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2026/02/13
R4D Manager Mari Inoue to Speak at the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Promotion Forum Hosted by Tohoku University’s Research Management Center on March 5–6, 2026
R4D Manager Mari Inoue will be speaking at the 11th Humanities and Social Sciences Research Promotion Forum: Creating Value by Asking…
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2026/02/12
R4D Researcher Dami Moon's Work Featured in NIKKEI GX: AI for Calculating Used Clothing Carbon Footprints—Mercari & University of Tokyo
An article featuring R4D Researcher Dami Moon’s research presentation, “Automated Estimation of Clothing Information for Evaluating…
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2026/01/20
Green Friday Initiatives Introduced on Circular Economy Research Institute Radio Podcast
Mikawa Natsuyo, in charge of outreach at R4D, spoke on the podcast Circular Economy Research Institute Radio hosted by the Circular Economy…
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2026/01/16
Paper by Associate Professor Yasushi Kawase of Value Exchange Engineering Accepted at AAAI-26
A paper by associate professor Yasushi Kawase, affiliated with Value Exchange Engineering, a joint research program between Mercari R4D and…
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2025/12/19
Mercari’s R&D Organization R4D and Yamagata University to Launch Collaborative Research Project on “Personal Design”
Students and Professionals to Work Together With the Help of Specialized Generative AI and Aim to Publish Open-Source Results Mercari, Inc…