Fukuoka Industry, Science & Technology Foundation (Fukuoka IST) was established to guide local entrepreneurs through the entire business creation process from R&D to marketing, and now serves as a base for joint industry-university-government research activities. Through a range of efforts to promote developments in science and technology and hence develop local industries or create a new industry, the Foundation seeks to help stimulating the local economy in Fukuoka Prefecture and improve the quality of the life of its citizens. The institution plays a key role in the ASIAS KYUSHU plan, a project for building science cities in northern Kyushu.

We are working to stimulate exchange in science and technology both with in Japan and Internationally, nurturing creative R&D.

Combining the power and energy of academia, industry and government to drive research projects, and providing complete back-up for the creation of new technologies and industries.

Becoming a core system LSI design and development facility in the Silicon Sea-Belt (the IC production region including South Korea, Kyushu, Taiwan and Singapore).
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We provide total support for emerging small- and medium-scale venture-capital firms working to create new business, under our motto of "Launch Business in Fukuoka, and Succeed Globally."
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We match research results to corporate needs, and coordinate their practical utilization.