The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries certified two new development and supply implementation plans under the Act on the Promotion of the Use of Smart Agricultural Technologies to...
The Financial Services Agency announced that International Policy Administrator Inaba spoke at ISDA Derivatives Trading Forum Tokyo 2026 on October 23, 2026. The speech was titled “Derivatives: Grit,...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has opened applications from local governments to host Global Startup EXPO continuously from 2027 through 2029, aiming to make it a worldleading deep tech...
On October 27, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akazawa met with members of ABAC Japan and received the 2026 “Recommendations to APEC Leaders,” centered on ABAC’s 2026 themes of “Openness,”...
IPA publishes reports on international trends to help review development practices in Japan’s software industry against global developments. In April 2024, it surveyed international trends, focusing...
The Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee of the Information and Communications Council’s IP Network Equipment Committee invited comments on a draft committee report concerning...
On October 15, 2026, the Road Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held the 12th JapanIndia Road Exchange Conference in New Delhi with India’s Ministry of Road...
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has opened applications for the sixth selection of its startup support program, JStartup, introducing an open application process. Eligible startups...
Under the Innovative Information and Communications Technology (Beyond 5G (6G)) Fund Project, funded through the Information and Communications R&D Fund established at NICT by the Ministry of...
JETRO has selected 35 Japanbased startups to exhibit at CES 2027, which will be held in Las Vegas, United States, in January 2027. The Japan Pavilion in Eureka Park, the event’s startup area, is...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has selected six recipients of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Chairperson’s Award for the 2026 (22nd) Young Agriculture,...
The 6th meeting will be held online on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, from 14:00 to 16:00. The agenda includes a presentation and discussion with Yoshiaki Hiroi, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University,...
On October 9, 2026, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and NEDO held the 8th International Conference on Carbon Recycling for Industry, Academia, and Government. Government officials and...
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki congratulated Professor Emeritus Kenso Soai of Tokyo University of Science on winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, calling the discovery of asymmetric...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will honor 446 construction workers with outstanding technical and practical skills as Construction Masters, and 120 young skilled workers...
METI ViceMinister for International Affairs Arai attended the 23rd Annual Meeting of the STS Forum in Kyoto. He met with Thai officials and representatives of the European Commission’s Joint Research...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry held Global Startup EXPO 2026 in Osaka Prefecture, an event showcasing to the world the technologies and services of startups, particularly in deep tech....
Chapter 9 of the MLIT White Paper, “Advancing DX and Technology R&D,” consists of five sections: “Enhancing and Streamlining through DX,” “Promoting Innovation through the Use of Digital Technology,”...
Chapter 9, “Advancing Science and Technology,” sets out a policy of continuously acquiring scientific knowledge about water and promoting collaboration with research institutions and academic...
On October 2, 2026, Parliamentary ViceMinister of Economy, Trade and Industry Wakayama received a courtesy visit from Paulius Petrauskas, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Innovation. They...