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# Inside the Lab

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From university laboratories to corporate R&D centers, groundbreaking innovations are taking shape across Japan every day. The country that gave the world QR codes, emoji and the PlayStation, all within the space of just five years, has a particular knack for taking an initial research “seed” and turning it into something truly transformative. Here, business and education leaders share their thoughts on Japan’s future. 

**Hideki Kimura, president of Tokai University**  
“Tokai University has many promising research seeds, and I would like to help nurture them. The most important thing is how we can bring research back to society. Researchers often focus on publishing papers and presenting their work at academic conferences, but I think there are still relatively few researchers in Japan who take the next step of thinking about how their research can be applied to society.”

**Ryo Shimizu, senior executive director of Yamato Scale Co., Ltd.**   
“From a technical perspective, one of our main themes today is how to adapt our products to full automation environments. The challenge lies not only in adopting new technologies but in integrating them seamlessly into our existing products and systems.”

**Kazuyuki Inui, president of TAIHO Co., Ltd.**  
“We believe human resources will be critical to our growth. It is not only about hiring, but also about how we develop people. The mindset of younger employees is different from our generation, so the way we support and nurture them must also evolve.”

#### Japan is targeting a cumulative

### ¥180 trillion 

### ($1.14 trillion)

#### in combined public-private R&D investment over the next five years

\*MEXT, _7th Science_ _Technology and Innovation Basic Plan (FY2026–30)_

**Kazufumi Ishii, president of KINBOSHI Inc.**  
“When we expand into new fields, there is usually a connecting link. Our R&D is driven less by specific products and more by identifying broader challenges and developing technologies that can provide solutions.”

**Izuru Umehara, president of Yokohama National University**  
“We do not focus only on a single kind of technology in each field, such as semiconductors, hydrogen or batteries. Rather, we focus on overarching themes that affect global society as a whole and seek out the most suitable solutions within each discipline.”

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