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Events Category: Academic
Ireland-Japan Seminar: Caring Communities in Japan and Ireland: collaboration, engagement and intergeneration relations for realising Ageing in Place
Date and Time: 10:00-16:00 Tuesday 28th October 2025
Venue: Quinn School of Business – Belfield Campus, University College Dublin
This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.
The aims of this event are to bring together academics, practitioners and early-career researchers in the two countries, and to discuss the current policy and practice in this area where life sciences (public health nursing) and social sciences (public policy and social work) intersect.
Building on our long-term commitment and strong track record of successful partnership, this cross-disciplinary initiative will cement the two countries’ research communities in this area. It is also designed to create a learning platform for addressing common challenges and opportunities surrounding community-based initiatives, by and for older people internationally.
For further information, please contact the event host below.
Dr Naonori Kodate
https://people.ucd.ie/naonori.kodate
Posted on 28 October 2025
UK-Japan Seminar: Chalcogenide nanoelectronics and photonics: a vehicle for collaboration and exchanges between Birmingham and Japan
Date and Time: 9:00-17:45 Tuesday 30th September 2025
Venue: Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham Campus
This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.
The aim of this event is to foster collaborative research between Birmingham and Japan in the field of chalcogenide nanoelectronics and photonics.
By bringing together leading experts and complimentary skillsets from the UK and Japan we will discuss ways to jointly further develop active chalcogenide materials for applications in data storage, optical routing, computing, displays, photovoltaics, and infrared detectors.
For further information, please contact the event host below.
Dr Robert E Simpson
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/eese/simpson-robert
Posted on 30 September 2025
UK-Japan Seminar: Interactive theorem prover + Generative AI in maths seminar 2025
Date and Time: 13:00-17:00 17 September 2025
Venue: Room Laver 320 University of Exeter
This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.
The purpose of this seminar is to investigate ways in which the Interactive Theorem Prover & generative AI can effectively support mathematicians' practice and mathematics education.
Interactive theorem prover + Generative AI in maths seminar 2025
For further information, please contact the event host.
Posted on 04 September 2025
UK-Japan Seminar:Integrating Biological Sciences and AI for Next-Generation Immunotherapy
9:00AM -6:30PM, Tuesday 22nd July 2025
(Door open:8:30AM-)
Venue: Imperial College London – Flowers Building, G47A, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.
The seminar event, “Integrating Biological Sciences and AI for Next- Generation Immunotherapy,” is scheduled for 22nd July 2025 at Imperial College London, ranked 9th globally. It brings together leading researchers from the UK and Japan across multiple disciplines—Immunology, Molecular Biology, Virology, and Computational Science/AI—to drive innovations in immunotherapy.
Immunotherapy has emerged as a major breakthrough in cancer treatment, recognised by the 2018 Nobel Prize. Historically, Japan has made significant contributions to immunology research, including key discoveries that paved the way for modern immunotherapy. Yet, there is a growing need for more integrated, cross-disciplinary collaborations to tackle the complexity of the immune system. This seminar aims to spark new bilateral dialogues between the UK and Japan, uniting scientific strengths and resources to foster novel therapeutic strategies and approaches.
Posted on 04 July 2025
UK-Japan Seminar: Robotics, Religion and Ethics
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday 28th February 2025
Room: Engineering B_2B.025 M&T, Oxford Road Campus, University of Manchester
This multidisciplinary seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme. The event’s aim is to bring together experts in robotics, machine learning, AI, ethics and religion and who are based in the UK, EU and Japan, to address timely questions and larger debates over the ethical implications of AI and human-robot interactions. This will include discussion on the state of the art current applications of social robots and human-robot interaction in care and religion, and discussion and application of ethics principles and guidelines for future research on ethical AI and robotics systems.
For more information about this seminar including event programme and registration, please visit the following link:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/universityofmanchester5/1489400
Posted on 09 December 2024
JSPS- Academy of Medical Sciences Joint Workshop
JSPS London co-organised the workshop with the UK Academy of Medical Sciences on 16-17 October 2024, focusing on how to improve the resilience of health and public health systems in light of climate and environmental change. The workshop was attended by more than 40 researchers based in UK and Japan as well as related policy-makers.
