Yasuo Hirata President of ATR
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Message from
Yasuo Hirata, President of ATR
June 19, 2009
ATR is a unique private company established in March 1986, through the
broad support of industry, government and academia, with the aim of
promoting fundamental and innovative R&D activities as well as
contributing to society in a wide range of telecommunication
fields. We opened our current research laboratories in April 1989
as the first resident of ‘Keihanna Science City’ following three years
of activity in temporary research labs in Osaka. Since its
establishment, world-leading fundamental and creative research on
information and communication technologies has been promoted through
collaboration with various research institutes, organizations, and
companies in and out of Japan. So far, outstanding research
achievements have been steadily accumulating in fields such as
neuro/knowledge science, intelligent robotics, and language translation.
Research and development for information and communication
technology is indispensable to the formation of a true communication
society, which will provide people with a more satisfying living
environment by facilitating human communication. Moreover,
information and communication technology will have a profound effect on
efforts to conserve energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions in order
to improve both global and living environments. We are proud to
play a part in promoting important measures not only for Japan but also
for human beings by pursuing fundamental research and development for
information communication.
Even as a business corporation, ATR receives competitive research
funds from public and private organizations, which has launched us on a
mission to conduct fundamental research from a long-term perspective by
effective use of those funds. In addition to continuous efforts
in pursuing the most advanced research and development in the world,
and despite a challenging business situation, we are determined to
focus on the feasibility of our research results being broadly utilized
in society and making them more useful and accessible to all people.
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