A project in which special recognition professor Tsutomu Sawai participates as Deputy Project Leader, titled “Co-creation Center for Marine Cultural Cities centered on Marine Remote Sensing Technology,” has been selected for the FY2026 “Full-cale type” of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Program on Open Innovation Platforms for
Industry-academia Co-creation (COI-NEXT). Following an upgrade review of six “Fostering type” projects selected in FY2024, two projects, including this one, were promoted to the Full-scale type.

Our division is spearheading Research Task 4: “Co-creating the Future for the Social Implementation of Remote Sensing Technology based on RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation).”

With this upgrade, we will advance our initiatives towards realising ‘Marine Cultural Cities’ over the next ten years, starting from FY2026.