Capabilities | Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. (MRI) provides the public and private sectors with research, consulting, and ICT solutions to resolve societal issues.
MRI offers clients around the world with solutions that make use of its decades of experience and comprehensive networks spanning government, industry, and academia. With nearly 1,000 researchers specializing in a wide range of fields from energy and the environment to civil engineering, biology, and economics, MRI tailors its support to the unique needs of each client.
MRI has two offices abroad—the Hanoi Representative Office in Vietnam and the Middle East Regional Office in Dubai—and subsidiary MRIA International, Inc. in the US.

Main Services Offered Outside of Japan

Policy Development Support

MRI uses its experience and knowledge gained in Japan to help countries around the world create public policy and make their industries more competitive to resolve societal issues.

Inbound Investment Support

MRI provides government institutions and investment promotion agencies (IPAs) with support to effectively attract investments from Japanese corporations.

Total Consulting Leading the Way for Electricity and Gas System Reforms

MRI delivers information essential to market participants from wholesale electricity prices (JEPX) to CO2 emissions, capacity factors, and renewable energy curtailment rates.

Case Studies

Other Primary Capabilities

Management consulting

MRI integrates the broad expertise of its researchers to provide comprehensive support spanning the design of strategies to their implementation for corporate growth, innovation, and management transformation.

M&A and PMI consulting
Food and agriculture business consulting
Consulting and development for healthcare businesses
Support for public-policy development overseas
Support for business development overseas
Technology, R&D, and intellectual-property consulting
Enterprise risk management consulting
Organizational and human-resource strategy consulting
Operations consulting
Business creation and innovation
Planning and implementation for management and business strategies

Management Consulting (Japanese)

Digital transformation

MRI helps clients create businesses based on digital technologies through a full set of services from strategy and planning to trials (PoC), implementation, and training for digitally-focused talent.

Digital transformation consulting
Data and AI driven consulting and solutions
IT implementation and operations consulting
Public digital-transformation consulting
Financial digital-transformation solutions

Digital transformation (Japanese)

Energy, sustainability, food, and agriculture

MRI provides clients with research and consulting services as well as business implementation services that address nascent policy and business issues in the energy, sustainability, food, and agriculture fields.

Energy businesses
Solving power system issues for the expansion of renewable energy
Consulting on improving power transmission and distribution
Consulting on green transformation and corporate strategy
Research on offshore wind power, hydrogen, ammonia, and sustainable fuels (e.g. biofuels, synthetic fuels, SAF)
Consulting on energy conservation and management
Research on distributed energy resource aggregation (e.g. EV and storage batteries)
Research on the circular economy and resource circulation
Sustainability management consulting
Carbon credit consulting
Consulting on overseas environmental business
Support for solving issues facing sustainable use of nuclear energy
Consulting on management of decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Support for solving issues facing waste management and areas where nuclear facilities are located
Consulting on environmental recovery and regional reconstruction in Fukushima
Electricity-market transaction related services
Food and agriculture business consulting

Energy, sustainability, food, and agriculture (Japanese)

Information and communications technology (ICT)

MRI support ranges from research to commercialization in ICT fields including telecommunications, radio waves, broadcasting, and the content industry.

ICT and media strategy consulting
Research on radio usage and wireless communications
General cybersecurity consulting
CyCraft AIR: AI-driven security operations service
Security reference for cloud services
SecurityScorecard: consulting services to strengthen supply-chain security
Power sector cybersecurity consulting

Information and communications technology (Japanese)

Advanced technologies

MRI contributes to the sustainable development of clients’ businesses, organizations, and ultimately society by providing information and highly specialized services related to advanced technologies, sciences, and innovation.

Technology strategy consulting
Support for innovation based on science and technology
Space business consulting
Research on the utilization of drones
Consulting on exploring new applications of technologies
R&D of AI services
Consulting on technology, R&D, and intellectual property
Generative AI text-drafting service (e.g. generation from quantitative-data input)
LaLaSapo: comprehensive service supporting the safe and rapid introduction of ChatGPT technology
RoboRisa: automated web research and reporting service

Advanced technologies (Japanese)

Regions, communities, and mobility

MRI provides comprehensive support covering issues such as the implementation of transportation systems using new technologies such as autonomous driving in urban and rural areas, as well as optimizing energy efficiency and reducing environmental impacts in local communities.

Research on mobility and autonomous driving infrastructure
Services supporting the mobility field
Research on tourism and inbound policy and markets
Region Ring®: digital regional-currency service for solving regional issues
Research on smart city initiatives
Facility management (e.g. longer life, integration, and relocation) consulting
PPP & PFI for public facilities and infrastructure
Airport operation consulting
Infrastructure-industry business consulting
Railway management consulting for new public transportation businesses
Railway company overseas expansion consulting
Research and PoC related to expo and future society

Regions, communities, and mobility (Japanese)

Healthcare

MRI provides support that helps develop and grow the healthcare industry in areas such as health, prevention, medicine, and workstyle reform.

Research on policy for developing and introducing medical devices and nursing robots
Consulting on data-driven health measures and health management
Consulting on competitive strategy for medical devices
Consulting and commercialization support for healthcare businesses
Support for public-policy development overseas
Services to support independence of the elderly
Physical function measurement services for rehabilitation
Kenko Eeru: communication service for health insurance societies using the LINE messaging app
Food and agriculture business consulting
Region Ring®: digital regional-currency service for solving regional issues
Active Ring: health promotion support service for local governments

Healthcare (Japanese)

Human resources

Aiming for the sustainable growth of individuals and organizations, MRI provides human resources consulting services that improve organizational performance via both hard and soft measures.

Syncit: AI service supporting recruitment
COCOPRO: AI service supporting mental care
Athlete FLAP support service (AFS)
INNOGUIDE: concierge-type service supporting development of new businesses (paid PoC available)
Research on employment and labor
Consulting on education and human resource development
Organization and human resource strategy consulting
Consulting on development of digitally-adept talent
Human capital management consulting
Human-resource policy proposals
Seminars on the human resources field

Human Resources (Japanese)

Disaster prevention and risk management

MRI aims to build a resilient and inclusive society by helping companies forecast natural disasters, assess impacts, and create BCPs.

Research on disaster prevention and resilience
Industrial risk management consulting
General cybersecurity consulting
CyCraft AIR: AI-driven security operations service
Security reference for cloud services
Enterprise risk management consulting
Power sector cybersecurity consulting

Disaster prevention and risk management (Japanese)

Global strategy

MRI aims to solve global societal issues by putting to use its experience and knowledge gained in Japan. Overseas, MRI supports businesses in the fields of societal aging, social welfare, the environment, energy, and infrastructure development mainly in Asia and the Middle East.

Support for business development overseas
Support for public-policy development overseas
Consulting on overseas environmental business
Railway company overseas expansion consulting
Economic analysis and policy proposals

Global strategy (Japanese)