Bridging policy, security and technology to give international collaboration concrete form.

FiveLines coordinates initiatives involving security, international collaboration, and policy and regulation, and operates the REIMEI Initiative. Working with companies, public bodies, research institutions and experts, we set out the conditions for engagements involving sensitive information and design frameworks and programs for collaboration, helping initiatives take concrete shape.

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About

About FiveLines

Technology and industry initiatives are increasingly bound up with security considerations, national policy and regulation, and cross-border partnerships. FiveLines connects the perspectives of policy, security and international collaboration to these initiatives, so that the organizations involved can decide and work together on a shared footing.

  • Governments & public bodiesInitiatives involving policy and institutions
  • CompaniesInternational expansion and sensitive engagements
  • Financial institutionsRisk judgments in investment, lending and insurance
  • Research institutionsJoint research and international collaboration
  • Experts abroadPartnerships with organizations in Japan

Areas of Work

Our Work

Across four areas, we clarify issues, design frameworks, coordinate among stakeholders and operate initiatives.

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Security, Policy & Regulation

For initiatives shaped by security considerations, policy or regulation, we clarify the issues and stakeholders that decisions depend on.

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International Collaboration

Working with organizations and experts in Japan and abroad, we design frameworks for collaboration around shared objectives.

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Sensitive Engagements

For engagements involving sensitive information, we set out the conditions for information handling, contracts and approvals, and the allocation of responsibilities.

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Initiative Operation & Program Design

We operate the REIMEI Initiative and, where needed, design programs for joint activities and talent development.

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Approach

How We Work

Depending on the matter, we give an initiative concrete form in three stages.

  1. Clarifying the issues

    We confirm objectives, stakeholders, constraints and whether sensitive information is involved, and set out the issues a decision depends on.

  2. Designing the framework

    We define roles, participation conditions, information handling and process, and design the framework or program for collaboration.

  3. Coordinating with those responsible

    We coordinate with the organizations and experts who carry out the work, so that each can advance within its own remit.

On education and talent developmentWhere needed, FiveLines designs education and talent-development programs. Lectures, training and exercises are delivered by Akatsuki and other organizations.

REIMEI Initiative

Our Role in REIMEI

FiveLines operates and serves as secretariat of the REIMEI Initiative, a global collaboration platform built around joint validation. We support its activities through coordination with the organizations and experts involved, and place great weight on the independence of evaluative judgment in validation and review, and on the management of conflicts of interest.

  • Design · Coordination · Operation

    FiveLines

    • Designing frameworks and programs
    • Coordinating engagements
    • Operating and serving as secretariat of the REIMEI Initiative
  • Joint validation

    REIMEI Initiative

    • Forming joint validation themes
    • Independent review and evidence creation
    • Improvement, revalidation and international dialogue
  • Education delivery

    Akatsuki and other
    organizations

    • Delivering lectures, training and exercises
    • Practical work within their respective remits

This diagram shows the division of roles only. It does not represent capital, reporting or exclusive relationships.

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Contact

Enquiries

We accept enquiries by email. In your first message, please share only an outline that can be disclosed.

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Examples of enquiries

  • Clarifying the policy and regulatory issues around adopting a new technology or expanding a business
  • Exploring a framework for collaboration with organizations or experts abroad
  • Setting conditions for information handling and responsibilities in a joint engagement involving sensitive information
  • Participating in or partnering with the REIMEI Initiative