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AIST TODAYNo.2 2001

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Opening of Tokyo Academic Park
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, President

The photo of Park Superintendent Hiroyuki Yoshikawa .
Park Superintendent
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa
The grand ceremony for the opening of Tokyo Academic Park, was held on the 9th of July, 2001 which has been under construction in Tokyo Waterfront, the Aomi area (Koto-ku, Tokyo) since 1998.

Tokyo Academic Park consists of three facilities: AIST Tokyo Waterfront (under control of AIST), Tokyo International Exchange Center (under Association of International Education, Japan) and National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (under Japan Science and Technology Corporation).

Dr.Yoshikawa, President of AIST was appointed as Park Superintendent of Tokyo Academic Park.


The photo of the Opening of Tokyo Academic Park.



Tokyo Academic Park as the Network Hub of Leading-edge Research Information

By smoothly combining its three functions, "International Exchange", "Information Sharing" and "Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration", Tokyo Academic Park aims to promote a highly intellectual exchange and encourage the creation of new philosophies and technologies beyond any barrier between generations or academic fields. The Park is given a significant role to form an intellectual network nurturing academic leaders world wide. The results of such activities will be publicised through the various media.




The photo of Tokyo Academic Park.

The map of Location and Directions.


AIST Tokyo Waterfront

AIST Tokyo Waterfront plays an integral role in industry-academia-government collaboration as an international research base, pursuing the research and development projects of cutting-edge technologies, which will promise the creation of new industry and market expansion. Their another significant role is to encourage academic exchange of aiming at publicising their research results and promoting information sharing amongst different research fields.




The appearance photoof the AIST Tokyo Waterfront.
The view1 of the inside. The view2 of the inside. The view3 of the inside.


Research Units

Currently AIST is conducting its research activities at a number of research units including 23 research centers, 22 research institutes, 2 special divisions and 7 research initiatives nationwide, amongst which 4 centers and 1 research initiative have been incorporated into the AIST Tokyo Waterfront. They pursue the research and development projects of cutting-edge technologies, which will promise the creation of new industry and market expansion.


The figure of the research units.

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