The aims of the workshop were to:
・Bring together multisectoral expertise across the fields of climate and health, public health systems resilience, health inequalities, and planetary health
・Comprehensively identify and share country-specific initiative successes and challenges, knowledge, and expertise relating to this to learn from these and how they can be applied in Japan and the UK
・Understand where knowledge and research gaps lie and identify opportunities to address these in both countries
・Provide an opportunity for networking and a platform to share experiences between experts from Japan, the UK and internationally, and to identify the added benefit of international collaboration for this topic
Posted on 01 November 2024
UK-Japan Symposium on Structural Biology
18th-19th June 2024
Life Sciences Building, University of Liverpool
This symposium is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme and the objective is to bring together the UK and Japanese scientists who are engaged in developing and utilizing the frontier methods of structural biology. All major structural biology approaches (cryoEM, XFEL, Synchrotron and neutrons) will be covered and latest developments and future plans for UK-Japan partnership will be discussed.
Information on the symposium programme is available here
For any enquiries about this event including registration, please contact Professor Samar Hasnain: ssh98@liverpool.ac.uk
Posted on 23 April 2024
2nd UK-Japan Symposium on Advanced Materials for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
24th January 2024, University of Hull
This symposium is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme and by the University of Hull, UK as well as the International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy, Kyushu University, Japan.
The event will showcase the latest scientific advancements in hydrogen conversion technologies and it will address challenges hindering widespread deployment, bringing together world-leading researchers from the UK and Japan. The focus of the talks will be on developing, synthesising, and characterising novel, high-performance, and cost-effective materials, with a specific emphasis on catalysts and membrane electrolytes—the key cost-drivers for hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyser technologies. This symposium is timely as it aligns with Japan's and the UK's intensive plans to transition to net-zero economy within the next 30 years.
The symposium is organised by Dr Mohammed Ismail (University of Hull), Prof Masamichi Nishihara (Kyushu University) and Dr Stephen Lyth (University of Strathclyde).
This event is free to attend. To register please go to the following link: https://bit.ly/3RJSV6D
Deadline for event registration is 21st January 2024.
Posted on 29 December 2023
Sustainable Enhancement of Plant Productivity with Precision Genomics (SEP3G)
Date: 18th-19th December, 2023
Venue: Royal Holloway, University of London
This symposium is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme and the purpose is to harness the power of cutting-edge genetic, genomics and biotechnology to improve the growth, yield, and overall sustainability of plant-based agriculture. This event will serve as a critical platform joining academia and industry representatives with different, albeit complementary backgrounds and level of experience from the UK, Europe and Japan, and it will be a catalyst for the exchange of ideas, collaboration, and the acceleration of scientific endeavours.
Information on the symposium programme and registration are available at the following link:
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/biological-sciences/events/
Places are limited, they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis and registration will close when the maximum number of participants is reached. It is important for the organising committee to collect information on participation numbers in advance both for catering purposes and to organise the networking session. In person presence will maximize the chance to interact and collaborate. Entry will not be permitted without registration.
For any enquiries about this event please contact Professor Alessandra Devoto: Alessandra.Devoto@rhul.ac.uk
Posted on 16 November 2023
The 8th University of Cambridge and University of Tokyo Joint Symposium: Trusted Research and International Research Collaboration
Tuesday 26th September 2023, 9:00 to 12:10 GMT/ 17:00 to 20:10 JST
International research collaboration is key to tackling and navigating contemporary global challenges, such as climate change, global health and sustainable development. Emerging geopolitical tensions and uncertainties have posed challenges for researchers to engage in international collaboration safely and securely. There is an increasing need to minimise risks associated with operating within a global research and innovation ecosystem while maximising the opportunities. In this session, keynote speakers from the University of Cambridge, The University of Tokyo, UKRI and JSPS (the Director of JSPS London, Professor Naoto Kobayashi), will discuss trusted research, responsible research and innovation, ways of collaboration and opportunities for UK-Japan research collaboration. The aim is to raise awareness of trusted research and discuss how to minimise risks and maximise opportunities for international research collaboration amid emerging geopolitical tensions.
The seminar will be held both in-person and online. For more information and to register please visit:
https://sp.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/UTokyo_Cam/activities/the-8th-cambridge-utokyo-joint-symposium-main-session-trusted-research-and-international-research-collaboration/
Posted on 14 September 2023
