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U.S. and Japan Commit $1 Billion to Advance Genesis Mission

The pact pairs national labs and supercomputers to speed AI-driven scientific discovery, leaving data‑sharing rules and funding approvals unresolved.

Takehiko Matsuo, vice minister for international affairs at Japan's METI; Darío Gil, DOE under secretary for science and Genesis Mission lead; and Yasuyoshi Kakita, vice minister for policy coordination at Japan's MEXT during a press event Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Energy Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Lindsey Wilkinson)
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Overview

  • The Department of Energy and Japan’s MEXT and METI announced the agreement on Thursday, committing a joint $1 billion over five years with each country pledging $500 million subject to future appropriations.
  • The deal creates bilateral working groups that pair DOE’s 12 national laboratories with a dozen Japanese research institutes to begin projects on 11 of the 26 technical challenges the Genesis Mission identified.
  • Joint teams will gain access to major computing resources, including DOE high‑performance systems and Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer, to run AI models and accelerate experiments.
  • Officials say core operational details remain under negotiation, with data governance, researcher permissions, and formal approvals still to be settled before full implementation.
  • Japan is the first international partner for the U.S. Genesis Mission, building on a 2025 technology deal and signaling plans to invite other allied countries that share democratic values to join later this year.