The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has selected Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center (Kita-ku, Kyoto City) as the international joint usage and research center in 2019.It is the largest research center in Japan for digital archives of Japanese culture and art such as ukiyo-e, and is expected to serve as a contact point for international joint research and promote new joint research.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the center has about 30 researchers, and is promoting the digital archiving of cultural heritage and cultural properties in Japan and other Asian countries. We are developing research support tools that utilize the latest technologies such as shaping functions.
In the future, by strengthening the functions, we will foster young Japanese researchers who are aware of Japan in the world and can play an active role overseas, and we also have the idea of promoting joint research with overseas researchers.
The International Joint Usage / Research Center is a core research center in Japan, and some centers promote world-class research and serve as a contact point for international collaboration and cooperation.However, the number of papers originating in Japan and co-authored internationally has dropped significantly, and the decline in research capabilities in Japan has become a problem. Aiming to improve the status.
In 2018, 4 research institutes of 6 national universities including the University of Tokyo Institute for Cosmic Ray Research and Kyoto University Institute for Chemical Research were selected as the international joint usage / research center.
