Japan-Korea Joint Committee for Basic Scientific Research

On 18 June, the 20^th meeting of the Japan-Korea Joint Committee for Basic Scientific Research was convened in Tokyo. The Japanese chair of the committee is Dr. Kunio Takayanagi, professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and the Korean chair, Prof. Mancheol Suh, president, Kongju National University. Dr. Takayanagi and Dr. Jaeho Yeom, professor, Korea University, moderated the meeting. It marked the first time for the National Research Foundation of Korea, established through a reorganization of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, to represent the Korean side since the committee was established in 1991.

In the meeting, a report-based review was conducted of the joint research projects and seminars carried out in FY 2009 and their topics for FY 2010 were decided along with the theme of the Asian Science Seminar. Thirty-one joint research projects were selected from among 69 applications, while 11 seminars were chosen out of 28 applications. During the meeting, the members engaged in a vigorous discussion on future Japan-Korea collaboration.

- Asian Program Division