Bilateral Agreements on Cooperation in Science and Technology, and Joint Committees

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1 Bilateral Agreements on Cooperation in Science and Technology, and Joint Committees Bilateral meetings Aiming to promote cooperative relationships with other countries in the field of science and technology, Japan has concluded bilateral agreements on cooperation in science and technology with 47 countries and organizations (32 agreements in total). Under the agreements, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Cabinet Office (CAO), and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), has been undertaking a variety of cooperative activities, including information exchange on R&D and joint research, through a joint committee on cooperation in science and technology, and other councils. METI has also been partaking in meetings related to bilateral industrial, courtesy calls and other activities in the field as needed. U.S.A. 6/20/88 Canada 5/7/86 Mexico 4/1/05 England 6/13/94 Norway 5/27/03 EU 11/30/09 Spain 9/1/10 Holland 6/3/97 France 6/5/91 Germany 10/8/74 Italy 10/7/88 Switzerland 7/10/07 Former Czechoslovakia (2) 11/13/78 Former Yugoslavia(5) 2/18/82 Sweden 1/18/99 Hungary 5/15/79 Israel 8/3/95 Poland 11/16/78 Russia 9/4/00 Romania 4/8/75 Bulgaria 3/15/78 Finland 12/12/97 Thailand 4/3/07 Former Soviet Union(10)10/10/73 China 5/28/80 Vietnam 8/21/06 Korea 12/20/85 Chile 3/27/07 Brazil 6/20/85 Egypt 6/3/10 India 11/29/85 Malaysia 7/13/06 Singapore 11/30/02 Philippines 9/9/06 Indonesia 4/28/81 Brunei 6/15/07 Bilateral Agreement (32 Agreements, 47countries total) EPA which including an article on S&T cooperation South Africa 8/28/03 Australia 11/27/80 NZ 10/28/09

2 International R&D Projects Private sector support for international joint development Purpose and outline of the projects Aiming to boost the industrial competitiveness of Japanese companies, Japan has been engaging in international joint R&D with overseas companies that possess outstanding and expertise, through which Japan will seek to leverage international know-how and developments in S&T in achieving the goal of creating cutting-edge in an efficient manner. Eligibilities (target organizations, target activities, subsidy ratios, etc.) Government NEDO Private companies, etc. Granting payment Subsidiary (Japanese side) METI NEDO Providing support, e.g., funding Japanese companies Cooperation frameworks, etc. MOC Concrete support measures, etc. MOU [i] Joint public invitation for applicants [ii] Examination respectively in Japan and partner country [iii] Announcement of adoption and determination of finalized applicants (Joint committees) Joint research ( Partner country side) Ministry of Economy Funding Agency Providing support, e.g., funding Private companies Major efforts under the MOC including: [i] Promoting the formulation of concrete projects that will lead to industrial cooperation, and [ii] Establishing a framework for providing funding. Major efforts under the MOU including: [i] Exchanging information on technical trends, fields of concern, etc., and [ii] Providing concrete measures for providing support in joint projects. 2

3 International Joint R&D Program on Clean Energy Technology Research institute support for international joint development In November 2015, the Paris agreement was issued and Japan joined Mission Innovation (MI). The key to acting against climate change without sacrificing economic growth is the development of innovative. Japan formulated the National Energy and Environment Strategy for Technological Innovation towards Prospective focused areas are identified and research and development on them are strengthened. At the G7 Kitakyushu Energy Ministerial Meeting in May 2016, the countries stated that they intended to play a leading role in MI and encourage collaboration among relevant research laboratories and institutes to promote the development of innovative clean energy. International Joint Research and Development to generate excellent research outputs by gathering advanced and resources Geothermal power generation Hydrogen carrier Smart grid Photovoltaic power Biomass Global collaboration on basic research activities High revel research institutes with leading edge technology Creation of Innovative energy which have high potential GHG reduction 3

4 Promotion of International Cooperation in Industrial Technology Joint research among research institutes Development of focal points as identified in the Revised Innovation Plan for Environment and Energy Technology has been accelerated through cooperation among research institutes. Global society has to achieve the goal of reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by half before However, the efforts for enhancing and disseminating existing towards this end are limited. To overcome this challenge, Japan will develop more innovative from a mid- to long-term perspective as well as contributing to the goals set by the COP21. Short- to mid-term Mid- to long-term Examples of the projects Existing technology path Improving and disseminating existing Wide variety of existing Supercritical geothermal power generation deep underground Low-cost ultra high-efficiency PV using layers of single crystal thin films Approximately 30 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide 現在の排出量 Secondary cells working under severe ambient temperatures Thermoelectric power generation/cooling Artificial photosynthesis (synthesis of useful chemical products) Disseminating more innovative Utilization of biomass (biofuels, bio-hydrogen) Manufacturing, transporting and storing of hydrogen (hydrogen carriers) Target of reducing the global greenhouse gas emissions by half

5 Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the Government of Japan will set up an annual global conference, Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) held every year in October. ICEF is aimed at providing a platform to promote discussions and cooperation among researchers, businesses and policy makers from around the world in order to address climate change through innovation of energy and environmental, including their dissemination. ICEF Steering Committee Members Nobuo Tanaka(Chair) President, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA), Japan Sally M. Benson Professor, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, United States Georg Erdmann Professor, Berlin University of Technology, Germany Eija-Riitta Korhola Delegate of the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change, Adviser in the EU affairs, Finland Reiko Kuroda Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary-General, Japan Richard K. Lester Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Ajay Mathur Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India Valli Moosa Former Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa Nebojsa Nakicenovic Deputy Director General and Deputy CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria David Sandalow Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, United States Ismail Serageldin Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt Vaclav Smil Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba, Canada Laurence Tubiana Special Representative for COP21 and French Ambassador for Climate Negotiation, France Kenji Yamaji Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Japan Itaru Yasui Honorary Adviser, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation(NITE), Japan 5