This paper examines the changing roles of universities against current policy and institutional landscapes in Japan, given recent university reforms, the concentration of resources to the ‘elite’ institutions, and ‘regionalisation’ of science and innovation policies. The variety of forms...

This paper examines developments in the governance of science and innovation in Japan, with a particular focus on the recent 'regionalisation' of innovation policies and policy support for new university-industry linkages. The paper charts the emergence of national funding programmes, greater...

Kitagawa F. (2007) The regionalization of science and innovation governance in Japan?, Regional Studies 41, 1099-1114. Traditionally a country that has favoured the centralized national direction of industry-science relationships, Japan is gradually transforming its innovation system with the...

This paper examines the changing roles of universities against current policy and institutional landscapes in Japan, given recent university reforms, the concentration of resources to the ‘elite’ institutions, and ‘regionalisation’ of science and innovation policies. The variety of forms...