(28 April 2017) The Italian Embassy in Japan’s Facebook page announces Ambassador Giorgio Starace’s visit to Italian researchers based in Japan. “Robotics, nuclear physics, biology, ICT and more: There will soon be an association to increase productivity and quality together!”. “Scientific cooperation between Italy and Japan is of enormous interest for both countries. Italy, in particular, benefits from the high degree of specialisation of internationally successful Japanese technology” according to the Scientific Cooperation section of the Embassy website. Areas where cooperation between Italy and Japan is more active are: Physics and Astronomy; Life Sciences; Nano-science; robotics; space; and ICT (Information Communication Technology). (Red)