Institute Information

Overview

The Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation (commonly known as F-REI) is a special corporation established on April 1, 2023 under the Act on Special Measures for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima.
In addition to providing dreams and hopes for realizing the reconstruction of Fukushima and other prefectures in the Tohoku region, F-REI aims to become a world-renowned “central institute for creative reconstruction” which drives forward with enhancing the scientific capabilities, technological capabilities and industrial competitiveness of Japan and contributes to economic growth and improvement to the daily lives of people living in Japan.

Greetings from the President

The Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation (F-REI) is a special corporation newly established by the national government in April 2023 under the Act on Special Measures for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima. I was appointed by Prime Minister Kishida as the first president of F-REI.
　More than 10 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. However, the Fukushima Hamadori area and other areas which have suffered from the nuclear disaster still face medium-term and long-term challenges, such as a declining population, a shortage of industrial workers, and remaining vast pieces of unused or underused land due to the effects of long-term evacuations and other factors.

• (1) Missions of F-REI
  The major missions of F-REI are to provide dreams and hopes for realizing the reconstruction of Fukushima and other prefectures in the Tohoku region. The goal is to do this while becoming a world-renowned “central institute for creative reconstruction” that raises the industrial competitiveness of Japan to the highest level in the world and contributes to economic growth and improvement to the daily lives of people living in Japan.
• (2) Promotion of World-Class Research, and Social Implementation and Industrialization of Its Results
  For the missions above, at F-REI we will not only conduct research and development, but also work on social implementation and industrialization of research results and human resource development as our main tasks in order to resolve the problems in Fukushima and around the world. At the same time, F-REI will also play a role as a control center with a coordinating function to realize interdepartmental research by research facilities and other organizations already located in Fukushima.
• (3) Central Institute for Creative Reconstruction
  To ensure that the establishment of F-REI affects a wide area, F-REI will realize a “diverse and unique field of research, demonstration, and social implementation in the world.” It will also disseminate information globally by collaborating with local municipalities, residents, companies, organizations, etc., in various forms of partnership and considering not only the facilities of F-REI but also the environment outside F-REI as an extensive field of demonstration research.

These extremely important missions of F-REI may not be accomplished soon, but at F-REI we will work with all our heart and soul to produce results one by one and to contribute to Fukushima and Japan. We would greatly appreciate your support and cooperation.

List of Officers

President:

Koetsu YAMAZAKI

Career:

March 1976

Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kanazawa University

December 1982

Doctor of Engineering, Osaka University

July 1994

Professor of Engineering, Kanazawa University

April 2014

President of Kanazawa University

April 2022

Special Advisor of Kanazawa University

April 2023

Incumbent

Vice President (R&D Management)

Katsumi EMURA

Career:

March 1982

Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

September 1992

Doctor of Engineering (University of Tokyo)

June 2016

Director, Executive Vice President and CTO of NEC Corporation

April 2022

Senior Advisor of NEC Corporation

April 2023

Incumbent

Vice President (Administrative Supervisor)

Naohito KIMURA

Career:

March 1992

Graduated from Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo

May 1998

MPA (Master of Public Administration), School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

September 2022

Director-General, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2023

Incumbent

Executive Director (Business Planning and Industrialization)

Toshihiro BANNAI

Career

March 1994

Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

May 2002

Master of Science, Nuclear Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

July 2022

Counselor of the Reconstruction Agency

April 2023

Incumbent

Exective Director (Human Resource Development, Global Issues, External Funds)

Yuji OWADA

Career

March 1989

Graduated from School of Medicine, Tohoku University (with Medical License)

March 1996

Doctor of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

September 2006

Professor of Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University

April 2015

Professor of Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

April 2020

Special Assistant for the President of Tohoku University

April 2023

Incumbent

Auditor (Part-Time)

Shin MORISHITA

Career

March 1983

Doctor of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

July 1997

Professor of Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University

April 2015

Director and Vice President of Yokohama National University

March 2020

Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University

April 2021

Director of Niigata University

April 2023

Incumbent

Auditor (Part-Time)

Tomoko NAKANISHI

Career

March 1978

Doctor of Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo

April 2001

Professor of Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,University of Tokyo

March 2014

Member of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission of the Cabinet Office

June 2016

Professor Emeritus and Specially Appointed Professor of University of Tokyo

April 2019

President of Hoshi University (Current Professor Emeritus)

April 2023

Incumbent

Institute Structure