Japanese companies have led the world by manufacturing and selling products with the world’s most excellent quality. Over recent years, however, some companies in other industrial countries have differentiated themselves from others and secured high profit by quickly commercializing innovative technology seeds to create new markets themselves. In order that Japan can continuously lead the world with advanced technologies, leaving it to the efforts of the private sector alone will face limits. We must build a “national system of innovation” to create innovative technology seeds continuously and bridge them directly to new products or business models by combining research, human resources and funds beyond borders between the industry, academia and public sectors.
We will continuously try to make Japan the world’s most excellent intellectual property-based nation by appropriately addressing the current situation in which international disputes over intellectual property including trade secrets and competition for acquisition of international standards are growing fiercer in line with the globalization of corporate operations and the deepening of open innovation.