In order to maintain international peace and security, Japan performs "security trade control" under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act to ensure that machines and technology with the potential of being used for military purposes do not enter the hands of countries that develop weapons of mass destruction, etc.

The importance of security trade control has increased under the current international circumstances. The Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act was revised in November of 2009 as part of a response to this growing issue, and there is also concern that security holes exist at universities, which often engage in research exchange and the acceptance of foreign exchange students.

Chuo University, preceding all Japanese universities, has implemented a compliance program regarding security trade control based on the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act. Furthermore, Chuo University believes that it is important to share and develop know-how regarding security trade control with the entire educational organizations, not within individual universities.

On January 27, 2010, Kyushu University (Intellectual Property Management Center) held the "University Consortium for International Intellectual Property," targeting universities, corporations and research organizations, as part of the "Project for the Strategic Development of Industry-University-Government Collaboration" of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). At this consortium, Chuo University Professor Hisashi Suzuki (Faculty of Science and Engineering) gave a lecture on "Effective Measures for Security Trade Control at Universities." Professor Suzuki talked about how universities should establish a security trade control system before actively promoting international exchange, and provided specific proposals such as implementing the awareness of security trade control into class reform (FD: faculty development) and skill development (SD: staff development) plans.

Other lecturers and speakers at the consortium included: MEXT (Research Promotion Bureau); Tokyo University Project Professor Kenichiro Senoh; Lisa Yano from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; Director of University-Industry International Collaboration Center, Kyushu University Intellectual Property Management Center; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau); and Director of the International Legal Affairs Team of the University-Industry International Collaboration Center, Kyushu University Intellectual Property Management Center.

Professor Suzuki also made presentations at the 9th Research Symposium of the Japan Association of International Security and Trade, held in September 2009 at Waseda University Waseda Campus, and at the public seminar titled "Sensitive Technology Control at Universities" for the "Joint Research of Medical and Human Social Sciences Regarding Preparation and Response Measures for Bio-Security and Bio-Defense in Japan" (part of the MEXT Strategic Research Foundation Grant-aided Project for Private Universities), held in November 2009 at Keio University Mita Campus.

• Lecture Documentation (PDF File; 5.4 MB)
• [External Information] 9th Research Symposium of the Japan
  Association of International Security and Trade