LINK-J proudly celebrates its 10th anniversary.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has
walked alongside us and helped build this community.

LINK-J proudly celebrates its 10th anniversary. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has walked alongside us and helped build this community.

Advancing the Life Science Ecosystem
Ten Years of LINK-J — and the Road Ahead

LINK-J is a general incorporated association established in March 2016 by Mitsui Fudosan together with leaders from academia and industry. Based in Nihonbashi, a district that has flourished as a center of pharmaceutical innovation since the Edo period, LINK-J has expanded its collaborations across Japan and around the world. With the aim of promoting open innovation and building a vibrant ecosystem in the life sciences, LINK-J has continued its activities for the past decade.

The fields we cover are broad, ranging from regenerative medicine, personalized medicine, drug discovery, medical devices, and healthcare IT to disease prevention, pre-disease care, and healthy longevity. Over the past ten years, LINK-J has grown into one of Japan’s largest life science communities, with approximately 1,000 participating companies and organizations. Pharmaceutical companies, universities, research institutions, startups, and venture capital firms come together through more than 1,000 events held annually, supported by an information platform generating hundreds of thousands of page views each month.

By fostering connections and collaboration beyond the boundaries of industry, academia, and government, LINK-J has worked to create new value and strengthen the global competitiveness of Japan’s life science sector. Today, as Japan’s life sciences move into the next stage, LINK-J is further strengthening its initiatives. We are accelerating community building that encourages collaboration and co-creation, providing optimal support to those who take on the challenge of innovation, and sharing forward-looking insights that serve as starting points for future value creation. Moving beyond indirect support, we are also stepping into more direct forms of engagement. As a catalyst that generates “waves” across the entire life science ecosystem, LINK-J will continue to build a unique community where diverse perspectives connect, resonate, and function together.

An ecosystem does not evolve by simply waiting for someone else to lead. Progress emerges when challengers connect, knowledge circulates, and capital flows. We believe that this is how Japan’s life science ecosystem will continue to evolve—and how innovations that inspire hope around the world will be born. Over the next ten years and beyond, LINK-J will continue to create value through connection, bringing the future of life sciences from Japan to the world.

VISION

From Japan,
creating the “next waves” in life sciences and innovation

LINK-J connects innovators, facilitates the circulation of knowledge, and ensures the flow of capital.
By fostering continuous innovation, it generates solutions that give hope to the world.
As a catalyst for the ecosystem, LINK-J generates “next waves” of opportunity;
accelerating open innovation and driving the implementation of life science innovations from Japan to the world.

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MISSION

As a catalyst for social implementation,
LINK-J will create the future of life sciences.

  • LINK-J will create the future of life sciences.
  • Build communities with shared interests and foster engagement, accelerating collaboration and co-creation.
  • Support people who take on the challenge of innovation.
  • Share the voices of diverse stakeholders and create starting points for future innovation.
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