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The Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) is an inter-university research institute in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operating under the National Institutes of Natural Sciences. Founded in 1975, IMS runs fundamental theoretical and experimental research in molecular science and hosts national platforms including a shared supercomputer centre.
Under the Cabinet Office / JST Moonshot R&D Program Goal 6, Professor Kenji Ohmori leads the neutral-atom quantum computing programme that in August 2026 brought Japan's first full-stack neutral-atom quantum computer, 'Shunkai', into operation with Hitachi and Infleqtion.