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METI has been promoting the Industrial Cluster Project since FY2001, which aims to form industrial clusters for bringing about a stream of innovation and venture companies in regions. Presently, 18 projects nationwide, with the joint cooperation of regional Bureaus of Economy, Trade, and Industry and promotion organizations of the private sector, are building close cooperative relations with about 10,200 regional SMEs taking on the challenge of new businesses and researchers etc. and more than 560 universities in total (including industrial colleges).
While forming industry-university-government networks, promoting the formation of industrial clusters that develop one after another new businesses that will be viable throughout the world, through comprehensively and effectively introducing various kinds of support measures. Also, functionally supporting the strengthening of organizational power, by providing in a timely manner information necessary for the dynamic operation of the networks.
METI has allocated 16.6 billion yen as the budget related to these activities in FY2009. |
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