Dr. Junichi Nakagawa is the Executive Director and Director General of Research Center of Agricultural Robotics at National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO). He leads research on agricultural robotics, AI, and innovative agricultural sensing devices in NARO. Before joining NARO, he worked for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. In Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, he engaged in the development of optical communication systems including Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) systems, optical submarine cable systems. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in1994 from University of Tokyo. He currently also serves as Program Officer (PO) in Digital Transformations and Robotics in Sustainable Agriculture under the Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP) EIG CONCERT-Japan of Japan Science and Technology (JST).