Moonshot Research and Development Program
This is the website to introduce NEDO's research and development activities, events, public offering information, and so on, for achieving the Moonshot goal "Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050" under the "Moonshot Research and Development Program" promoted through collaboration among related ministries and organizations.
Information
Latest Information
The materials of the "Moonshot Goal 4 Annual Session 2023 Program" held on January 1 and February 2, 2024, have been posted.
Past News
| March 1, 2023 | The materials of the "Moonshot Goal 4 Annual Session 2022 Program" held on January 17 and 18, 2023 have been posted. |
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| January 10, 2023 |
Videos introducing Moonshot Goal 4 have been posted on the NEDO channel! Program Director Dr. YAMAJI Kenji and 13 project managers introduce everything about Goal 4 and the details of each project in an easy-to-understand manner. These videos are a must-see for those interested in continuous resource circulation for the restoration of the global environment. Please take a look!
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| May 20, 2022 | NEDO announces a public call for proposals with regard to the Moonshot Research and Development Program/Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050. Please refer to the following for further information regarding this call: |
| February 9, 2021 | The First International Symposium on "Cool Earth via Microbes in Agriculture" is scheduled to be held by online (ZOOM) on March 1 (Mon), 2021. Please refer to the following for further information regarding this symposium:
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| August 26, 2020 | NEDO selects 13 R&D Projects and the Project Managers for the Moonshot Research and Development Program/Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050. |
| February 20, 2020 | NEDO announces a public call for proposals with regard to the Moonshot Research and Development Program/Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050. Please refer to the following for further information regarding this call: |
| January 31, 2020 | Presentation materials for the Moonshot International Symposium are now available. |
| December 18, 2019 | The Moonshot International Symposium has successfully concluded. Many thanks to everyone who participated. |
| October 3, 2019 | The Moonshot International Symposium is scheduled to be held at Belle Salle Tokyo Nihonbashi on December 17 (Tue) and 18 (Wed), 2019. With the aim of setting Moonshot targets, experts get together from around the world to discuss how to set goals that will contribute to solving social problems and how to proceed with research and development activities to achieve the targets. To participate in the symposium, please apply from the JST website below. |
NEDO Moonshot Goal4 Introduction VideoOutline of Moonshot Research and Development Program
Japan is currently facing many difficult issues, and science and technology are required to boldly take up the challenge of solving these issues and pioneering a vision for the future society. In addition, it is required to speedily implement the results of original research that has the potential to revolutionize future industry and society (creation of disruptive innovations) in industry and society and develop such research on a global scale.
In light of this situation, the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) established the "Moonshot Research and Development Program" as a way to promote challenging research and development with the aim of creating disruptive innovations originating in Japan.
Based on the Moonshot target determined by CSTI and the research and development concept formulated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) under this program, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a national research and development organization, will conduct challenging research and development to achieve the Moonshot goal (Moonshot Research and Development Program).
- What is Moonshot Research and Development Program?
- Basic Concept of Moonshot Research and Development Program
- Operation and evaluation guidelines for Moonshot Research and Development Program
- Overview of Moonshot Research and Development Program
- For the latest information, please refer to Moonshot Research and Development Program, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
NEDO is conducting challenging research and development to achieve Moonshot Goal 4: "By 2050, achieve sustainable resource circulation for global environmental regeneration."
Project period: FY2020～2029; budget: 50.124 billion yen (total amount of project period)
- Moonshot Goal 4: Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050
- The R&D concept of "Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050"
Example of a new sustainable resource circulation to be realized
Program Director（PD）
Dr. YAMAJI Kenji,
President, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Dr. YAMAJI talks about the whole picture of the project
Outline of each Research and Development Projects
In addition to the NEDO contact, you may also contact the project manager directly for more information on research and development or to discuss collaboration (see the table below). Please replace the "*" symbol with "@" in the contact information.
Research and development project names may have been changed from the information published in the decision to adopt the project (August 26, 2020).
