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Message from the President

Tetsuo Hattori
President
Japan Fine Ceramics Center

Chairperson

The Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC) was founded in 1985, in an effort led by the Central Japan Economic Federation with the cooperation of business, industry, and local governments, as a public interest corporation (an incorporated foundation) dedicated to the research, testing, and evaluation of fine ceramics. The inception of the JFCC was part of a policy adopted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) to promote new materials. The foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary in May of 2015.

In 2007, JFCC established its Nanostructures Research Lab as a second research laboratory, following the Materials R&D Lab. Based on the collaboration of two laboratories, JFCC has undertaken a wide range of research and development in new material fields, not just of fine ceramics but metals, polymers, and composite materials through synergies achieved by the three R&D pillars: microstructure analysis, computational materials design, and new materials development and materials analysis technologies. Our efforts have generated solutions to the advanced and wide-ranging needs of industry and made significant contributions to industries in Japan.

The JFCC will continue to conduct research that meets the needs of the times and our society, pursuing originality and innovation to establish ourselves as a global COE (Center of Excellence). We at the center, from board members to employees, pledge to make collective and dedicated efforts to strengthen Japan’s industrial competitiveness from a range of different approaches based on our key strengths: R&D with an eye on manufacturing industries and R&D capable of bridging fundamental research to practical applications.

Center Profile

Towards an environmentally-friendly 21st century

The JFCC building
The JFCC building

Fine ceramics are materials associated with great potential as high performance materials that support advanced industries and society and ordinary life. But since they are relatively new materials, technical challenges remain to be solved.
To meet these challenges head on and pioneer the future of fine ceramics, JFCC has actively engaged in basic and applied research with a firm focus on manufacturing industries, becoming through these efforts a center with an impressive history of achievements.
Now we are advancing to make our dreams come true.
Striving to usher in an environmentally-friendly 21st century, JFCC is passionately committed to enhancing the potential of ceramics, people, and the Earth.

Startup capital

At the establishment of the Fine Ceramics Center
Financial community of the Chubu region 3.9 billion yen
Financial community/corporations of Japan 1.6 billion yen
Local governments of the Chubu region 4.1 billion yen
National government 0.5 billion yen
Total 10.1 billion yen
At the establishment of the Nanostructures Research Lab
Contributions (including the contribution of 400 million yen from the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition) 2.9 billion yen
Grants from municipalities 1.1 billion yen
Total 4.0 billion yen

Organization of JFCC

Name Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC)
President Tetsuo Hattori
Date of establishment May 7, 1985 (established)
Feb. 1, 2012 (transition to non-profit public-interest corporation)
Employees 84 (as of April 2022)

Full-time board members

Materials Research & Development Laboratory

  • Environmental & Energy Materials Group

  • Functional Materials Group

  • Advanced Process Design Group

  • Reliable Materials Group

  • Materials Evaluation & Trial Manufacturing Group

Nanostructures Research Laboratory

  • Electron Microscopy Informatics Group

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Group

  • Battery Materials Group

  • Computational Materials Group

R&D Planning & Administration Department

Administrative Department