The University of Tsukuba and Toyota Jointly Open the R&D Center
for Strategic Frontiers in Social Planning

The National University Corporation University of Tsukuba and Toyota Motor Corporation announce that the R&D Center for Strategic Frontiers in Social Planning (Director: Isamu Takahara, Specially Appointed Professor, University of Tsukuba, and Project General Manager of Toyota Motor Corp.) had opened at the University of Tsukuba this April for research and development into social infrastructure for communities of the future. The center is planned to operate for five years, and will employ an open laboratory system for genuine collaboration between industry, academia, and government.