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Infrastructual Improvement of International Exchanges
Strategic International Research Cooperative Program
This program promotes international exchanges between researchers on specific research areas which MEXT assigns. JST has practiced 79 projects with 9 countries.
| Year | Counterpart Country | Field of cooperation（number of projects） |
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| F2004 | U.S. | ・S & T for a Secure & Safe Society（5） |
| China | ・S & T for Environmental Conservation & Construction of a Society with Less Environmental Burden（8） |
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| Korea | ・Life Science | |
| U.K. | ・Bionanotechnology（9） | |
| Japan-China-Korea | ・Trilateral mutual projects（4） | |
| F2005 | U.S. | ・S & T for a Secure & Safe Society （Critical Information Infrastructure Protection）（4） |
| China | ・S & T for Environmental Conservation & Construction of a Society with Less Environmental Burden（5） | |
| U.K. | ・Bionanotechnology, Structural Genomics and Proteomics（5） | |
| France | ・ICT including Computer Science（5） | |
| Sweden | ・Multidisciplinary BIO（5） | |
| South Africa | ・Add Value to indigenous Plants in South Africa to Aid in Combating Infectious Diseases（1） | |
| F2006 | U.S. | ・S & T for a Secure & Safe Society（Critical Information Infrastructural Protection）（3） |
| China | ・S & T for Environmental Conservation & Construction of a Society with Less Environmental Burden （impact assessment of pollution and degradation of the river basin area and countermeasure technology） （5） | |
| U.K. | ・Bionanotechnology, Structural Genomics and Proteomics（5） | |
| France | ・ICT including Computer Science（5） | |
| Sweden | ・Multidisciplinary BIO（5） | |
| F2007 | Sweden | ・Multidisciplinary BIO（5） |
| Germany | ・Nanoelectronics (8) | |
| India | ・Multidisciplinary ICT | |
| China(NSFC) | ･S & T for Environmental conservation & Construction of a Society with Less Environmental Burden |
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| China(MOST) | ･Material Technology for Environmental Conservation & Advanced Utilization of Energy |
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| France | ･ICT including Computer Science | |
| U.S. | ･S & T for a Secure & Safe Society （Sensor） |
Promoting cooperation in Southeast Asia （※）
This Program has held 17 WSs and Seminars Since F1999
(※)Promotion dissemination of S & T information
JAFoE Symposium
This program has held 7 symposiums since F2000 in Japan and the U.S., providing a place where young can find new possibilities in their research and foster interdisciplinary research.
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Housing for Foreign Researchers
support of researchers and their families
High degree of satisfaction （93% of residents in F2006）
Asian Science & Technology Forum（※）
Solving social issues shared in common throughout Asia through the application of Science and Technology 【Participating countries】：China, Korea, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar. Bangladesh, U.S. etc.
Asian Science and Technology Forum
The 1st Sep/2005 Tokyo
The 2nd Sep/2006 Tokyo
The 3rd Oct/2007 Tokyo
Asian Science and Technology Seminar
Malaysia March/ 2006（Penang, Malaysia）
Thailand March/2006（Bangkok, Thailand）
Mongolia March/ 2007（Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia）
Indonesia March/ 2007（Jakarta, Indonesia）
Japan October/2007(Tsukuba, Japan)
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(※)The Special coordination Funds for Promoting S & T
