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Quantum physics and nanoscience have been both the most important research fields in this century and will continue to be so for decades to come. Among many research centers which have been established in various universities all over the world to host research activities in nanoscience, quantum physics, and related technological fields. Our Advanced Research Center in Tokyo Institute of Technology is not only hosting cutting-edge research activities but also fostering young researchers in these fields. The Japanese government is going to support these fields with a special emphasis in the coming decade to facilitate the transfer of the fundamental research results in these fields to new technology. Two-dimensional atomic-layer materials including graphene with remarkable quantum effect have been studied worldwide as future device material to replace silicon. Applying the quantum annealing to computer architecture is also an emerging field of research which may totally change the computer and the computation in the near future. In addition, ultra-sensitive quantum sensors using laser-cooled atoms are attracting much attention from industries that are facing the limits of conventional classical sensors. Our Advanced Research Center is actually hosting these research activities. The highest-level research and education conducted in Tokyo Institute of Technology from the nineteenth century have been of indispensable importance in the modernization and industrialization of Japan. The Advanced Research Center for Quantum Physics and Nanoscience in the Tokyo Institute of Technology will further strengthen the high-tech Japan, and the high-tech world in this century.