On October 3, Dr. Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation represented Switzerland at the 17th S&T Ministers’ Roundtable organized by the…

On October 5, Japan’s NEC Corp. announced that it will purchase Swiss financial solutions provider Avaloq Group AG for CHF 2.05 billion (USD 2.25 billion), making it the…

The “nexHack edtech” is currently accepting Japanese/Swiss teams and individuals to join the virtual Hackathon from 6 - 8 November 2020.

Japan’s future concept Society 5.0 envisions a super-smart and human-centric society in which various social challenges will be met and problems solved through the use of…

スイス大使館はCEATEC Japan 2020 オンライン展示会の会期中に、スイスのテクノロジー企業をご紹介するために「イノベーション国別ランキングNo.1、スイス気鋭の11社が登壇！/swisstech.pitchinar 〜Swiss Solutions for Society 5.0〜」を10月22日（木）16：00より開催いたします。…

Japan is advancing research to apply induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) to treat heart diseases. After the world’s first-of-its-kind iPSC-based heart cell transplant in…

The University of Tokyo plans to raise 20 billion yen bonds with a maturity of 40 years in early October this year. It will be the first of its kind after conditions of such…

The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has formulated a plan to build a small-scale test and research reactor at the site of the…

Cutis, Wingtra and Piavita were selected Switzerland’s most innovative and promising startup in 2020.

Switzerland ranks first place for the 10th consecutive year in the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2020, followed by Sweden, the United States of America and the United Kingdom…