Electronics,Information and Communication Unit
 This unit covers the Electronics, Information and Communication fields, which form the basis of today's information society, whose activities all heavily depend on information technologies. By 2008, we held three workshops to survey the technologies in the field, and created "bird's-eye view maps." Based on the maps, we identified future S&T directions in various fields and issued more than ten proposals for new R&D subjects together with methods to effectively carry out R&D on these subjects. Our proposals include IRT (Integration of IT and Robotics technology), Ultra Low Power technologies, and technology with New Dependability (concept that combines dependability and security).

Materials Unit
 Materials science/technology is grounded in fundamental disciplines such as chemistry, physics and biology. It supports priority areas of research including IT, life sciences, and environmental and energy sciences, and provides an important foundation for industries. Thus, in order to design effective R&D strategies, it is of prime importance to make a systematic and extensive survey covering various related S&T fields and to develop future prospects of industrial applications. With this awareness, we make proposals of important R&D subjects in close cooperation with the Nanotechnology Unit.

Nanotechnology Unit
 Nanotechnology promises to be a major generic and interdisciplinary field and it has a different scientific and technological nature from other traditional research fields. We therefore place emphasis on promotion of interdisciplinary R&D collaboration that sustains mid-/long-term growth of this field, as well as development of strategies based on surveys of nanotechnology R&D activities. We treat nanotechnology as a symbol of the state-of-the-art technologies in the materials science/technology, therefore work closely with the Materials Unit.

Environmental Technologies Unit
 The Environmental Technologies Unit draws "bird's-eye view maps" of environmental and energy technologies that are needed to solve environmental issues, and develops portfolios of technologies that are effective in mitigation of global warming, environmental pollution control, resource circulation and ecosystem conservation. We also carry out international comparison of technologies. Based on these studies, we make proposals of R&D subjects in light of environment and energy issues.
 We act as a bridge between environmental technology and related fields including materials science/technology.
 Moreover, we take charge of the measurement technologies.

Life Science Unit
 The Life Science Unit has started to review the existing "bird's-eye view maps". In this reviewing process, it focuses on identifying interfacing R&D areas that utilize cutting-edge technologies and tools, as well as emerging R&D areas that organically combine traditional life science subjects. This Unit also places greater emphasis on the environmental and energy issues that will increasingly gain in importance, and works closely with other Units.

Clinical Research Unit
The Clinical Research Unit has made a proposal on the promotion of Integrative Celerity Research (ICR). The goal of ICR is to accelerate the clinical and industrial application of the results of basic research in life science. Through the collaboration of industry, academia, administration, and especially the government, immediate action should be taken to develop tools for evaluation of efficacy and safety of new drug, develop human resources, improve research infrastructure, and reform the regulatory agency for drugs and medical devices.

Policy & System Unit
 The Policy & System Unit aims to make policy proposals on various issues that address societal needs, and pressing issues that span across traditional fields and areas. It also intends to contribute to formulation of the Fourth Science and Technology Basic Plan. This unit will compile innovation scorecards to assess the innovation environment in Japan, evaluate innovation policies. It will also provide analysis of supply and demand of human resources in S&T.

Overseas Unit
 The Overseas Unit releases reports on a timely basis on the web to introduce the latest S&T and innovation policies released by overseas governmental agencies. It also provides, summarizes and analyzes the latest information on overseas S&T policies that are of interest to other Units and useful for the development of the national S&T and innovation policy. These reports are utilized as basic information for S&T policymaking in the Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Japan Federation of Economic Organizations.

G-TeC Unit
 In order to get ahead of the severe international competition in S&T, we need to develop and implement efficient and effective R&D strategies, which require collection and analysis of the research activities and S&T policies in foreign countries. The G-TeC Unit helps clarify the position of Japan in the global competition and contributes to plan strategies to be taken, by surveying and analyzing important S&T fields and research systems in other countries.