ISO Excellence Award
It is my great honor to receive ISO Excellence Award, regarding my role as Convenor in ISO/TC 324/WG 2 and the development of ISO/TS 42501:2022 Sharing economy -General trustworthiness and …
Becoming Team Leader of Service Value Augmentation Team!
I became Team Leader of Service Value Augmentation Team, Human Augmentation Research Center, AIST! In collaboration with team members, other colleagues and collaborators, I’ll dedicate my best effort to progress …
Elgar Encyclopedia of Services
It is a great honor to be part of the project developing “Elgar Encyclopedia of Services” led by RESER | European Association for Research on Services. I contributed to two topics: …
Servitization and digitalization in Japan from cross-cultural perspective
Mateja Kovacic (Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University) and I have released a paper titled “The Role of Thing-Making Cultures in Japan’s Manufacturing Industry: Toward Social Robots and Super Smart …
The research proposal on the design of augmented work systems was accepted for JSPS KAKENHI!
Our research proposal “Design of Augmented Work Systems” was accepted for JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B) (PI: Watanabe, K., 3 years). In collaboration with the research members co-working in …
Our proposal for Japan Prize Heisei Memorial Research Grant Program was accepted!
Our research proposal “Vision design of the post-Corona workstyle with augmented telework” was accepted by Japan Prize Heisei Memorial Research Grant Program 2021! This grant program is operated by the …
A new page “themes” is added
I added a new page “themes” to introduce my research themes. Please have a look!
Website renewal
I renewed my website to introduce my research and other activities. Please keep an eye on this new website!