We regularly host a talk seminar (mainly in Japanese) with frank and active discussion on the latest ITS topics including technological trends and political solutions. The lecturer is invited from industry, academia, or government.
Apr. 2023 –
Date Lecturer 1 May. 23 KUSAKABE,Takahiko (Hankyu Hanshin Holdings,Inc) 2 Jun. 29 MORIKAWA,Takayuki (NAGOYA Univ.) 3 Jul. 25 WAGA,Masamitsu (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 4 Sep.14 NAGAOKA,Soichiro(Tesla Inc.) 5 Oct. 10 FUKUMOTO,Masatake(Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 6 Nov. 6 SATO,Tetsuya(Transportation Research Institute Co.,Ltd.) 7 Dec. 18 ONO Shintaro (Fukuoka Univ.) 8 Feb.13 ITO Takeru (Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry)
Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2023
Date Lecturer 1 May. 20 FUKUNAGA,Kazuhiro (Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry) 2 Jun. 23 SATO,Masayuki (ITS Japan) 3 Jul. 22 TSUKADA,Manabu (Univ. of Tokyo) 4 Aug. 26 MASHIKO,Takanori (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) 5 Oct. 4 MIZUNO,Akira (AISIN CORPORATION) 6 Nov. 8 SUZUKI,Takahiro (Digital Agency) 7 Dec. 19 ASAI,Kota (Michinori Holdings, Inc） 8 Jan. 19 SATO,Hiroki (Miyagi Univ.) / YAMAMURA,Ryosuke (mercari R4D) ９ Feb.21 HIKASA,Takashi (Tama Univ.) 10 Mar. 24 IKEUCHI,Hisaaki (Nat’l Police Agency)
Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2022
Date Lecturer 1 May. 20 MAKINO, Mitsuhiro (Nat’l Police Agency) 2 Jun. 21 HONMA, Yudai (Univ. of Tokyo) 3 Jul. 19 MATSUSHITA, Yu (Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance) 4 Sep. 9 OMOTE, Hisanori (Senyo Kogyo Co.,Ltd.) 5 Nov. 18 NAKANO, Kimihiko (Univ. of Tokyo) 6 Nov. 18 TADA, Yoshitaka (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism) 7 Dec. 20 YOSHIKAWA, Nobuhiro (Univ. of Tokyo) 8 Jan. 20 SAKAI, Koichi (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism) 9 Feb. 22 SAKASAI, Yutaka (Kashiwa City) 10 Mar. 22 FUJII, Takeo (The Univ. of Electro-Communications)
Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2021
Date Lecturer Apr. 13 Cancelled 1 Jun. 18 INABA, Masayuki (Univ. of Tokyo) 2 Jul. 16 ARIMOTO, Tateo (GRIPS/JST/Int’l Inst. for Advanced Studies) 3 Aug. 21 NAKAGAWA, Yuka (Chukyo Univ.) 4 Oct. 1 UEKI, Kenji (Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry) 5 Nov. 30 MAKIMURA, Kazuhiko (Inst. of Behavioral Sciences) 6 Dec. 21 TOYODA, Keiji (Continental Automotive) 7 Jan. 21 IGARASHI, Hirokazu (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) 8 Feb. 22 OUGURA, Masaru (Univ. of Tokyo) 9 Mar. 19 YOKOYAMA, Toshio (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)
Apr. 2019 – Mar. 2020
Date Lecturer 1 May 16 MAKI, Tetsuo (Tokyo City Univ. / Univ. of Tokyo) 2 Jun. 18 HIRASAWA, Takahiro (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism) 3 Jul. 11 NAKANO, Masaharu (Willer) 4 Aug. 2 MEGURO, Kenichi (Tohoku Univ.) 5 Sep. 30 HORIUCHI, Hisashi (National Police Agency) 6 Nov. 25 HIRAOKA, Toshihiro (Univ. of Tokyo) 7 Dec. 17 ABE, Katsuya (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism) 8 Jan. 20 KOUJITANI, Masakatsu (Mercedes Benz Japan) 9 Feb. 27 YAMASHITA, Noriyuki (Yamaha Motor) 10 Mar. 24 Cancelled
Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2019
Date Lecturer 1 May 30 Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Inudstry 2 Jun. 21 TSUCHIYA, Takeshi (Univ. of Tokyo) 3 Jul. 25 FUKAO, Takanori (Ritsumeikan Univ.) 4 Aug. 24 NAKAZATO, Gaku (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication) 5 Oct. 12 YAGI, Yasushi (Osaka Univ.) 6 Nov. 21 ASANO, Koji (East Japan Railway (JR-EAST)) 7 Dec. 17 KAMATA, Minoru (Univ. of Tokyo) 8 Jan. 21 YAMAKAWA, Yuji (Univ. of Tokyo) 9 Feb. 22 MATSUO, Yoshiaki (Toyota Motor / TRI-AD) 10 Mar. 28 HACHIYAMA, Koji (Cabinet Secretariat)
Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2018
Date Lecturer 1 May 23 NISHIO, Takashi (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 2 Jun. 20 NAGAI, Masao (Japan Automobile Research Institute) 3 Jul. 18 OGUCHI, Takashi (Univ. of Tokyo); CHIKARAISHI, Makoto (Hiroshima Univ.); HORIGUCHI, Ryota (i-Transport Lab.), OKA, Hideki (Inst. of Behavioral Sciences) 4 Aug. 22 SANO, Yuko (Nat’l Police Agency) 5 Sep. 12 OHTA, Masafumi (Tokyu) 6 Oct. 10 MIYOSHI, Hiroaki (Doshisha Univ.) 7 Dec. 18 IKEDA, Yoshitaro (Axelspace) 8 Jan. 15 YANO, Kimihisa (Utsunomiya City) 9 Feb. 20 NAKAZAWA, Ken; YOKOYAMA, Toshio (Honda R&D) 10 Mar. 15 SAJI, Yuuki (SB Drive)
Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2017
Date Lecturer 1 May 10 URA, Masakatsu (Nishitetsu Information System) 2 Jun. 7 TOYODA, Masashi (Univ. of Tokyo) 3 Jul. 26 FUKUTO, Junji (Nat’l Maritime Research Institute) 4 Aug. 26 ICHIKAWA, Tagui (Cabinet Secretariat) 5 Sep. 28 NAKASHIMA, Hideyuki (Univ. of Tokyo / Future Univ. Hakodate) 6 Nov. 30 DOBASHI, Hiroshi (Metropolitan Expressway) 7 Dec. 20 KUMAGAI, Hideo (Tamagawa Seiki) 8 Jan. 25 SHIMADA, Takashi (Fujitsu Traffic & Road Data Service) 9 Feb. 21 Ben REYNOLD (HORIBA MIRA) 10 Mar. 24 SUDA, Yoshihiro; OISHI, Takeshi; SUGIMACHI, Toshiyuki (Univ. of Tokyo)
Apr. 2015 – Mar. 2016
Date Lecturer 1 May 26 MORISHITA, Shin (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) 2 Jun. 24 HIRATA, Terumitsu (Ibaraki Univ.) 3 Jul. 29 SUZUKI, Takahiro (Tohoku Univ.) 4 Aug. 27 TANAKA, Shinji (Yokohama Nat’l Univ.) 5 Oct. 29 OHBA, Takayuki (Metropolitan Expressway) 6 Nov. 25 SUZUKI, Shinji (Univ. of Tokyo) 7 Dec. 22 TOCHIOKA, Takahiro (Mazda Motor) 8 Jan. 27 KUBOTA, Hidenobu (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 9 Feb. 24 KUWAHARA, Masao (Tohoku Univ.), IMAI, Takeshi (Amanek telematics design), ETO, Kazuaki (Oriental Consultants), MORI, Kazuo (Asia Air Survey), FURUICHI, Nobumichi (Japan Weather Association), HORIGUCHI, Ryota (i-Transport Lab.) 10 Mar. 17 KATO, Nobuhiro (National Poice Agency)
Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2015
Date Lecturer 1 May 20 SAKASHITA, Tetsuya (JIPDEC) 2 Jun. 25 HARA, Kayoko (Nissan Motor) 3 Jul. 22 OGURI, Koji (Aichi Pref. Univ.) 4 Aug. 22 MIYAZAKI, Takuro (NTT DATA i) 5 Oct. 21 MORIKAWA, Hiroyuki (Univ. of Tokyo) 6 Nov. 25 YOSHIDA, Kenichiro (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) 7 Dec. 15 SAKANOUE, Kei (Central Japan Railway) 8 Jan. 27 NAKAYAMA, Koji (Meiji Univ.) 9 Feb. 27 DOIHARA, Takeshi (Japan Digital Road Map Association) 10 Mar. 23 YAMAMOTO, Takumi (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014
Date Lecturer 1 May 16 SUDA, Yoshihiro (Univ. of Tokyo) 2 Jun. 18 IIDA, Norimasa (Keio Univ.) 3 Jul. 24 KINUMOTO, Keisuke; NAGAI, Hirofumi (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 4 Aug. 28 YAMANAKA, Shunji (Univ. of Tokyo) 5 Sep. 25 SUDA, Yoshihiro (Univ. of Tokyo) 6 Nov. 21 FUKUTO, Junji (Nat’l Maritime Research Institute) 7 Dec. 19 SAKAI, Koichi (Nat’l Institute for Land Infrastructure Management) 8 Jan. 29 ITOHISA, Masato (Hosei Univ.) 9 Feb. 21 YAMAMOTO, Kazuki (Nat’l Police Agency) 10 Mar. 26 KUWAHARA, Masao (Tohoku Univ.)
Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2013
Date Lecturer 1 May 23 OKUMURA, Yasuhiro (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 2 Jun. 27 TAKAHASHI, Hideki (Central Nippon Expressway) 3 Jul. 19 ABO, Masatoshi (DENSO) 4 Sep. 26 TANUMA, Tomoyuki (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Telecommunications) 6 Nov. 14 ITO, Katsuki (EV Aichi) 7 Dec. 20 HAYASHI, Hidemi (Zenrin DataCom) 8 Jan. 23 HASEGAWA, Fumihiko (Tohoku Univ.) 9 Feb. 27 ISHIZUKA, Tetsuo (East Japan Railway) 10 Mar. 27 TANAKA, Tatsuro (All Nippon Airways)
Apr. 2011 – Mar. 2012
Date Lecturer 1 May 11 ISHINAZAKA, Kenichi (Kashiwa City) 2 Jun. 22 SUDA, Yoshihiro; IKEUCHI, Katsushi; KUWAHARA, Masao (Univ. of Tokyo) 3 Jul. 27 KUBOTA, Takashi (JAXA) 4 Nov. 24 MORITA, Kazumoto (National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory) 5 Dec. 22 TSUKADA, Yukihiro (National Institute for Land Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 6 Jan. 25 INOUE, Satoshi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) 7 Feb. 22 FUKUDA, Morio (National Police Agency) 8 Mar. 28 OZAKI, Haruo (Toyo Univ.)
Apr. 2010 – Mar. 2011
Date Lecturer 1 May 21 TAZAWA, Seiya (Metropolitan Expressway) 2 Jun. 17 KATO, Akihisa (National Police Agency) 3 Oct. 1 MIKI, Ken (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) 4 Oct. 15 TSUKAMOTO, Osamu (Science Univ. of Tokyo / (Former) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) 5 Nov. 19 FUJITA, Akihiro (RIKEN / (Former) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) 6 Dec. 21 MORITA, Yasuhiro (Japan Automobile Research Institute) 7 Jan. 27 YONEZAWA, Mitsuo (Japan Automobile Research Institute) 8 Feb. 25 ECHIGO, Kazunori (Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Tellecommunications)
Apr. 2009 – Mar. 2010
Date Lecturer 1 Apr. 16 MIYAZAKI, Takuro (Japan Mini Vehicle Association) 2 May 19 URA, Masakatsu (Nishitetsu Information System) 3 Jun. 11 Memorial Symposium for the Establishment of Advanced Mobility Research Center 4 Jul. 13 ITS Seminar in Kashiwa 5 Sep. 17 TAKIGUCHI, Kiyoaki (IIS, Univ. Tokyo) 6 Oct. 22 UEMURA, Masahir (Nagasaki Prefecture) 7 Nov. 19 OHBA, Takayuki (Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 8 Jan. 21 KUMAGAI, Yasuhiko; PARK, Kaecheng (Kochi Univ. of Technology) 9 Feb. 18 WU, Guangqiang (Tongji Univ. / IIS, Univ. of Tokyo) 10 Mar. 25 KUSE, Hirohito (Tokyo Univ. of Marine Science and Technology)
Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2009
Date Lecturer 1 Apr. 11 Katsuya Watanabe (Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications) 2 May 27 Kazuo Mori (Asia Air Survey) 3 Jun. 19 Toshikazu Matsuoka (Kitakyushu City) 4 Jul. 24 ITS Seminar in Hokkaido 5 Sep. 5 A.G. Dumont (EPFL, Switzerland) 6 Oct. 9 ITS Seminar in Kitakyushu 7 Nov. 27 Yusho Ishikawa (Univ. of Tokyo) 8 Jan. 15 Shinji Murakami (Kyushu Electric Power) 9 Mar. 6 Takaaki Hasegawa (Saitama Univ.), Kiyomichi Araki (Tokyo Inst. of Tech.), Hiroshi Mano (Root), Takaaki Sugiura (Mitsubishi Research Institute), Sadao Obana (ATR), Tetsuo Horimatsu (Fujitsu), Masao Kuwahara (Univ. of Tokyo)
Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2008
Date Lecturer 1 Apr. 20 Keqiang Li (Tsinghua Univ. / CCR, Univ. of Tokyo) 2 May 11 Yukihiro Tsukada (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation) 3 Jun. 8 Toshiyuki Fujikura (Nissan Motor) 4 Jul. 13 Yasuhiko Kumagai (Kochi Univ. of Technology) 5 Sep. 21 Satoshi Iwata (DENSO) 6 Oct. 26 Shoji Watanabe (Kumamoto Pref.) 7 Nov. 28 Akira Hashimoto (National Police Agency) 8 Jan. 25 Eiji Hato (Univ. of Tokyo) 9 Mar. 13 Katsuhiro Nishinari (Univ. of Tokyo)
Apr. 2006 – Mar. 2007
Date Lecturer 1 Jun. 30 Hiroshi Okamoto (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation) 2 Jul. 21 Sasaki (National Police Agency) 3 Sep. 13 Takashi Hamasaka (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) 4 Oct. 6 Yoichi Sato (Univ. of Tokyo) 5 Nov. 9 Yuji Nakamura (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) 6 Dec. 11 Masahiro Higuchi (DENSO) 7 Jan. 26 Shoji Yokoyama (AISIN AW) 8 Feb. 16 Ryugo Toji (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation) 9 Mar. 16 Norimichi Kasegawa (Japan Automobile Research Institute)
Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2006
Date Lecturer 1 Jun. 13 Steven E. Shladover (California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways / CCR, Univ. of Tokyo) 2 Jun. 24 IIS Evening Seminar, Open Lecture: Koichi Noguchi (Toyota Motor), Kohei Koide (ITS Japan) 3 Jul. 29 Takaaki Hasegawa (Saitama Univ.) 4 Aug. 26 Makoto Watanabe (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) 5 Sep. 22 Kinji Hasegawa (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) 6 Nov. 25 IIS Evening Seminar, Open Lecture: Masao Kuwahara (ITS Center, Univ. of Tokyo), Masataka Kagesawa (ITS Center, Univ. of Tokyo)
Apr. 2004 – Mar. 2005
Date Lecturer 1 May 27 Katsushi Ikeuchi (Univ. of Tokyo) 2 Jun. 24 Tu that Ton (Univ. of Sydney) 3 Jul. 16 Espie Stephane (INRETS) 4 Aug. 26 Atsuo Miyaji (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) 5 Sep. 30 Masatoshi Morita (National Police Agency) 6 Nov. 25 Shigetoshi Azuma (Toyota Motor) 7 Jan. 27 Shigeru Sasaki (Fujitsu Laboratories) 8 Mar. 24 Research report of our ITS project and Test-ride event of our driving simulator
Apr. 2003 – Mar. 2004
Date Lecturer 1 Aug. 1 Yoshihisa Tabata (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) 2 Sep. 25 Shigehito Shimada (Toshiba) 3 Nov. 11 Yoichi Hori (Univ. of Tokyo) 4 Jan. 16 Takao Onoda (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation) 5 Feb. 6 Mitsuru Nasu (Asia Air Survey) 6 Mar. 4 Ryosuke Shibasaki (Univ. of Tokyo)
