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The "Moonshot R&D Program" aims to create disruptive innovations originating in Japan,
promoting ambitious R&D based on daring ideas that are not just extensions of conventional technologies. > About -
Realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050.
Moonshot Goal 1 -
Realization of ultra-early disease prediction and intervention by 2050.
Moonshot Goal 2 -
Realization of AI robots that autonomously learn, adapt to their environment, evolve in intelligence and act alongside human beings, by 2050.
Moonshot Goal 3 -
Realization of a fault-tolerant universal quantum computer that will revolutionize economy, industry, and security by 2050.
Moonshot Goal 6 -
Realization of a society safe from the threat of extreme winds and rains by controlling and modifying the weather by 2050.
Moonshot Goal 8 -
Realization of a mentally healthy and dynamic society by increasing peace of mind and vitality by 2050.
Moonshot Goal 9
Programs
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Goal1
Realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050.
Program Director
HAGITA Norihiro
Chair and Professor,
Art Science Department, Osaka University of Arts -
Goal2
Realization of ultra-early disease prediction and intervention by 2050.
Program Director
SOBUE Gen
Chairperson,
Aichi Medical University -
Goal3
Realization of AI robots that autonomously learn, adapt to their environment, evolve in intelligence and act alongside human beings, by 2050.
Program Director
FUKUDA Toshio
Visiting Professor,
Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University -
Goal4
Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050.
Program Director
YAMAJI Kenji
President, Director-General of the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Link to external site (NEDO) -
Goal5
Creation of the industry that enables sustainable global food supply by exploiting unused biological resources by 2050.
Program Director
CHIBA Kazuhiro
President,
Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyLink to external site (BRAIN) -
Goal6
Realization of a fault-tolerant universal quantum computer that will revolutionize economy, industry, and security by 2050.
Program Director
KITAGAWA Masahiro
Professor,
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University -
Goal7
Realization of sustainable care systems to overcome major diseases by 2040,for enjoying one’s life with relief and release from health concerns until 100 years old
Program Director
HIRANO Toshio
Professor Emeritus
and former President
of Osaka UniversityLink to external site (AMED) -
Goal8
Realization of a society safe from the threat of extreme winds and rains by controlling and modifying the weather by 2050.
Program Director
MIYOSHI Takemasa
Team Leader,
Center for Computational Science, Data Assimilation Research Team, RIKEN -
Goal9
Realization of a mentally healthy and dynamic society by increasing peace of mind and vitality by 2050.
Program Director
KUMAGAI Seiji
Associate Professor,
Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University