On November 27, 2014, Mr. Nobuaki Kawakami, Director-General, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT visited the Center of KANSEI Innovation and the Hiroshima Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Advanced Medicine.

Takahide Nouzawa, Project Leader, Shigeto Yamawaki, Research Leader, and Kazuo Sakamoto, Practical Use Promotion Team Leader, explained the projects and initiatives currently being carried out by the Center of KANSEI Innovation.

Mr. Kawakami actively asked questions about research activities, showing a great deal of interest in the Center of KANSEI Innovation.

His visit gave us the impetus to make a concerted effort to create KANSEI innovation.