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Journée Francophone de la Recherche (Japan)

CNRS-UTokyo PhD Joint Program: Workshop (Japan)

International Conference on the Physics of the Two Infinites (Japan)
International Research Laboratory ILANCE between CNRS Institute of Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics and The University of Tokyo organizes a conference on the physics of the two infinites next spring on 27-30 March 2023 in Kyoto, Japan.

International Workshop on Thermoelectrics (Japan)

CNRS Interview of UTokyo President Teruo Fujii
Teruo FUJII, President of The University of Tokyo, was interviewed by CNRS!
Teruo FUJII discusses the rich and long-standing cooperation between the two institutions, highlighted by the launch of a new International Research Center last October.

Kick-off meeting of the JFAST International Research Laboratory (Japan)
After more than twenty-five years of scientific collaboration, CNRS, Grenoble Alpes University and the University of Tsukuba in Japan have created the J-FAST laboratory, a new International Research Laboratory (IRL).
One of the ambitions of this new laboratory is to develop manufacturing processes for energy and material-saving devices.
For the CNRS, this is the eighth IRL in Japan, the first with the University of Tsukuba.
- Press release on the CNRS website (in French)
- Presentation page of J-FAST on CNRS Tokyo office website

JFFoS 2022
JSPS and CNRS organized at the end of June in Kyoto the 10th Japanese-French Frontiers of Science Symposium (JFFoS), which brings together talented young researchers for interdisciplinary discussions.
For this 10th edition, researchers gathered around 5 thematic sessions: Food and Society; Numerical Identity; Misperception and Disinformation; Radical Innovation of Materials Using Light Energy; Extreme Rainfall Events: Occurrence and Impacts.
Check the JSPS website for more details.

ReaDiNet International Conference
The International Research Network on mathematics ReaDiNet between France, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea will hold an international conference in Orsay, France on 3-6 January 2023.