Vision Matching 2026, an identical occasion connecting college members and graduate college students concerned within the Innovative-Life Society Visionary Initiative with organizations collaborating within the Super Smart Society Promotion Consortium, was held on June 3, 2026, at Science Tokyo Front. At the occasion, early-career college members and graduate college students from the college interacted with consortium member organizations by way of roughly 100 poster displays. By sharing and resonating with one another’s wants and seeds, members explored alternatives for vision-driven co-creation and established new connections with potential collaborative companions. Approximately 200 members, together with representatives from 30 consortium member organizations listed beneath, attended the occasion. Lively discussions happened all through the venue, leading to roughly 90 matches, together with agreements to pursue future collaborative analysis and partnership discussions. The occasion thus offered a beneficial alternative to advance the conclusion of the Innovative-Life Society imaginative and prescient.
In addition, the occasion acknowledged analysis tasks with robust potential for industry-government-academia collaboration primarily based on evaluations carried out by consortium member organizations, and the Vision Co-Creation Awards had been introduced. The seven early-career college members chosen for the Vision Co-Creation Initiative Award and the eleven graduate college students chosen for the Vision Co-Creation Encouragement Award are listed beneath. Award recipients will obtain analysis funding supported by the University for International Research Excellence, which is able to assist promote their efforts towards industry-government-academia co-creation and collaboration.
Vision Matching 2026 Participating Partners
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology（NICT）
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project（AIP）
aiwell Inc.
Azbil Corporation
aptpod, Inc.
Science & Technology Research Laboratories, NHK STRL
NTT Urban Solutions, Inc.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
KDDI Research, Inc.
KODEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
Komatsu Ltd.
JTEKT Corporation
Square Roots Japan
SPRIX Inc.
Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Tokyu Research Institute, Inc.
NEC Corporation
Tressbio Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
Fujitsu Limited
Mazda Motor Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
MONET Technologies Inc.
Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
Iwata City
Sagamihara City
Marine Open Innovation Institute (MaOI)
Japan Plant Factory Association（JPFA）
Vision Co-Creation Initiative Award (Early-Career Faculty Category)
Presentation Number / Name / Affiliation / Theme
B038 / Masaki Takahashi / Institute for Liberal Arts / “Chrono-Nutrition”
B040 / Kohei Yamaguchi / Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences / “From Oral Health, Nutrition, and Healthcare to Home Medical Care”
B041 / Liu Xinpeng / School of Computing / “A Structural Understanding-Based Agricultural Robotics Platform”
B081 / Yudai Yamazaki / School of Engineering / “Ultra-Compact Sub-Terahertz Semiconductor Wireless Modules for Next-Generation Edge Devices”
B084 / Ryohei Kobayashi / Institute of Integrated Research / “A High-Performance Computing Infrastructure Supporting Self-Updating Cyber-Physical AI”
B087 / Kotaro Hoshiba / School of Engineering / “A Non-Contact Anomaly Detection Platform that ‘Sees with Sound'”
B089 / Gia Khanh Tran / School of Engineering / “Research on Non-Terrestrial Communication Infrastructure Networks”
Vision Co-Creation Encouragement Award (Graduate Student Category)
Presentation Number / Name / Affiliation / Supervisor / Theme
B048 / Masaya Iwashima / School of Engineering / Ryo Onishi / “High-Precision Weather Forecasting”
B052 / Kodai Kanno / School of Engineering / Takeshi Hatanaka / “Control Technology for Autonomous Drones Enabling Comprehensive Environmental State Understanding and Safe Task Execution in the Real World”
B058 / Seiya Moro / School of Environment and Society / Takumi Ohashi / “Supporting ‘Ability’ and ‘Communication’ in Individuals with Severe Intellectual Disabilities through Assistive Memory and Physical AI”
B059 / Tetsuya Nakahira / Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences / Haruka Tohara / “Screening for Parkinson’s Disease and Systemic Disorders Using Oral-Derived Samples via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”
B062 / Ken Kawano / School of Computing / Katsuki Fujisawa / “Digital Twins for Stable Operation in Uncertain Environments”
B063 / He Mingshan / School of Engineering / Hiroto Tanaka / “Multimodality Companion Robot: Bionic Mechanism and Embodied AI”
B064 / Juri Sawada / Graduate School of Health Care Sciences / Sakiko Fukui / “Modeling Tacit Knowledge in Clinical Decision-Making Processes of Home Care Nurses Using Large Language Models”
B066 / Daichi Sahashi / School of Engineering / Hideharu Takahashi / “A Seed Proposal for an Off-Grid Autonomous Compact Grass-Cutting Robot System for Sustainable Agriculture in Hilly and Mountainous Regions”
B076 / Keitaro Yoshida / School of Engineering / Toshio Takayama / “Application of a Slip-Type Two-Way Clutch to Transmission Systems”
B077 / Fuma Takei / School of Engineering / Toshio Takayama / “Development of an Energy-Efficient, Electrically Driven, Compact, Lightweight, High-Speed, High-Grip Mechanism Using Machine Learning”
B078 / Shintaro Habu / School of Engineering / Kei Sakaguchi / “Always-Connected Vehicles Supporting Safety in the Autonomous Driving Era: Next-Generation Vehicular Communication Using Digital Twins”