Connecting Policy and Technology
We translate technical insight into policy, institutional, and operational questions, establishing a shared basis for consideration.
Neutral research and trust formation office
Informed decisions
through
verification, evaluation,
and collaboration.
Five Lines advises across policy and technology, public-private engagement, international cooperation, verification and evaluation, economic security, and the responsible use of technology in society, with a focus on strategic and emerging technologies including AI, data, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and semiconductors.
Our Role
Establishing the conditions for trust
through independence and expertise.
Five Lines works at the intersection of policy, research, industry, and expert communities, bringing rapidly evolving technology domains into structures that support sound judgment.
Structuring Public-Private and Academic Dialogue
We design forums and materials that enable diverse stakeholders to examine issues from a common frame of reference.
Framing International Cooperation
We interpret international developments, standardization, and policy dialogue as evidence for decision-making in Japan.
Designing Verification and Trust
We clarify evaluation criteria, verification protocols, and risk considerations to establish a basis for trust.
Turning Evidence into Decision Resources
We organize research findings into reports, issue maps, deliberative materials, and foundations for policy recommendations.
Fields
Our focus is not a single technology,
but the domains where technology and institutions intersect.
AI, Generative AI, and Agents
Capability assessment, principles of use, risk, organizational governance, and regulatory developments.
Data Governance
Data infrastructure, sharing frameworks, reliability, auditability, and protection.
Cybersecurity
Safety, resilience, critical infrastructure, and the evolving threat landscape.
Quantum Technologies
Computing resources, cryptography, standardization, future risks, and transition considerations.
Semiconductors and Computing Infrastructure
Chips, cloud infrastructure, computing resources, supply chains, and procurement risk.
Public Safety and Crisis Management
The intersections of public interest, security, crisis response, and institutional practice.
Economic Security
Technology dependencies, export controls, supply chains, and industrial policy.
Responsible Use of Technology
Research ethics, compliance, conflicts of interest, and transparency.
Main Domains
Five Lines' Principal Areas of Practice
As a secretariat and coordinating organization, policy consultancy, and technology procurement adviser, Five Lines works across institutional design, international cooperation, verification, and evaluation.
Consortium and Association Operations
We serve as the secretariat for the REIMEI Initiative and support the design of associations and councils, membership administration, confidentiality, and conflict-of-interest management.
Policy Research and Recommendations
We support research, policy analysis, and the preparation of policy recommendations, white papers, technical reports, and annual reports.
Governance Advisory
We clarify institutional, operational, and risk-management considerations concerning AI, data, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.
International Cooperation and Global Research
We coordinate with government bodies, research institutions, universities, and companies internationally, while examining global and standardization developments.
Design and Administration of Verification and Evaluation Programs
We design working groups, collaborative research, expert meetings, international forums, roundtables, and scenario exercises.
Technology Procurement Advisory and Responsible Use in Society
We structure the considerations surrounding procurement, use, operations, maintenance, and partner coordination for technologies required in verification, evaluation, and demonstration activities.
Operating Structure
Secretariat and Coordinating Organization, Policy Consultancy, and Technology Procurement Adviser
Beginning with the REIMEI Initiative, we take an integrated approach to deliberative governance, policy analysis, international coordination, and the conditions required for verification and evaluation.
Association Operations and Policy Communication
- Secretariat operations for the REIMEI Initiative
- Design and administration of associations, consortia, and councils
- Planning and administration of working groups, collaborative research, and expert meetings
- Planning and administration of international forums, roundtables, and scenario exercises
- Membership and participant administration, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and compliance
- Administration of public communications, websites, knowledge portals, and newsletters
Research, Policy Analysis, and International Cooperation
- Research and policy analysis concerning AI, data, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies
- Support for policy recommendations, white papers, technical reports, and annual reports
- Coordination with government bodies, research institutions, universities, and companies internationally
- Analysis of economic security, supply chains, standardization, and regulatory developments
Verification, Evaluation, and Technology Procurement
- Advisory on technology procurement and use for verification, evaluation, and demonstration
- Procurement advisory for firmware, software, and hardware
- Advisory on verification equipment, development and evaluation environments, and testbeds
- Research, selection, and comparison of technologies and products in Japan and overseas, with coordination among relevant providers
- Coordination of equipment and services required for proofs of concept and collaborative verification projects
- Advisory on associated contracts, use, operations, maintenance, and partner coordination
- Advisory on responsible approaches to the use of emerging technologies in business and society
REIMEI Initiative
A forum for verification and trust formation
Government and Public Institutions
Research Institutions and Universities
Companies and Industry Associations
Expert Communities
International and Standards Organizations
REIMEI Initiative
Independent stewardship of an international forum
for verification and trust formation.
As the administrative body of the REIMEI Initiative, Five Lines is responsible for participant administration, deliberative forums, working groups, collaborative research, policy dialogue, and the organization of information.
- Operational design that preserves independence
- Transparency balanced with confidentiality
- Conflict-of-interest management and compliance
- Organization of knowledge for international trust formation
Principles
Principles underpinning trust formation.
In work concerning emerging technologies, how an issue is considered matters as much as the issue itself.
Independence
We frame issues and criteria for judgment without aligning our analysis with the sale of any particular product or the interests of any single organization.
Transparency
We distinguish assumptions, scope, evidence, and unresolved matters so that the basis of discussion remains clear.
Confidentiality
We distinguish public from non-public information and define how deliberations and research materials are handled.
Conflict-of-Interest Management
We recognize the positions and interests of stakeholders while maintaining an independent analytical perspective.
Compliance
Our work takes account of regulation, export controls, data protection, and research ethics.
Contact
Contact Five Lines
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Company
Company Information
- Company Name
- Five Lines株式会社
- Representative Director
- 安田光德
- Registered Address
- Ginza Grandir Building 10F, 3-10-1 Ginza,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan