2025.07.02
The MITOU Program (The Exploratory IT Human Resources Project) is a project sponsored and implemented since fiscal year 2000 by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Its purpose is to "discover and nurture outstanding IT talent," seeking out and developing genius creators in Japan who can change the world using IT. The following SFC students have been selected for this project for fiscal year 2025.
Selected for the FY2025 MITOU Program (The Exploratory IT Human Resources Project)
The objective is to discover and nurture outstanding individuals (Creators) who possess original ideas and technologies capable of creating innovation in software-related fields, as well as the ability to utilize them, under the guidance of Project Managers (hereinafter referred to as "PMs") with exceptional skills and accomplishments.
To achieve this objective, project themes are solicited from young talents (individuals under the age of 25 as of April 1, 2025) who are seeking to realize themes that are original, innovative, and hold the potential to create future social impact and innovation.
The selected Creators will improve their skills and technologies by carrying out their development projects on the themes they have proposed, receiving guidance and advice from their PMs.
Lijia Jiang (3rd-year student, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
Asahi Taniguchi (2nd-year student, Graduate School of Media and Governance)
Yusuke Miyazaki (4th-year student, Faculty of Policy Management)Tatsuhiro Nakamori (2nd-year student, Graduate School of Media and Governance)Haobun Li (1st-year student, Graduate School of Media and Governance)
Posted by: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office