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AI Robot Association

Open robotics research association

Government Relations

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
¥9M - ¥15M/yr
Mid
Tokyo, Japan
HybridPrimarily office-based; remote work is possible.
Business & StrategyBusiness Operations

About the job

Requirements
  • Experience in government relations, stakeholder engagement, or negotiations with central government ministries, independent administrative agencies, public institutions, industry associations, or equivalent organizations.
  • Ability to understand policies, regulatory frameworks, industrial structures, and public-sector initiatives, and connect them effectively to organizational activities and strategies.
  • Ability to organize complex issues and drive alignment among diverse stakeholders with differing perspectives and interests.
  • Ability to lead projects, prepare materials, and manage execution timelines while coordinating internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to independently structure highly abstract topics and design strategic directions and approaches.
  • Business-level or higher Japanese proficiency is required.
  • Business-level or higher English proficiency is required.
Responsibilities
  • Build relationships and drive communication with government and public-sector organizations, including METI, NEDO, the Cabinet Office, MIC, and MEXT.
  • Monitor policy trends, regulatory frameworks, budget priorities, and public-sector initiatives, and align them with AIRoA’s activities and strategic direction.
  • Identify and structure industrial, research, and social implementation challenges within the Physical AI and robotics domains.
  • Understand expectations, requests, and concerns from government stakeholders and provide feedback and insights internally within AIRoA.
  • Facilitate issue development and consensus-building through dialogue with industry leaders, academic institutions, research organizations, and startups.
  • Plan and develop policy proposals, briefing materials, issue papers, and external communication content.
  • Plan and promote public-private partnership initiatives, committees, study groups, and cross-industry collaboration efforts.
  • Design government relations and stakeholder engagement strategies in collaboration with AIRoA’s technology, research, business, communications, and executive teams.
  • Support communication and coordination with policymakers, related organizations, and external stakeholders as needed.
Desired Qualifications
  • Hands-on experience collaborating and negotiating with organizations such as METI, NEDO, the Cabinet Office, MIC, and MEXT.
  • Knowledge of AI, robotics, semiconductors, startups, industrial policy, or related domains.
  • Practical experience in public-private partnership projects, consortiums, industry associations, or similar collaborative initiatives.
  • Experience in policy proposals, institutional design support, public affairs, or government relations activities.
  • Experience contributing to international standardization, rulemaking, or research policy initiatives.
  • Experience building relationships with policymakers, expert panels, policy study groups, or related stakeholders.
  • Ability to communicate and gather information effectively in English.

About the company

AI Robot Association is best understood as an open research association working on foundation models for robotics. Researchers and engineers build datasets, training systems, evaluation methods, and embodied artificial-intelligence software. Its initiative brings together motion data, vision-language-action research, model development, and humanoid-robot experimentation. Roles may span machine learning, robotics, data engineering, simulation, infrastructure, research operations, and partnerships. The entity has a limited public footprint, so the profile stays close to its official research and recruiting materials.

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What believers are saying

  • On 2026-08-03, AIRoA released 5,000 hours of robot motion data and a foundation model.
  • On 2026-08-04, it consolidated at a 3,500 m² Heiwajima facility, signaling execution.
  • Its 2026-02-10 ICRA workshop and RSJ 2026 talks widen partner demand and visibility.

What critics are saying

  • AIRoA depends on public programs like NEDO and GENIAC, exposing it to budget cuts.
  • Open-data coordination among members can stall, while DeepMind and NVIDIA race ahead.
  • If members stop contributing data, AIRoA’s ecosystem model loses scale and relevance quickly.

What makes AI Robot Association unique

  • AIRoA launched in 2024 as Japan’s open robot-data consortium, not a single vendor.
  • It combines academia, industry, and METI-NEDO-backed projects around robot foundation models.
  • Its Heiwajima hub centralizes R&D and corporate functions across Tokyo, Miraikan, and Kyoto.

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