Information
- 2025/3/14Research Conducted by R4D Researcher Miyuki Fujiwara and Value Exchange Engineering Members Rintaro Chujo and Ari Hautasaari of the University of Tokyo Receives Interactive Presentation Award at INTERACTION 2025
- 2025/2/17February 3, 2025—Mercari R4D Manager Inoue Speaks at the “International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2024—Ecosystem for Sustainable Innovation: Toward Sustainable Science and Society in 2040” Hosted by the Science Council of Japan
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Research & projects
Value Exchange Engineering
We established the “Value Exchange Engineering” initiative in collaboration with Tokyo University’s Corporate Sponsored Research Programs with the aim of researching a wide range of technology in order to create a society where people around the world can fairly & safely create and exchange.
Quantum Information Technology
Mercari is researching quantum information technologies that will greatly contribute to society and science as we envision the “quantum-based era,” a future where quantum information reshapes societies, industries, and businesses.
ELSI
In order to seamlessly and practically deploy new science and technology as part of the world at large, we work to enhance our R&D ethics reviews, evaluate the social impact of the technologies involved in our R&D topics, and conduct ELSI research for the entire Mercari Group.
Inclusive Design & Accessibility
We focus on issues like accessibility and universal design in researching meaningful and exciting systems that people of any capability can use, in order to raise, stimulate, and create new value for our digital projects.
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2025/04/15
Event on Apr 26–May 1: Mercari R4D Researchers Ryskeldiev, Teramoto, Tsutsui, and Yu Present Research at CHI 2025
Mercari R4D (“R4D”) researchers will present at CHI 2025, an event held by ACM SIGCHI at Pacifico Yokohama from 26 April to 1 May 2025. For…
2025/04/14
“Personal Design” for a Circular Economy—Report on Mercari R4D and Yamaguchi University’s Design Project for Value Co-Creation (Part 1)
Mercari R4D (“R4D”) and Yamaguchi University worked together on the “Design Project for Value Co-Creation to Encourage Environment-Aware…
2025/03/24
“The Person Who Connects the Research” Part 2: A Conversation About Intentional Serendipity
Hi! This is Shoichi Fujimoto (@sho-1) from Mercari R4D’s Research Acceleration Team. I joined R4D as a research administrator in April of…
