New school ties: Tamura Mariko continues her investigation of university-based ventures and industry-academia collaborative research with a visit to the University of Tokyo.(Upstarts) From: Look Japan | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: Mariko, Tamura | COPYRIGHT 2003 Look Japan, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

JAPAN'S Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in July awarded intellectual property project grants to 34 universities out of 83 that applied for support in this new area of concern for academia. The University of Tokyo was among those selected, and it has established the Intellectual Properties Headquarters at the Office of University Corporate Relations, which it opened in fall 2002. The University is now busy turning its research achievements into busines...