Research Frontiers Index

Research Frontiers offers insights into the latest research activities at KGRI. Notably, the contents of Research Frontiers include short video 'researcher profiles' of KGRI scientists describing their research in their own words, as well as short and carefully crafted 'research highlights' of recent publications written for a global and multidisciplinary readership.

The Keio University researchers affiliated with the KGRI are internationally renowned experts from a wide spectrum of disciplines. They are collaborating on research in the three main themes of Longevity, Security, and Creativity in pursuit of sustainable solutions to daunting social issues facing mankind in the 21st century.

Japanese "longevity-society" as a model for innovative approaches to market research

Akira Shimizu
Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University

July 17, 2018

Keio University SDM students participate in the Hyperloop Loop Competition

Hidekazu Nishimura
Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management (SDM), Keio University

July 17, 2018

Early English printed books and the unique features of individual copies

Satoko Tokunaga
Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

July 17, 2018

Global smart society creation project research

Naoaki Yamanaka
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

July 17, 2018

iPS cell technology to elucidate mechanisms of longevity and related diseases

Hideyuki Okano
Professor, Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine

December 25, 2017

Epidemiologic studies on preventing dementia and depression

Masaru Mimura
Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine

December 25, 2017

"Metabolic domino and metabo-aging": Treatment of lifestyle-related diseases through studies on the metabolism of organs

Hiroshi Itoh
Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Keio University School of Medicine

December 25, 2017

Surveying centenarians to clarify mechanisms governing healthy longevity

Yasumichi Arai
Assistant Professor, Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine

December 25, 2017