The Breath of Collaboration of Academia, Industry, and Governmental Sectors in Japan

The research environment of science and technology is going to change rapidly (dramatically) with the change of Japanese society change at the turn of the century. In this article, a discussion on what kind of academic policy put into the effect aiming to enhance collaborative research in Japanese universities and to foster interdisciplinary research between separate established organizations is attempted. A typical example of a successful system, The Advanced Research Institute of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, will be described.