Kobe City

Kobe is a top destination in Japan for researchers in the natural sciences due to RIKEN. The campus at Kobe is one of seven (the main one is near Tokyo), and it is particularly significant for its contribution to biological and biomedical research. History of RIKEN When RIKEN was established in 1917, there were no other comprehensive research institutions in the country. A little more than 100 years later, RIKEN has become a major research hub for all kinds of science — from computational science to engineering. The institution was initially funded by donations from various sources, including the Imperial family, private businesses, industry leaders, and the government in the form of a grant. Today, funding comes almost entirely from the government. It wasn’t until 2002 that RIKEN expanded to include the Kobe Campus (the last of the seven campuses to be built). The Kobe Campus is now home to more than 1,200 researchers and assistants who partner with various medical and research institutes. The site is the center for the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster — a coalition of life and computational science experts from more than 360 companies. The Kobe Campus is also well-known for having the Fugaku supercomputer…