Research and development to achieve sustainable resource circulation
Cool Earth
(1) Development of technologies to recover greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) and convert them into valuable materials
By 2030, NEDO will develop environmental technologies related to greenhouse gases and confirm on a pilot scale that they are effective in terms of life cycle assessment (LCA).
| R&D Projects | Project Managers | Period | Summary | Introduction Video | website | |
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| Development of a Bioprocess That Uses Electrical Energy to fix Atmospheric CO2 (Ended) | Dr. KATO Souichiro, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) <Inquiry> E-mail: s.katou*aist.go.jp |
2020-2022 | Document |
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website(Dr. KATO) | |
| Development of Highly Efficient Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Carbon Recycling Technologies | Dr. KODAMA Akio, Kanazawa University <Inquiry> E-mail: akodama*se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. KODAMA) | |
| Integrated Electrochemical Systems for Scalable CO2 Conversion to Chemical Feedstocks | Dr. SUGIYAMA Masakazu, The University of Tokyo <Inquiry> E-mail: sugiyama*enesys.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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 website(Dr. SUGIYAMA) |
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| C4S* Research and Development Project *C4S: Calcium Carbonate Circulation System for Construction |
Dr. NOGUCHI Takafumi, The University of Tokyo <Inquiry> E-mail: noguchi*bme.arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. NOGUCHI) |
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| Research and Development Toward Saving Energy for Direct Air Capture With Available Cold Energy | Dr. NORINAGA Koyo, Nagoya University <Inquiry> E-mail: norinaga*nagoya-u.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. NORINAGA) |
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| Development of Combined Carbon Capture and Conversion (quad-C) Systems for the Utilization of Atmospheric CO2 (Ended) | Dr. FUKUSHIMA Yasuhiro, Tohoku University <Inquiry> E-mail: fuku*sis.che.tohoku.ac.jp |
2020-2023 | Document |
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website(Dr. FUKUSHIMA) |
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| Development of Global CO2 Recycling Technology Towards “Beyond-Zero” Emission | Dr. FUJIKAWA Shigenori, Kyushu University <Inquiry> E-mail: fujikawa.shigenori.137*m.kyushu-u.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. FUJIKAWA) |
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| Development of Passive Direct Air Capture Technology | Dr.YAMAZOE Seiji,Tokyo Metropolitan University | 2024- | Coming soon |
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website(Dr.YAMAZOE) | |
| Redesign of Macroalgae for Highly Efficient CO2 Fixation by Functional Modifications and Their Product Generation | Dr. UEDA Mitsuyoshi, Kyoto University E-mail: ueda.mitsuyoshi.7w*kyoto-u.ac.jp |
2022- | Document |
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Website(Dr. UEDA) | |
| Development of Next-generation CO2 -fixing Plant Through the Gene Optimization, Distant Hybrid, and Microbial Symbiosis | Dr. MITSUDA Nobutaka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) E-mail: nobutaka.mitsuda*aist.go.jp |
2022- | Document |
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Website(Dr. MITSUDA) | |
| Agrobiotechnological Direct Air Capture Towards Carbon Circulation Society | Dr. YANO Masahiro, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) https://www.agri-dac.naro.go.jp/eng/en-contact/ |
2022- | Document |
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website(Dr. YANO) | |
| Advanced Enhanced Rock Weathering (A-ERW) Technology Actively Combined With Site Characteristics | Dr. NAKAGAKI Takao, Waseda University E-mail: takao.nakagaki*waseda.jp |
2022- | Document |
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website(Dr. NAKAGAKI) | |
| Feasibility Study of Enhanced Mineralization Based on LCA/TEA Platform | Dr. MORIMOTO Shinichirou, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) E-mail: sh-morimoto*aist.go.jp |
2022- | Document |
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website(Dr. MORIMOTO) | |
| Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Agricultural Lands by Optimizing Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles | Dr. MINAMISAWA Kiwamu, Tohoku University <Inquiry> E-mail: dsoil.moonshot*grp.tohoku.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. MINAMISAWA) |
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Clean Earth(2) Development of technologies to recover nitrogen compounds and convert them into harmless or useful materialsBy 2030, NEDO will develop technologies to convert environmental pollution into beneficial resources or detoxify them and confirm their effectiveness at the pilot scale or prototype level. |
