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The RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) was founded in 2016 as a research center for the MEXT-AIP Project. There are 3 main research groups:

1) Generic Technology Research Group
2) Goal-Oriented Technology Research Group
3) Artificial Intelligence in Society Research Group

Together with various companies, universities, research institutes and projects, the institute is tackling the following activities:

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has been engaged in a variety of research and development activities as one of Japan’s research institutes covering a broad spectrum of marine science and technology.

The Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC) wants to create a “space” for open innovation that connects industry, academia, and government together.

Sophia University was founded by the Jesuits in 1913, with the mission to build bridges between Japan and the world. Sophia has been a pioneer of international education in Japan, attracting faculty and students from all over the world and has grown to be one of the foremost of Japan’s private universities.

Founded in 1858, Keio University is Japan's oldest private comprehensive research university. Keio has 6 major campuses across the greater Tokyo area with 14 graduate schools, 10 undergraduate faculties, and a university hospital.

Creww provides resources, expertise and guidance to startups in three ways: their Open Innovation community of over 3,500 startups, Corporate-Sponsored Accelerators, and Japan LaunchPad. They work both with Japanese startups and with international startups interested in entering the Japanese market.

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is Japan's core funding agency. It places high value on both researcher autonomy and research diversity. The JSPS supports basic to applied research conducted based on the free ideas of researchers. The entire spectrum academic fields including humanities, social scienceas and natural sciences are covered.

The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) was established in 2015 for the advencement of medical discoveries that make life better for everyone.

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting is the think tank arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and has bases in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, Japan’s three biggest cities. The business activities cover various fields, ranging from corporate management consulting, strategic support for global businesses, policy research and consulting, economic research, to employee training, business seminars, and related activities.

The Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) is a private research center and Think Tank, founded in 1970, and invested by the various companies of the Mitsubishi Group. It employs around 900 people with diverse skills in offices in Tokyo (Nagatacho), Osaka, Nagoya and in Washington, D.C.
Consulting services are provided to government (policy areas and specialied fields) (24% of revenue/2017), financial institutions (45%), and private sector companies (31%).