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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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Past News
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:
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

The Moonshot Research and Development Program, coordinated by the Cabinet Office of Japan, was established to promote ambitious research and development based on bold ideas that are not just extensions of conventional technologies, with the aim of stimulating disruptive innovation in Japan.

Moonshot Goal 4

As a research promotion organization engaged in the Moonshot Research and Development program and taking into account the Moonshot Goals determined by the Cabinet Office's Council for Science, Technology and Innovation and the R & D concepts formulated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, NEDO will pursue ambitious R & D activities to achieve Moonshot Goal 4: Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050.

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, Resarch Institute of Innocative Technology for the Earth (RITE)

Program Director Dr. Kenji Yamaji

Dr. YAMAJI talks about the whole picture of the project

Outline of each Research and Development Projects

  • In addition to NEDO contact information, you can also contact the Project Manager directly for details on research and development and consultation on collaboration (please check the table below). To send an inquiry by email, please replace * with @ in each email address.
  • The R & D project name is subject to change from the information published on August 26th, 2020.
(1) Development of technologies to recover greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) and convert them into valuable materials
R&D Projects Project Managers Summary (PDF) R&D Introduction Video website
Development of a Bioprocess That Uses Electrical Energy to fix Atmospheric CO2 Dr. KATO Souichiro, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
<Inquiry>
E-mail: s.katou*aist.go.jp
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(335KB)
NEDO Channel
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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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(335KB)
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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(292KB)
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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(250KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
別ウィンドウが開きますwebsite(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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(455KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
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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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(398KB)
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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(341KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
別ウィンドウが開きますwebsite(Dr. FUJIKAWA)
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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(288KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
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NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
別ウィンドウが開きますwebsite(Dr. MINAMISAWA)
(2) Development of technologies to recover nitrogen compounds and convert them into harmless or useful materials
R&D Projects Project Managers Summary (PDF) R&D 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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(478KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
別ウィンドウが開きますwebsite(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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(272KB)
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
R&D Projects Project Managers Summary (PDF) R&D 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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(321KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
別ウィンドウが開きますwebsite(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
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(379KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
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NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
website(Dr. KASUYA)
Development of Photo-switching Ocean-degradable Plastics With Edibility Dr. KANEKO Tatsuo, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
<Inquiry>
E-mail: kaneko*jaist.ac.jp
E-mail: moonshot-office*nedo.go.jp
Click to open the PDF file(313KB)
NEDO Channel
English
NEDO Channel
Japanese
NEDO Channel
Short (JPN)
website(Dr. KANEKO)

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.

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Last Updated : March 20, 2023