Institutional Research for Effective Management at a Research Institute: Our Future Plans The recent decline in operating expenses subsidy has made the importance of strategic management more essential for National Research and Development Agencies in Japan. For this reason, it is necessary for executives to grasp the current state of the organization correctly in order to make quick and accurate decisions. As we, Japan Agency for MarineEarth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), have many large facilities, and the burden of these operating expenses is increasing. Planning office members in JAMSTEC report on IR policies aimed at capturing the signs of potential issues in advance, and directing the operation toward the future and extracting improvement points.

Investigating Problems of Research and Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Japan Japan is behind the United States in industrialization of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thus, we must clarify the problems with AI research and development (Ru0026D) in Japan. In the field of technology management, many studies have examined Ru0026D activities using scientific papers or patent data, which represent the output of basic research and applied research, respectively. We attempt to reveal problem with the Ru0026D of AI technology in Japan by analyzing data pertaining to patents and scientific papers, focusing on the linkage between basic and applied research. We demonstrate that Japan is weak in terms of patent clusters with no related to paper clusters. In addition, regarding patent clusters that are related to one or more paper clusters, we demonstrate that Japan has both strengths and weaknesses in these fields. Our findings could provide suggestions for Ru0026D strategy and policy related to AI.