Forum of X-Center Japan (FoXc-J)

Corporate status

Unincorporated research organization

Founded

2012 April 1

Director

Chihiro Watanabe
Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology
Chair of the International Committee of the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management
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
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Business lineup

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

Major outcomes

Resilience against Beyond Anticipation - Policy Making Experiences and Current Endeavor (2013) reported to GXN.
Beyond Un-captured GDP (2014) reported to GXN.
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).
Dependency on Un-captured GDP as a Source of Resilience Beyond Economic Value (2015) reported to GXN.
Platform Ecosystems Impact on GDP (2015) reported to Finnish Academy supported project Platform Value Now (PVN).
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).
Nurturing Un-captured GDP for Resilience - Uber’s Ride-sharing Revolution (2016) reported to GXN.
ICT-driven Disruptive Business Model towards New Transformation (2016) reported to PVN.
Role of Trust in Resilience – Co-evolution between Trust in Teachers and Higher Education toward Digitally-rich Learning Environments (2017) reported to GXN.
ICT-driven Disruptive Business Model towards New Transformation (2) (2017) reported to PVN.
Digital Innovation Transforms the Concept of Growth and Competitiveness - Lessons from Digitalized Bioeconomy (2018) reported to GXN.
Creation of Uncaptured GDP - Lessons from Digitalized Bioeconomy (2018) reported to PVN.
Co-evolutionary Coupling Leads a Way to Space-time (2019) reported to GXN.
Generating Insights into Uncaptured GDP (2019) reported to PVN.
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.
Generating Insights into Uncaptured GDP (2020) reported to PVN.
Digital Challenge for Carbon Neutral – Lesson by Japan, Learning from Amazon (2021) reported to Academy of Finland.
Architecture of Innovation Partnership Platform: Comparison of Just-In-Time and Loose Coupling – A Case of Carbon Neutral (2021). reported to Academy of Finland.
RFESG Database supporting Digital Platforms for Transforming Economies (2021). reported to UNESCO.
Digital Awakening of the Japanese Model towards Carbon Neutral (2021) reported to the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management.
Renewal of Japanese-style Innovation for Decarbonization (2022) reported to the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management.
Digital Transformation Endogenizing a Solution to Decarbonization (2022) reported to University of Jyvaskyla.
Consequences of the Digitalization of the Economic Activities in the Transforming Economies - Unique Features of ICT (2022) reported to UNESCO.
Finland,the Happiest Country in the World that Develops the Way to Face the Superpower Russia in line with the Change of Times - History of Anguish and Resolve under the Digital Economy (2023) reported to the Forum of the Culture of Business Administration.
Fusing Manufacturing Strength with DX（2023） reported to UNIDO.
Fusing Manufacturing Capabilities for Decarbonization with DX Explosive Power of the Global South - Fusion of Manufacturing Capabilities and DX by Pursuing Japan-India Peer Effects (2023) reported to the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management.
Organized the Japan-India Pilot Symposium towards Decarbonization of the Global South　https://foxc-j.com/jisympo.html
Green Digital Innovation Expected to be Broken-through by Collaboration with Toyota for Historical Demand (2024) reported to University of Jyvaskyla.

Organization

Director: Chihiro Watanabe (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
https://foxc-j.com/index.html

Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Engineering)
Ph. D., the University of Tokyo
Deputy Director-General of Technology Development,
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Senior Advisor to the Director on Technology, IIASA
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore
Research Professor, University of Jyvaskyla
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Secretary General: Yuji Tou (Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University)

Graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Engineering)
Ph. D., Tokyo Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University
Auditor: Akira Nagamatsu (Professor, Tohoku University)

Graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University (Pedagogy)
Dr of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Senior Researcher, Hitachi, Ltd.
Professor, Yokohama City University
Professor, Tohoku University
Advisor: Pekka Neittaanmaki (Professor, University of Jyvaskyla; UNESCO Chair, Digital Platforms for Transforming Economies)

Graduated from University of Jyvaskyla (Science)
Ph. D., University of Jyvaskyla
Professor, University of Jyvaskyla
Dean of Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyvaskyla
UNESCO Chair, Digital Platforms for Transforming Economies; Charla Griffy-Brown （Professor, Arizona State University, Editor-in-Chief, Technology in Society）

BA, Harvard University
Ph.D., Griffith University, Australia
Researcher, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Tokyo
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor, Graziadio Business School, Pepperdine University
Professor, Arizona State University
Advisor (Indian institutes): Vinnie Jauhari (Director Education Industry WW Public Sector Team, Microsoft Corporation India Ltd.)

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Post Doc., Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University (Tokyo)
Professor and Head, Oxford Brookes University
Regional Lead India – HP Labs Open Innovation Office
Learning and Skills Lead, Microsoft Corporation India Ltd.
Cheif Representative of FoXc-J Indian branch
Secretary: Mayu Takeda

Research Fellow: Noritomo Ouchi, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University; Masaharu Tsujimoto, 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; Kirankumar Momaya, Professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Narasimalu Srikanth, Program Director of Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore