-580-1580

JR Shinkansen• 15-minute walk from Hiyoshi St. (Tokyu Toyoko Line);
Approximately 25 minutes by train from Shibuya to
Hiyoshi (20 minutes by express).
Approximately 20 minutes by train from Yokohama to
Hiyoshi (15 minutes by express).
Approximately 20 minutes by train from Shin-Yokohama
to Hiyoshi via Kikuna.
• Approximately 10 minutes by car from Shin-Kawasaki St.
(JR Yokosuka Line);
Approximately 20 minutes by train from Tokyo to ShinKawasaki
Approximately 12 minutes by train from Shinagawa to
Shin-Kawasaki.
Approximately 9 minutes by train from Yokohama to
Shin-Kawasaki.

• 10-minute walk from Shin-Kawasaki St.
(JR Yokosuka Line);
Approximately 20 minutes by train from Tokyo toShin-Kawasaki.
Approximately 12 minutes by train from Shinagawa to
Shin-Kawasaki.
Approximately 9 minutes by train from Yokohama to
Shin-Kawasaki.
• 15-minute walk from Kashimada St. (JR Nambu Line);
Approximately 7 minutes by train from Kawasaki to
Kashimada.

Private railways

JR Yamanote Line

SubwayJR KeihinTohoku LineBus

Oedo Line
Namboku Line
Shinjuku

Nagatsuta

Sagamiono

JR Nambu Line

HiyoshiCampus

MachidaShinanomachi
Campus

JR Chuo Line

YagamiCampusShinanomachi

Odakyu Line

Chuo-Rinkan
JR Yokohama Line

HiyoshiDen-en-chofu
Musashi-Kosugi

YamatoTokyu
Toyoko LineJiyu-gaoka

Mita Line

Ebisu

JR Tokaido Shinkansen

Kikuna Shin-Kawasaki

Tokyu Meguro Line

Town Campus

JR Tokaido Shinkansen

Futamatagawa

Shonan Fujisawa
Campus

Sotetsu Izumino Line

JR Yokosuka Line

Shin-Kawasaki

Tokyo

HibiyaNakameguro

Hibiya Line

Akabanebashi
Asakusa Line

Azabu-Juban
Shin-Yokohama

Odakyu Enoshima Line

Mita
CampusMeguroGotandaDaimonMita
Hamamatsucho

Yokohama

Kawasaki

JR Tokaido Line

Oimachi

Shinagawa

Keikyu-Kamata
Totsuka
TsujidoKeihinkyuko LineFujisawa
Haneda Airport

Tokyo Monorail

Tamachi

Shimbashi

Oedo Line

Kashimada
Shonandai

Akihabara

Ochanomizu

Suidobashi

Namboku Line

ShibuyaAzaminoSotetsu Line

JR Sobu Line
Iidabashi

Kokuritsukyogijyo

Futakotamagawa

Tokyu Denentoshi Line

Yokohama
SubwayLine

Yotsuya

Yoyogi