"research security" Articles (13)

Economic Security for the Side Applying to Government Programmes: Telling a Real Barrier from a Soft One

The night before a KAKENHI deadline, the submit button stops working. The research plan is finished. The budget table is in order. It still will not go through.

2026-07-28Ryuta Hamamoto

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What Is NSPM-33? A Beginner's Guide to the US Research Security Framework, Its 2026 Deadlines, and the Due Diligence It Requires

A plain-language guide to NSPM-33, the US National Security Presidential Memorandum-33, written for researchers, research administrators and compliance staff.

2026-07-26Ryuta Hamamoto

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Research Security Around the World: The US, Canada, UK, France and Germany Compared, the G7 Common Principles, and Where Japan Stands

"Has Japan suddenly decided to get strict about this?" That question comes up in almost every conversation I have about research security.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Research Integrity and Research Security: A Complete Guide to the Regime That Went Live in FY2026

A single map of research integrity and research security, built from the regime that actually started operating in FY2026.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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What Is Research Security? Japan's Procedures Manual Goes Live in FY2026, and the 13 Due Diligence Checks It Requires

When I talk with university faculty and research administration staff, the questions have changed noticeably over the past six months.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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In FY2026, Research Security Became an Application Requirement: Reading the JST and ATLA Designations from the Call Guidelines

One thing about research security changed decisively over the past six months. It became an application requirement.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Building a Research Security Function: The Owner, the Rules and the Forms, in 90 Days

"We have not done anything yet. Where do we even start?" That is the question I hear most often when research security comes up.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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How to Answer a Research Security Questionnaire: Gathering the 13 Verification Items and What to Write

How to Answer a Research Security Questionnaire: Gathering the 13 Verification Items and What to Write.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Implementing Risk Mitigation Measures: How Far to Go with the Seven Examples in Research Security

Of everything in research security, the topic that splits the room most reliably is risk mitigation measures.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Taking On Students and RAs Changes Under Research Security: Employment Contracts, Confidentiality and Sworn Statements

Risk management under Japan's research security regime reaches research participants, students included.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Undisclosed Funding and Dual Affiliation: Reading the Research Security Verification Items Through the Regime That Produced Them

Undisclosed foreign funding, dual affiliation, participation in foreign talent recruitment programmes, unintended technology leakage, insider risk.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Export Control for Universities: Deemed Exports and the Three Specific Categories, Explained for Research Administrators

Export Control for Universities: Deemed Exports and the Three Specific Categories, Explained for Research Administrators.

2026-07-24Ryuta Hamamoto