The Kyushu-Taiwan Future Institute (KTVI), a General Incorporated Association, will conduct the Taiwan fieldwork of GEN×BORDER Cohort 2, its Japan–Taiwan cross-border leadership implementation program, from Tuesday, November 17 to Saturday, November 21, 2026. About ten Japanese business owners, managers and next-generation leaders will visit Taipei and the surrounding area. Through dialogue with universities, research institutions and companies, and through co-creation workshops, they will re-examine their own management and business challenges from the perspective of the AI era.

■ Purpose of the Fieldwork
Positioned at the midpoint of Cohort 2, which opened in September 2026, the fieldwork is where participants test what they have learned so far on the ground.
・Learn first-hand about the technology, talent and industrial ecosystem behind Taiwan's AI and semiconductor industries
・Experience differences in industrial structure, strengths and values between Japan and Taiwan, and develop a cross-border perspective
・Test participants' own management and business challenges through PBL (Project-Based Learning) and on-site dialogue
・Go beyond a one-off study tour, leading to business implementation and ongoing Japan–Taiwan collaboration after returning home

■ Main Program (Planned)
Tuesday, November 17
Planned visit to Anjet Research Lab. In a special session by Mr. Jason, "Connecting Japanese and Taiwanese Technology to Create the Industries of the Future" (working title), participants will learn about the practice of next-generation power semiconductors, from R&D to commercialization. A Japan–Taiwan networking reception is planned in Taipei in the evening.

Wednesday, November 18
"JAPAN × TAIWAN AI CO-CREATION DAY" at the College of AI Creative Intelligence, Tamkang University. In workshops with mixed Japan–Taiwan teams, participants will explore their business challenges and the potential of AI.

Thursday, November 19
"AI Kick-off Summit 2026" planned at Chung Yuan Christian University, discussing the real-world implementation of AI and quantum technologies and corporate transformation with researchers and business leaders from both sides.

Friday, November 20
Special lectures "Semiconductors, AI, and Our Shared Future" at National Chengchi University. Prof. LI Shih-hui, business journalist LIN Hung-wen (author of "晶片島上的光芒") and Prof. CHEN Jyan-Bang will speak on geopolitics and geoeconomics, semiconductors and AI, and how TSMC built its competitiveness, followed by dialogue with students.

Saturday, November 21
Return to Japan.

■ Why Learn in Taiwan
With its semiconductor-centered industrial cluster and a talent development system in which universities, companies and government work in concert, Taiwan is a place to experience the industrial transformation of the AI era first-hand. It is also a "neighbor" with a different pace of decision-making and organizational culture from Japan. By immersing themselves in those differences, participants can put their own and their companies' assumptions in perspective and frame new questions.

■ A Space for Cross-Border Co-creation
The program values dialogue, experience and reflection, not just lectures. Japanese executives and managers work on shared challenges with Taiwanese faculty, researchers, students and business leaders across differences of nationality, generation, organization and position, sharpening from each other's perspectives the human judgment, creativity and leadership the AI era demands.

■ Toward Practice after Returning Home
What participants learn in Taiwan carries over into reflection and PBL after they return. Building on insights from the field, they will refine their business plans and, toward completion in February 2027, connect them to implementation in their own companies and to Japan–Taiwan collaboration. Within GEN×BORDER, the fieldwork is the turning point where learning becomes practice.

■ About GEN×BORDER and KTVI
GEN×BORDER is a roughly six-month Japan–Taiwan cross-border leadership implementation program combining generative AI, business strategy, the liberal arts and cross-border collaboration. Its organizer, KTVI, works to connect Kyushu and Taiwan under the "3E" cycle, in which Education develops people, transforms Enterprise and spreads value to the regional Economy.

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