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- 2025/9/22R4D Researcher Dami Moon Featured on TBS’s “The Future of Hometown” to Discuss User Characteristics in Lost and Found Transactions
- 2025/9/22Project Involving R4D Researcher Dami Moon Leveraging AI to Automate Calculation of Environmental Impact of Clothing Listed on Marketplace Apps Featured on Multiple News Sites
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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.
Mercari R4D Research Alliance Laboratory
In 2025, Mercari, Inc. established the Mercari R4D Research Alliance Laboratory, a collaborative research institute shared between Mercari R4D Labs and The University of Osaka, as part of The University of Osaka Research Center on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI Center). This institute aims to further develop the two organizations’ joint research projects which began in 2020, and leverage expertise in the humanities and social sciences to pave the way toward achieving Mercari’s mission of circulating all forms of value.
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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2025/12/03
R4D Manager Inoue Speaks at 49th OACIS Symposium on “Information Technology for the Fusion of Arts & Science,” Held Monday, November 17, 2025
On Monday, November 17, R4D manager Mari Inoue spoke at the 49th Symposium “Information Technology for the Fusion of Arts & Science.” The…
2025/11/21
Keio University Publishes Press Release on Collaborative Research Results Shared Between Keio University’s Keio Media Design Associate Professor and R4D Senior Researcher Nagayama and R4D Research Manager Teramoto
Keio University issued a press release to announce the research of Keio Media Design Associate Professor and R4D Senior Researcher Shota…
2025/10/15
Bringing Industry and Academia Together—Mercari and Osaka University’s Collaboration on Cross-Appointment Experiences
Hi there! This is @afroscript (Yusaku Kinoshita), and I’m in charge of outreach initiatives at Mercari R4D. On July 1, 2025, the Osaka…
