UMADA Takaaki Visiting Senior Fellow Director, FoundX, The University of Tokyo Profile UMADA Takaaki is Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has engaged himself in supporting startups and educating on entrepreneurship since 2019. Prior to that, he worked for Microsoft Japan and Hongo Tech Garage at The University of Tokyo. He …
“API Geoeconomic Briefing” is a weekly analysis of significant geopolitical and geoeconomic developments that precede the post-pandemic world. The briefing is written by experts at Asia Pacific Initiative (API) and includes an assessment of burgeoning trends in international politics and economics and the possible impact on Japan’s national interests and strategic response. (Editor-in-chief: Dr. HOSOYA …
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Asia Pacific Initiative (API) is pleased to announce that UMADA Takaaki, Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, joined our institution on July 1, 2021, as a Senior Visiting Fellow. < Profile of UMADA Takaaki> UMADA Takaaki is Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has engaged himself in supporting startups and …
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On January 24th, 2021, UMADA Takaaki, Chair of API’s Social Implementation of Technology project, published Mirai wo Jisso Suru [Implementing the Future] with Eiji Press in Japanese. This book provides the result of studies and interviews collected by API’s working group on Japan’s “social implementation” – or the diffusion of technology – conducted from April …
[Recruitment] Research Assistant (Native English Speaker) to Chairman Funabashi Asia Pacific Initiative (API) seeks a Research Assistant (native English speaker) to its Chairman, Dr. FUNABASHI Yoichi. For details, please click here . <API Geoeconomic Briefing> Posted on June 17, 2021Why the world depends on Taiwan and TSMC’s high-performance chips (KAWAKAMI Momoko)Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. …
Project Outline AI and self-driving cars: how should we implement these cutting-edge technologies in our society? This is the fundamental question for the concept of “social implementation” in the context of technology. During the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in which advanced technologies are used in tandem as part of one larger highly sophisticated …
Project Outline PEP (Policy Entrepreneur’s Platform) is a platform that focuses on building an environment for policy entrepreneurs to make influential policies through training, partnerships, and recognition of policy entrepreneurs. On March 15th, 2019, the book “What is the Think Tank?-Age of Policy Entrepreneurship”, written by Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, API Chairman, was published by Chuokoron-Shinsha. …
Asia Pacific Initiative (API) organized a symposium called “Zooming PEP 2020 – Policy Entrepreneurs’ Platform: opening the door” in Tokyo on 15th July 2020. It was held to commemorate the launch of API’s new initiative: The Policy Entrepreneur’s Platform (PEP). The day began by a core panel discussing the concept of policy entrepreneurship and then …
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Project List The IOG is a private and independent think tank that focuses on geoeconomics. It aims to be a hub for intellectual exchange in the Asia-Pacific region and make a significant global impact. It will utilize the network with foreign think tanks and contacts in government, business, and academia which API and I-House have …
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