Collaboration Agreement Signed with the National Strategic Special Zone of Yabu City

Summary:
Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) and the National Strategic Special Zone of Yabu City (Mayor: Sakae Hirose) in Hyogo Prefecture signed a mutual collaboration agreement as follows:
KMD will utilize its latest digital technology, including advanced education and academic research, to collaborate with Yabu City in various fields, including developing and operating the project “Yabu 2050 – IKUKAN Concept” promoted by Yabu City.

Outline of the Agreement:

Purpose:
KMD and Yabu City will collaborate in industry, academia, rural construction, education, culture, etc., to create a prosperous future for the rural area and contribute to building a vibrant region.

Collaborations:
1. Collaboration toward the creation of an experience-sharing platform to eliminate regional disparities in human resources.
2. Cooperation to build a system for regional co-creation and to support its operation.
3. Collaboration for the promotion and development of culture, education, and academia.
4. Collaboration for human resource development, including the fields of DX and digital.
5. Other matters necessary to the realization of this agreement

Articles of PRESS RELEASE

    Interactive Volumetric Live Performance Between Sydney and T...

    Updated on 2024.01.23

    January 23, 2024 Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD)   For the first time ever, a volumetric video-based live musical perfor...

    Brain Body Jockey Project

    Updated on 2023.08.18

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Japanese.

    Cybernetic Avatar Experiment in AVATAR ROBOT CAFE DAWN ver.β

    Updated on 2023.04.28

    Three experimental café services will be developed at the  " AVATAR ROBOT CAFE DAWN ver.β". "Virtual avatar service," in which customers can move betw...

    NTT docomo’s New TV Commercial Featuring “FEEL TECH™", Hapti...

    Updated on 2023.02.21

    NTT docomo’s new TV commercial featuring “FEEL TECH™", haptic sharing technology which has been developed in collaboration with NTT docomo, KMD Embodi...

    New Initiatives to Promote a Content+Technology Creation Hub...

    Updated on 2023.01.30

    PoliPro, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, is pleased to announce the launch of the "Social Creation" project: a creative solution to s...

    DOCOMO Announces World’s First Technology that Utilizes Huma...

    Updated on 2023.01.25

    TOKYO, JAPAN, January 25, 2023 — NTT DOCOMO, INC., the Embodied Media Project led by Professor Kouta Minamizawa at Keio University Graduate School of ...

    Starting a Collaboration Project for the Creation of New Val...

    Updated on 2022.12.05

    Research groups including Professor Kouta Minamizawa (KMD), Professor Yoshihiro Tanaka (NITech), and the Japan Craftsmen's Association are starting a ...

    Collaborative Avatar Experiment in AVATAR ROBOT CAFE DAWN ve...

    Updated on 2022.10.14

    We are developing collaborative avatar experiment through cybernetic avatars in Moonshot Research & Development program. Moonshot Research & D...