The Tokai BioCommunity, supported by the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (THERS) through research and implementation efforts, was recognized as a regional biocommunity by the Cabinet Office in March 2026. A certificate of accreditation was presented to THERS at BioJapan 2026 on Oct. 8, 2026, at Pacifico Yokohama.
Biocommunities seek to realize circular economic societies, utilizing biotechnology and biomass to respond to a range of environmental-, resource-, and health-related issues. The Tokai BioCommunity is made up of various administrative bodies, corporations, and research institutions, including Nagoya University.
The certificate was presented by Director General Kimura of the Cabinet Office. THERS Chancellor Seiichi Matsuo, who chairs the Tokai BioCommunity Council, spoke about central Japan’s various strengths with respect to specific societal challenges, and the Tokai BioCommunity’s strategies in addressing them.
Chancellor Matsuo also expressed his determination to drive Japan’s bioeconomy forward from central Japan, implementing novel research, finding new uses for regional resources, and pursuing solutions to local issues that can then be shared with the world.
The booths exhibited by THERS and Nagoya University at BioJapan were as follows:
Tokai BioCommunity, Nagoya University Academic Research & Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Nagoya University and Gifu University Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University One Medicine Transdisciplinary Life Science-Medicine Co-Creation Platform (NU-TLiMP), Nagoya University Next-Generation Biomaterial Research Infrastructure Hub
Related links
- Tokai BioCommunity website (Japanese)
