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Moonshot Research and Development Program

MOONSHOT RESEARCH & 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.

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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.
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!

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:
  • The First International Symposium on "Cool Earth via Microbes in Agriculture"
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.

Outline 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).

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~; budget: 49.764 billion yen (total amount of project period)

Example of a new sustainable resource circulation to be realized
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)

Program Director Dr. Kenji Yamaji

Dr. YAMAJI talks about the whole picture of the project

Moonshot Goal

Moonshot Goal Organization for Research Initiatives
・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)

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).

Schematic illustration describing Research and development to achieve sustainable resource circulation
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
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 PDF(335KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
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- PDF(120KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
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- PDF(119KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
another window will openwebsite(Dr. SUGIYAMA)
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- PDF(143KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
a new window will openwebsite(Dr. NOGUCHI)
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- PDF(153KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
a new window will openwebsite(Dr. NORINAGA)
Development of Combined Carbon Capture and Conversion (quad-C) Systems for the Utilization of Atmospheric CO2 Dr. FUKUSHIMA Yasuhiro, Tohoku University
<Inquiry>
E-mail: fuku*sis.che.tohoku.ac.jp
2020- PDF(135KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
another window will openwebsite(Dr. FUKUSHIMA)
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- PDF(158KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
a new window will openwebsite(Dr. FUJIKAWA)
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- PDF(182KB)
NEDO Channel
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NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
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- PDF(217KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
Website(Dr. MITSUDA)
Agrobiotechnological Direct Air Capture Towards Carbon Circulation Society Dr. YANO Masahiro, 
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

https://www.dac-agriculture.jp/contact/
2022- PDF(225KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
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- PDF(231KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
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- PDF(227KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
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- PDF(242KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
a new window will openwebsite(Dr. MINAMISAWA)

Clean Earth

(2) Development of technologies to recover nitrogen compounds and convert them into harmless or useful materials

By 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.

R&D Projects Project Managers Period Summary Introduction Video website
Innovative Circular Technologies for Harmful Nitrogen Compounds Dr. KAWAMOTO Tohru, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
<Inquiry>
E-mail: tohru.kawamoto*aist.go.jp
2020- PDF(188KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
a new window will openwebsite(Dr. KAWAMOTO)
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- PDF(136KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
website(Dr. WAKIHARA)
(3) Development of marine biodegradable plastics which can control the timing and speed of their degradability

By 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.

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- PDF(139KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
a new window will openwebsite(Dr. ITO)
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- PDF(136KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
website(Dr. KASUYA)
Development of Photo-switching Ocean-degradable Plastics With Edibility Dr. NAKAYAMA Atsuyoshi,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
<Inquiry>
E-mail: a.nakayama*aist.go.jp
2020- PDF(150KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
website(Dr. NAKAYAMA)

Annual Session

Presentation materials of the annual session held every year are posted here.

Publications

Basic Information

Technology field Call for proposals for cross-sectoral program
Project code P18016
Department in charge

Please contact the following for further information about NEDO Moonshot Program.

Moonshot Research and Development Office, Frontier and Moonshot Technology Department, NEDO

E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp

To send an email, please change * to @ in the above email address.

Documents

Last Updated : March 11, 2024