Forum of X-Center Japan (FoXc-J)

Japanese

Corporate status

Unincorporated research organization

Founded

2012 April 1

Director

Chihiro Watanabe
Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology
Former Research Professor of University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Former Deputy-Director-General of Ministry of International Trade & Industry

Location

2-4-2 Kitasenzoku Ota-ku, Tokyo 145-0062 Japan
+81 3-6426-2577

Business lineup

  1. Research-base of the Science of Institutional Management of Technology (SIMOT)
  2. Japan representative of Global X-Center Network (GXN)
  3. Secretariate of the International Committee of the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management
  4. Liaison office of University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Major outcomes

  1. Resilience against Beyond Anticipation - Policy Making Experiences and Current Endeavor (2013) reported to GXN.
  2. Beyond Un-captured GDP (2014) reported to GXN.
  3. Comparative Empirical Analysis of the Bipolarization of ICT Developed and Developing Countries, the Reality of their Paradox, and Measures to Overcome the Discrepancies (2014) reported to Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF).
  4. Dependency on Un-captured GDP as a Source of Resilience Beyond Economic Value (2015) reported to GXN.
  5. Platform Ecosystems Impact on GDP (2015) reported to Finnish Academy supported project Platform Value Now (PVN).
  6. Towards Japan’s Way of Institutional Innovation Learning from Finland and Singapore - Secret of High Competitiveness under Current Global Mega-trends (2015) reported to Fujitsu Research Institute (FRI).
  7. Nurturing Un-captured GDP for Resilience - Uber’s Ride-sharing Revolution (2016) reported to GXN.
  8. ICT-driven Disruptive Business Model towards New Transformation (2016) reported to PVN.
  9. Role of Trust in Resilience – Co-evolution between Trust in Teachers and Higher Education toward Digitally-rich Learning Environments (2017) reported to GXN.
  10. ICT-driven Disruptive Business Model towards New Transformation (2) (2017) reported to PVN.
  11. Digital Innovation Transforms the Concept of Growth and Competitiveness - Lessons from Digitalized Bioeconomy (2018) reported to GXN.
  12. Creation of Uncaptured GDP - Lessons from Digitalized Bioeconomy (2018) reported to PVN.
  13. Co-evolutionary Coupling Leads a Way to Space-time (2019) reported to GXN.
  14. Generating Insights into Uncaptured GDP (2019) reported to PVN.
  15. Co-evolutionary Coupling Leads a Way to a Novel Concept of R&D
    – Embedding a Growth Characteristic during an R&D Process (2019) reported to PVN.
  16. Generating Insights into Uncaptured GDP (2020) reported to PVN.
  17. Digital Challenge for Carbon Neutral – Lesson by Japan, Learning from Amazon (2021) reported to Academy of Finland.
  18. Architecture of Innovation Partnership Platform: Comparison of Just-In-Time and Loose Coupling – A Case of Carbon Neutral (2021). reported to Academy of Finland.
  19. RFESG Database supporting Digital Platforms for Transforming Economies (2021). reported to UNESCO.
  20. Digital Awakening of the Japanese Model towards Carbon Neutral (2021) reported to the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management.
  21. Renewal of Japanese-style Innovation for Decarbonization (2022) reported to the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management.
  22. Digital Transformation Endogenizing a Solution to Decarbonization (2022) reported to University of Jyvaskyla.
  23. Consequences of the Digitalization of the Economic Activities in the Transforming Economies - Unique Features of ICT (2022) reported to UNESCO.

Organization

Director
Chihiro Watanabe
Secretary General
Yuji Tou (Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Secretary
Mayu Takeda
Auditor
Akira Nagamatsu (Professor, Tohoku University)
Advisor
Pekka Neittaanmaki (Professor, University of Jyvaskyla; UNESCO Chair, Digital Platforms for Transforming Economies)
Research Fellow
Kayano Fukuda, Senior Officer, Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)
Noritomo Ouchi, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
Masaharu Tsujimoto, Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hiroshi Takahashi, Ex-Fujitsu
Weilin Zhao, Senior Researcher, Itoucyu Research Institute
Annapoornima Subramanian, Associate Professor of National University of Singapore
Bing Zhu, Professor of Tshinghua University, China
Byong-Sam Choi, Director of Korea Institute of Science & Technology Policy