Overview
The?Office for Research Coordination and Administration?works together with the Office of Research Development and Sponsored Projects and other administrative offices to promote and support research activities at ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡.
The office supports the research process from "conception to delivery", fully demonstrating ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡'s research capabilities as a university by coordinating the Research Promotion Division, the Planning and Strategy Division, and the Research Data Management Division. The office also helps streamline collaboration in diverse research areas both within and outside of ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡.
The?Research Promotion Division?promotes collaboration in ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡'s Research Activities with a focus on collaboration across undergraduate faculties, graduate schools, and disciplines, as well as partnerships between industry, academia, and government.
The?Planning and Strategy Division?is responsible for the collection of information from inside and outside the university and the flexible coordination, promotion, and support of research activities facilitated by optimization of that information at ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡. The division also promotes information sharing and collaboration between the Office for Research Coordination and Administration and each campus.
The?Research Data Management Division?is responsible for providing assistance in the creation, protection, maintenance, management, publication, and utilization of research data.
The Office for Research Coordination and Administration collaborates and cooperates with the?, which consists of the three divisions: the Open Innovation Division, Intellectual Property Division, and?. The office is particularly active in the area of industry-academia collaboration in research activities, and aims to actualize real-world implementation of research results as well as form ecosystems of innovation and startups utilizing ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡'s intellectual assets. In collaboration with the?, which serves to showcase ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡'s research, the office also works to enhance the university's research capabilities and to facilitate world-class interdisciplinary research projects.
Organization Chart
Office for Research Coordination and Administration Members (As of May 1, 2026)
Executive Director (Vice-President for Research)
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
? Toshiharu Saiki ?Profile
Deputy Director
Head of Research Promotion Division
Professor, Faculty of Letters
? Satoko Tokunaga ?Profile
Special Promotion Offices
Head of Interdisciplinary Special Promotion Office
Professor, Faculty of Policy Management
Yoshinori Iisumi Profile
Head of Science and Technology Policy Special Promotion Office
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
Hideo Suzuki Profile
Steering Committee Members
Ryo Nakajima, Professor, Faculty of Economics (Appointed from Mita Campus)??
Masaki Okamoto, Professor, Faculty of Letters (Appointed from Hiyoshi Campus)??
Taishiro Kishimoto, Professor, School of Medicine (Appointed from Shinanomachi Campus)??
Hiroyuki Tsuda, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology (Appointed from Yagami Campus)??
Hiroshi Ogi, Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance (Appointed from Shonan Fujisawa Campus)??
Atsushi Shibata, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy (Appointed from Shiba-Kyoritsu Campus)??
Tetsuya Toma, Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management (Appointed by the Executive Director as necessary)
Special Committees
Special Committee on Research Data Management
(Chairperson)??
Yoshiaki Kubota, Professor, School of Medicine??
Special Committee on Fostering Next-Generation Researchers
(Chairperson)??
Kenji Yasuoka, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology ?
(Members)??
Takehiro Ohya, Professor, Faculty of Law
Masayuki Okahara, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Letters??
Fumitoshi Kato, Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
Hidekazu Nishimura, Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management
Masayuki Okahara, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Letters
Special Committee for the Program on Promoting Economic Security through Critical Technologies
(Chairperson)??
Yusaku Okada, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology