 Life Science
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- Japanese researchers and engineers rank in the world痴 top class in handling biomaterials such as protein, nuclei acid, and peptide.
- Under the circumstance that effective drugs for almost all the fundamental diseases except incurable disease are on the market, potential demand for personalized medicines, not blockbuster drugs, is increasing. It takes some time before large pharmaceutical companies launch into this market on a full scale, leaving a great potential to ventures.
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Fine Processing Technology
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Electronics / Optronics
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- Japan has been highly competitive in the development and manufacture of the silicon semiconductors such as memory, LSI, and ASIC, and synthesized semiconductors such as LD, PD, and LED. Moreover, Japan possesses the world leading technology in manufacturing and testing devices.
- However, the downturn in business of large companies, which have played a key role in this field, makes them difficult to pursue new business ideas. Also spin-out of the development teams are accelerated due to the advancement of restructuring.
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MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems)
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- This is a new field of the fine processing technology that Japan is good at. The market that has surfaced is small, but the field of potential applications is significantly wide, and high growth is expected.
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Energy
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- Large investment opportunities seem to exist in this sector since it is expected to experience significant changes in its industry map for the next 10 to 20 years due to various factors existent in and out of Japan.
- Japan痴 self-sufficiency rate for energy source is 6% (20% when including nuclear power), the lowest among the advanced countries. In light of the recent surge of the oil price, social demand for more efficient use of energy and the development of alternative energy sources has been increased.
- As the Kyoto Protocol has become effective, there is an increased demand for renewable energy.
- Japan has continuously invested in the technology enhancing the efficiency of energy use since 鍍he oil shock in 1973, and has retained technological advantage on the world level.
- Attractive investment areas include manufacture, storage, and distribution of hydrogen, dispersed power source (fuel battery, biomass power generation), micro-grid, and the technology to enhance efficiency of power transmission.
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Materials
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- While the demand for reduction of environmental burdens and enhancement of performance has been increased in electronics, transport machinery and other various sectors, the processing technology is reaching its limit. As a result, breakthrough with new materials is expected.
- Japan has been traditionally highly competitive in material sectors such as metal, ceramics, and organic matter (e.g. gel), it has high possibility of creating new technologies.
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