the basis of a venture business and foster talented individuals who have advanced technical occupational abilities. Center for Shinshu Medical Innovation of Regional Technology (CSMIT) aims to leverage and develop research seeds and technical seeds of Shinshu University etc. for the medical fields to enhance the regional medical industry dramatically. The industry, academic, and governmental organizations collaborate tightly to work on research development, commercialization, and talent cultivation. Fiber Innovation Incubator (Fii) has a pilot line capable of research and development ranging from production of practical prototype products and analysis and evaluation, using the most advanced fiber engineering equipment. It also functions as a link with overseas universities and a hub for international information. Shinshu Incubation Center for Medical Device and Functional Food Development is located on Shinshu University Matsumoto Campus, and has more than 50 types of analytical equipment, to stimulate local innovation. Active support is provided to accelerate joint industrial-academic-government research by local companies in the medical field. Innovation Research and Support Center aims to not only conduct innovative research within and outside the university but also enhance association with industry, academia, and the government in cooperation with the Japanese Organizations for Small & Medium Enterprises and the prefectural Tourism and Industry Organizations. Research Center for Higher Education aims to not only support the construction of a systematic course of study at Shinshu University but also promotes the research and development of strategic methods that assure the quality of education. Shinshu Advanced Science and Technology Center (SASTec) provides space for technical development and collaborative research, etc., between academic staff of the Faculty of Engineering and private companies, with the objective of creation of biomass and food related industries, advanced new materials, IT and embedded devices industries, etc., as a prototype development factory that will contribute to the vitalization of local industries. Notable people Professor Akira Ikegami, a visiting professor and a journalist. Morinobu Endo, a chemist in the field of carbon nanotubes. Pulickel Ajayan, an nanotechnologist. Mildred Dresselhaus, a physicist. Gordon Wallace, a scientist in the field of electromaterials. Shuji Nakamura, a visiting professor and one of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the blue LED. Alumni Naoki Inose, Governor of Tokyo, a journalist. Gorō Miyazaki, a film director at Studio Ghibli, and the son of Hayao Miyazaki. Morinobu Endo, a chemist in the field of carbon nanotubes. Mitsu Shimojo, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense. Kei Kumai, a