Abstract
The one of most important policy in Japan is to develop the regional innovation system. So not only government, but also local authorities have conducted many policy measures. But these policies have no posture of endogenous development to urge initiatives such as the small and medium-sized enterprises peculiar to the region because of the centralization intention and the administrative initiation. On the other hand, there are many traditional craft industries based on various characteristics and a long history in our country, and some advanced science and technology have been developed from the traditional craft industry. In this article, we analyzed good practices of the cooperation between the traditional craft industry and academia in Kyoto and Ishikawa region. As a result, we introduce new concept of the industry-academia-government cooperation with traditional craft industry and propose some measures for local revitalization and regional innovation.
