Established in June 2006 as a private group of business leaders.
To strengthen the international competitiveness of Japan’s key technology-based industries, the foundation of the sustainable development of a state.
To discuss and put together the diverse knowledge of Japanese industry, then propose scientific and technological policies leading to solution-driven innovation and related industrial policies, while clarifying the role of governmental and private sectors.
To make proposals to the government and then promote measures to be implemented.
Board of Directors
- Representative Director
- Sadayuki Sakakibara
- Chairman of the Board,
- Toray Industries, Inc.
Working Committee
- Chairman
- Michiharu Nakamura
- President, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Secretariat
- Chief of Office
- Takao Nakatsuka
- E-mail; cocn.office.aj@hitachi.com
- COCN Plenary Meeting
Roundtable meeting to exchange views on Science and Technology Policy
Composed of senior government officials, Members of the Diet, Members of CSTP(*) and COCN. - Reports and Proposals
For each subject on Science and Technology Policy settled by The Board of Directors:
Forming a task force project
Reporting on proposals to government, academia and industry - Coordination and Collaboration
Building relationships and working in close cooperation with:
Government, Members of CSTP, Members of the Diet
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), academia
(*)CSTP: The Government Council for Science and Technology Policy
Board of Directors
- Decide policies and goals
- Approve proposals or reports
| Representative Director | |
|---|---|
| Sadayuki Sakakibara | Chairman of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc. |
| Deputy Representative Director | |
| Hajime Sasaki | Exective Adviser, NEC Corporation |
| Director (member) | |
| Junichi Hamada | President, Tokyo University |
| Tsunehisa Katsumata | Chairman, Tokyo Electric Power Company |
| Mitsuyoshi Nakamura | President, Kajima Corporation |
| Tamotsu Nomakuchi | President of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| Kazuo Tsukuda | Chairman, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| Fumiaki Watari | Senior Executive Adviser,JX Holdings, Inc. |
| Directors (non-members) | |
| Michiharu Nakamura | Chairman, COCN working Committee President, Japan Science and Technology Agency |
| Satoshi Mukuta | Managing Director, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) |
| Katsuhiko Shirai | Chairperson, THE FOUNDATION FOR THE OPEN UNiVERSITY OF JAPAN Executive Advisor for Academic Affairs, Waseda University |
Working Committee
- Carries out COCN policy
- Forms a task force and manages proposal making
- Coordinates with government, members of the Diet or other industries
| Chairman | |
|---|---|
| Michiharu Nakamura | President, Japan Science and Technology Agency |
| Committee members | |
| Mutsuhiro Arinobu | Comptroller, Tokyo University |
| Botaro Hirosaki | Executive adviser, NEC Corporation |
| Ikutoshi Matsumura | Executive Consultant, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation |
| Toshinori Moriyasu | Adviser, Toshiba Corporation |
| Kenji Oeda | Executive Director, RIKEN |
| Kazuharu Shimizu | Director, Toray Industries, Inc. Visiting Professor, Kyoto University |
| Masaharu Sumikawa | Director, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Yoichiro Takekuro | Adviser, Ulvac Corporation |
| Tatsuo Tomita | President, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. |
| Masatoshi Urashima | Managing Executive Officer, Kajima Corporation |
| Hiroyuki Watanabe | Senior Technical Executive, Toyota Motor Corporation |
Secretariat (Chief of Office)
| Takao Nakatsuka | Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Industry, 32 members | |
|---|---|
| Ryoji Chubachi | Vice Chairman, Sony Corporation |
| Tetsuro Higashi | Chairman of the Board, Tokyo Electron Limited |
| Mototsugu Ito | Executive Adviser, IHI Co., Ltd. |
| Mikio Katayama | President , Sharp Corporation |
| Tsunehisa Katsumata | Chairman, Tokyo Electric Power Company |
| Yasuo Katsura | Executive Vice President, Panasonic Corporation |
| Takashi Kawamura | Chairman of the Board, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Yoshitoshi Kitajima | President, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. |
| Masayoshi Matsumoto | President & CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. |
| Michiyoshi Mazuka | Chairman, Fujitsu Limited |
| Akio Mimura | Chairman, Nippon Steel Corporation |
| Osamu Nagayama | President, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| Mitsuyoshi Nakamura | President, Kajima Corporation |
