As part of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s historic state visit to the United States, on April 9, 2024, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, and Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Moriyama Masahito announced two new research partnerships in Artificial Intelligence between the University of Washington and the University of Tsukuba and between Carnegie Mellon University and Keio University. These partnerships are supported by $110 million in combined private sector investment from NVIDIA, Amazon, Arm and Softbank Group, Microsoft, and nine Japanese companies.
The partnerships were announced at a signing ceremony at the U.S. Department of Commerce Research Library in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 9.
In support of the breakthrough AI partnerships, Ambassador Emanuel said, “Nothing is more important than having trusted partners who can collaborate not only on the technological side of this critical research but on the ethical side as well. With our countries’ shared values and world-leading expertise, these partnerships can help set the standard in this fast-evolving field.”
