On January 21, 2020, Japan’s Integrated Innovation Strategy Promotion Council released the Quantum Technology and Innovation Strategy, the country’s first dedicated national quantum strategy. The document proposed approximately $206 million in initial funding and the creation of quantum technology innovation centers to serve as integrated hubs for industry, academia, and government research.
According to the Cabinet Office, the strategy proposed two pillars of international collaboration: strategic R&D cooperation and export controls. It called for the development of innovation hubs bringing together researchers and companies from Japan and abroad, with relevant ministries beginning installations at the centers from FY2020.
In a policy speech on January 20, 2020, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated that Japan would “move forward in developing innovation hubs that bring together top-class researchers and leading companies from within Japan and abroad” in quantum technology. The strategy’s technology roadmap was later revised in April 2022.