Mikiko Tanifuji leads the development of Japan’s Research Data Cloud (RDC), a national infrastructure supporting all scientific domains—from data management to publication and open access monitoring. As a key figure at NII, Japan’s central hub for research data infrastructure, she collaborates with international initiatives such as the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the FAIR Digital Object Forum (FDO). She also engages with global communities including COAR and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), contributing best practices to advance a globally interoperable open science ecosystem.
With deep expertise in research data infrastructure and scholarly publishing, Mikiko has served as a member of the Open Science Working Group under Japan’s Cabinet Office, and currently serves on both the RDA Council and the COAR Executive Board.
She is also an active member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, where she is tackling the challenges of handling and processing open data to develop real-time visualization services that map relationships between research areas and researchers. This work aims to enable cross-domain knowledge integration by making connections across scientific disciplines more visible and actionable.