The education for research integrity has become more important in many countries as the measures preventing research misconducts, which often happen from a fault unexpectedly because of different principles and characters from other contravention to the law. The education for research integrity in Japan is mainly compliance education, so-called "preventive ethics", based on domestic regulations. But there is the diversity among countries in terms of both definition of research misconduct and National Research Integrity System (NRIS), reflecting difference in national conditions and National Innovation System (NIS). The existence of such heterogeneity in NRIS increases non-intentional risks to make research misconducts as research activities expand worldwide. The same risks may also happen by the mobility of researchers within different institutions or other research fields, and by chronological change of recognition for research misconducts. It is no longer enough to learn knowledge by education of preventive ethics. Therefore it is required in the training for young researchers to get ability choosing appropriate matters to manage new issues as well as cultivating knowledge for research integrity. It is necessary to build structured teaching method including developing structural training for research integrity in doctoral programs for this purpose.

The variety of products connected to the internet by the Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly increasing. These products range from industry to consumer products; in fact, a virtual majority of products is expected to become IoT devices in the near future. However, because the information given by these IoT devices is only used by their owners, the term "intranet of things" appears to be more appropriate. For IoT to truly become the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this closed intranet-based architecture has to be changed to an internet-based open architecture. The EverySense market platform provides a matching mechanism between data provider and data collector with device-independent interoperability. In a sharing economy mechanism with high privacy protection, value sharing should be also provided. This paper describes the architecture and concept underlying EverySense and introduces its actual implementation.

In general, 3D printer has been interpreted as one of "manufacturing" technologies. So, material science, mechanical science and system science are working as major academic communities to deal with researches around 3D printing. However, 3D printing is one of digital fabrication technologies based on digital infrastructure. Academic communities on Informatics are in charge of cultivating new data science, modelling methods and connections with AI. We are leading the COI (Center of Innovation) project called "Kansei-Oriented Digital Fabrication" (2013-2021). In this report, we introduce our research projects tightly coupled with informatics.

In order for blockchain to be well defined we have to know pragmatic knowledge about use cases of it. The blockchain economy is the future economy which assume blockchain as an economical platform. We try to organize and analyze blockchain from the point of view of consensus and governance. The blockchain technology is expected to be an innovative technology beyond virtual currency. We will see a complicated ecosystem when we expand blockchain application. We distinguish the ecosystem as three layers those are technology, economy and law.

Universities and research institutions in Japan concentrate on providing English press releases to reporters as a way to publicize their research internationally. The underlying assumption is that the press releases will prompt coverage by the international media and consequently increase an institution's visibility. Meanwhile, communications offices of academic research institutions in English-speaking countries have increasingly become organized and are being operated like news organizations reaching out directly to their audiences and stakeholders, instead of functioning as an agent for delivering press releases to reporters. The article gives an overview of the history and current practices of English-language research communications in Japanese academic research institutions. Then it will draw on how communications offices of UK and US universities are organized and operated, contrasting these operations with those in Japan. The article will conclude by highlighting the challenges of English-language research communications in Japan and offer recommendations on how these challenges may best be tackled.