July 9, 2025 Results of the Public Solicitation for Proposals Concerning Research and Development of Information and Communications Technology (R&D Projects for Priority ICT Technologies)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) publicly solicited proposals for a single research and development (R&D) theme in the field of information and communications technology, and selected a contractor based on the results of an external evaluation.
The public solicitation for proposals was conducted from Monday, March 31, 2025, to Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The contractor listed in the attachment was selected based on an evaluation by external experts and specialists.
○ Results of public solicitation for proposals on R&D on ICT (R&D projects for priority ICT technologies)
| R&D project | Research institutes, with the representative one underlined | Representative research director |
| Research and development for early social implementation of quantum cryptography communication networks | Toshiba Corporation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) NEC Corporation The University of Tokyo Gakushuin University Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. |
FUJIYOSHI Yasuhiro (Toshiba Corporation) |
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