| Toyonori Noda | Executive Vice President, Central Japan Railway Company |
| Tetsuya Nomura | Chairman, Shimizu Corporation |
| Motoyuki Oka | Chairman, Sumitomo Corporation |
| Tadashi Okamura | Executive Adviser, Toshiba Corporation |
| Sadayuki Sakakibara | Chairman of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc. |
| Hajime Sasaki | Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation |
| Mikio Sasaki | Senior Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| Setsuhiro Shimomura | Chairman, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| Katsumasa Shinozuka | Senior Adviser, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Mitsunori Shirakura | Executive Vice President, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. |
| Takashi Shoda | Representative Director, Chairman, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. |
| Kyoichi Suwa | Senior Executive Officer, Nikon Corporation |
| Kazuyuki Tanaka | President & CEO Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Kazuo Tsukuda | Chairman, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| Koji Uchida | President, Canon Inc. |
| Katsuaki Watanabe | Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Fumiaki Watari | Senior Executive Adviser, JX Holdings, Inc. |
| Hiromasa Yonekura | Chairman, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Yoshinori Yoshida | Chairman, JSR Corporation |
| Academia & National Institute , 5 members | |
| Junichi Hamada | President, Tokyo University |
| Kenichi Iga | President, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Kaoru Kamata | President, Waseda University |
| Hiroshi Matsumoto | President, Kyoto University |
| Tamotsu Nomakuchi | President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
All COCN members, fund their own costs of participating in any activities, in addition to paying a minimum annual contribution fee to the secretariat.
Completed reports available in Japanese
report preparation
* completed
*** in progress
- Environment Technology for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Society
- New intelligent transportation system*
- Bio-fuel from cellulose*
- Water resource & healthy water circulation*
- Sustainable production technology for recycling materials*
- Energy system for efficient use of waste heat and renewable resources*
- Fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen filling infrastructure*
- Development and promotion of advanced heat pumps*
- New applications for Lithium-ion batteries*
- Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles*
- Workshop on the Relationship between Ecosystems and Corporations***
- Strategy for Commercial Production of Biofuels from Microalgae***
- Resource circulation system for stability securing of rare metals***
- The Development of General Standard for Sustainable Smart City and Comprehensive Social Structure***
- Comfortable, Safe and Reliable Society
- Intellectual, productive and comfortable ubiquitous environment*
- Environment restoration (preventing contamination of water and soil)*
- Life-assist system for safety and security in aging society*
- Advanced urban infrastructure responding to technology innovation*
- Application of industrial technologies to agriculture, forestry and fisheries*
- Products, services, infrastructure and social systems for an active aging society*
- Productivity innovation for enterprise software development*
- Project to Define an Inter-cloud Information Sharing Foundation for Secure Utilization of Personal and/or Enterprise Information***
- Robots and their use in disaster situations***
- Next transformation in the field of health services***
- Global Manufacturing & Solutions***
- Resilient economy***
- High Technology to Break into Pioneer Fields
- New technology for semiconductors to meet future challenges*
- Fusion of MEMS with nanotechnology and biotechnology*
- Next generation power electronics technology using SiC*
- Proposal to establish Japan Nanoelectronics Research Center*
- Direction of the advanced semiconductor R & D for the future competitiveness of the industry***
- Study Group for next-generation HPC modeling and simulation to strengthen Japanese MONOZUKURI***
- Infrastructure for Competitiveness
- Proposal for world-leading research institutes in Japan*
- Higher standards in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for careers in industry*
- Fair taxation compared with foreign preferential treatment*
- Human resources education and training to support foundations of competitiveness*
- Teaching science and product creation to schoolchildren*
- PhD Human Resource Development in Globalization Era*
- Development and utilization of global leaders***