Message from the President

At Fujitsu Laboratories, as part of our mission to support through our leading-edge technologies the Fujitsu Group's brand promise "shaping tomorrow with you", we pursue research and development (R&D) in a multitude of fields, including next-generation solutions and systems, networks, devices, and materials.

Similar to the paradigm shift of information and communication technology (ICT) from the computer-centric era of the 1980s, which focused on data processing with mainframe computers, to the network-centric era that began in the latter half of the 1990s when information became widely readily accessible, we believe that the world has entered a "human-centric" era in which technology can offer an environment for shaping human knowledge. In this era, expectations for ICT are not merely to be a means for improving efficiency; they include helping to resolve social issues that have become increasingly complex, acting as tools to provide guidance for new industrial growth strategies, and offering interfaces for positive cycles between technology development and actual business.

Given this backdrop, Fujitsu aims to enable a "Human Centric Intelligent Society" for which Fujitsu Laboratories conducts R&D of advanced technologies to generate value by linking individuals, things, and information, and will leverage such created value to conduct R&D of advanced technologies to offer inspiration, discovery, reliability, and growth.

We will continue to make advances in technology from a human-centric perspective. ICT of the past often focused on providing solutions for issues which ICT can easily accommodate. Hereafter, Fujitsu Laboratories will take on the challenge of providing solutions for issues for which ICT application requires highly innovative approaches, such as matters involving human intuition.

Technologies developed for the benefit of people may at times inadvertently create new burdens, such as environmental impact. As part of fulfilling our corporate social responsibility (CSR), Fujitsu Laboratories will strive to offer technologies that address such burden attributable to technology.

Furthermore, through a borderless focus on people, it will be possible to naturally foster global communication and open innovation.

With evolution of ICT through these initiatives, it will be possible for people to accomplish what can only be achieved by humans, as activities that will contribute to human prosperity and happiness. Fujitsu Laboratories aims to enable a "Human Centric Intelligent Society" by collaborating closely with our customers for the pursuit of each individual's prosperity and happiness. We believe that our R&D activities will contribute to enabling the Fujitsu Group to fulfill its brand promise of "shaping tomorrow with you".

Tatsuo Tomita
President, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.