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| R&D Projects | Project Managers | Period | Summary | Introduction Video | website | |
| Innovative Circular Technologies for Harmful Nitrogen Compounds /To Solve Planetary Boundary Issues |
Dr. KAWAMOTO Tohru, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) <Inquiry> E-mail: tohru.kawamoto*aist.go.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. KAWAMOTO) |
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| Development of Recovery and Removal Techniques of Dilute Reactive Nitrogen to Realize Nitrogen Circulating Society | Dr. WAKIHARA Toru, The University of Tokyo <Inquiry> E-mail: wakihara*chemsys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. WAKIHARA) | |
(3) Development of marine biodegradable plastics which can control the timing and speed of their degradabilityBy 2030, NEDO will develop technologies to convert environmental pollution into beneficial resources or detoxify them and confirm their effectiveness at the pilot scale or prototype level. |
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| R&D Projects | Project Managers | Period | Summary | Introduction Video | website | |
| Development of Multi-Lock Biopolymers Degradable in Ocean From Non-Food Biomasses | Dr. ITO Kohzo, The University of Tokyo <Inquiry> E-mail: kohzo*k.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. ITO) |
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| Research and Development of Marine Biodegradable Plastics With Degradation Initiation Switch Function | Dr. KASUYA Ken-ichi, Gunma University <Inquiry> E-mail: kkasuya*gunma-u.ac.jp |
2020- | Document |
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website(Dr. KASUYA) | |
| Development of Photo-switching Ocean-degradable Plastics With Edibility (Ended) | Dr. NAKAYAMA Atsuyoshi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) <Inquiry> E-mail: a.nakayama*aist.go.jp |
2020-2023 | Document |
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website(Dr. NAKAYAMA) | |
Annual Session
Moonshot Goal
| Moonshot Goal | Organization for Research Initiatives |
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| ・Moonshot Goal 1 The realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050. |
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 2 The realization of ultra-early disease prediction and intervention by 2050. |
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 3 The realization of AI robots that autonomously learn, adapt to their environment, evolve in intelligence and act alongside human beings by 2050. |
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 4 The realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050. |
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 5 The creation of an industry that enables sustainable global food supply by exploiting unused biological resources by 2050. |
Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 6 The realization of a fault-tolerant universal quantum computer that will revolutionize the economy, industry, and security by 2050. |
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 7 The realization of sustainable care systems to overcome major diseases by 2040, for enjoying one’s life with relief and release from health concerns until 100 years old. |
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development（AMED） |
| ・Moonshot Goal 8 The realization of a society safe from the threat of extreme winds and rains by controlling and modifying the weather by 2050. |
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 9 The realization of a mentally healthy and dynamic society by increasing peace of mind and vitality by 2050. |
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| ・Moonshot Goal 10 Realization of a dynamic society in harmony with the global environment and free from resource constraints, through diverse applications of fusion energy, by 2050 |
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
Publications
Basic Information
| Technology field | Call for proposals for cross-sectoral program |
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| Project code | P18016 |
| Department in charge |
Please contact the following for further information about NEDO Moonshot Program. Frontier Department, NEDO E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp To send an email, please change * to @ in the above email address. |
Documents
- Basic plan for the "Moonshot Research and Development Program"
- Implementation Policy for FY2020
- Special Conditions for Moonshot Research & Development Program 【Revised on April 27, 2020】
- 【Comparative table showing the difference between original and amended contract articles】
- Special Conditions for Moonshot Research & Development Program (for Universities and National Research and Development Agencies, Etc.) 【Revised on April 27, 2020】
- 【Comparative table showing the difference between original and amended contract articles】
Last Updated : April 7, 2025