FRONTEO Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Board of Director and President: Masahiro Morimoto; hereinafter referred to as FRONTEO) is pleased to announce that Toru Hisamitsu, Director of Research and Development in the Economic Security Office, has been appointed as a visiting researcher at the Economic Security Research Program (ESRP) of the Advanced Technology Research Center at the University of Tokyo.

Toru Hisamitsu, Director of Research and Development, Economic Security Office

ESRP is a research program that conducts cutting-edge research and policy recommendations on important issues in economic security. As a visiting researcher, Hisamitsu will not only conduct research in this field, but will also promote the research program through activities such as exchanging ideas with international think tanks and governments and speaking at workshops. FRONTEO and the Advanced Technology Research Center's Rule-making Strategy Division will begin joint research in 2021.¹⁾and joint projects²⁾We aim to continue enhancing economic security measures through these efforts.

ESRP website
https://esrp.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

List of Affiliates
https://esrp.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/experts/

As a leading company in AI solutions in the field of economic security, FRONTEO will continue to contribute to corporate economic security measures, strategy planning and promotion, business development, and the resolution of social issues through the research and development of innovative AI technology equipped with its proprietary specialized AI "KIBIT" and its social implementation.

1) Press release dated September 2021, 9: FRONTEO begins joint research with Professor Katsuya Tamai of the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology on the impact of economic security risks on companies. With a view to publishing the results as a report, https://www.fronteo.com/20210928
2) Press release dated March 2023, 3: Launch of a joint project in the area of ​​economic security with the Rule-making Strategy Division of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, https://www.fronteo.com/20230314

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Through KIBIT's unique technology and approach, we aim to realize the philosophy of "providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities buried in records, and realizing fairness in the information society." We are promoting social implementation in various fields of legal tech AI.
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