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Published a Japanese translation report on "What are Innovation District?"

May 2025

Smart City Institute Japan (SCI-Japan) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Global Institute on Innovation Districts (GIID) in February 2025 with the aim of building a well-being community through the improvement and promotion of awareness of the innovation districts. GIID is a global research institute founded in 2018 specializing in Innovation Districts research.

SCI-Japan and GIID have recently translated into Japanese the report "What are Innovation Districts?" authored by GIID. In the Innovation Districts, entrepreneurs, cutting-edge research institutions, universities and companies promote research and development and advanced knowledge-intensive activities. Representative examples are Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts led by MIT and 22@ Barcelona. More than 150 innovation districts worldwide have been identified in various stages of development.

This report explains why Innovation Districts are new trend in the world in detail. We would highly recommend you to take a look at this report.

"What are Innovation Districts?" Japanese Translation Report