{"id":49889,"date":"2026-03-05T13:22:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/?p=49889"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:39:16","slug":"%e3%80%8c%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%82%a8%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b9%e3%82%ad%e3%83%a3%e3%83%83%e3%82%b9%e3%83%ab%e3%82%b8%e3%83%a3%e3%83%91%e3%83%b32026%e3%80%8d%e3%83%91%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%e3%83%8a%e3%83%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/news\/49889\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Castle Japan 2026\" Call for Partner Companies Co-creation with Teenage Researchers to Expand \"Researchers\" and Connect to Future Markets and Human Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

(\"RIVERNESS\"), together with its partners, will hold special events and booths at \"Science Castle Japan 2026\". Through workshops, experiment classes, research exhibits, panel discussions, and exchanges with the next generation of researchers in Japan, we will extend the \"researcher\" in students and implement a culture of inquiry and research in society. We are now accepting applications from partner companies to participate in this initiative.<\/p>\n

background<\/b><\/h3>\n

Science Castle is a platform that supports research activities in which junior and senior high school students find their own problems and seek solutions through scientific approaches. In collaboration with partners (companies, universities, etc.), we have stimulated the sensibilities of teenage researchers and promoted their research activities. In recent years, there has been a growing trend toward co-creation between companies and teenage researchers on an equal footing, sharing the same goals and vision for the future, rather than staying with CSR (educational support).<\/p>\n

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Value this initiative will bring to the company<\/b><\/h3>\n

(1) Making the brand a trust asset (recognition as a research culture support)<\/b><\/h4>\n

Gains recognition in society as a \"research culture support\" rather than an educational support. This leads to the accumulation of long-term trust, rather than short-term exposure.<\/p>\n

(2) Contacts with future customers and future human resources (recruitment, fanning, understanding future markets)<\/b><\/h4>\n

Contacts with the next generation of explorers will lead to the formation of future recruitment populations, the acquisition of company fans, and an understanding of future markets.<\/p>\n

(3) Exploratory marketing (touching the seeds of the market 10 years from now)<\/b><\/h4>\n

The \"questions\" of middle and high school students are the germ of future markets. As an entry point for theme exploration and co-creation, it breathes new life into business development and R&D from a medium- to long-term corporate perspective.<\/p>\n

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Involvement in the project will have a \"ripple effect within the company.<\/b><\/h3>\n

By having partner company employees interact directly with teenage researchers,<\/p>\n

The program has generated comments such as, \"I, too, have decided to do more of what I want to do,\" \"My motivation has increased,\" and \"My thinking about my career has changed.\" It is also an opportunity to re-language the company's values and perspectives, and contributes to improving the engagement of researchers and engineers.<\/p>\n

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Examples of corporate applications<\/b><\/h3>\n