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Kansai Advanced Research Center (KARC) which is a branch of the Communications Research Lab. (CRL) was established five years ago in Kobe City for basin and advanced research in response to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications research program: "The Frontier Research in Telecommunications". This is a national project aimed at achieving conspicuous progress in information and communications in the 21st century through the long-term advancement of fundamental, advanced related research. The KARC is dedicated to basic research covering three fields: information science & technology, quantum science & technology, and biology & nano-technology. This organization, cooperating with academic, public and industrial research groups, creates a new atmosphere which in turn helps to foster researchers and managers who have a potential to develop a cultural innovation through creative and motivated research in interdisciplinary fields.