This is the same centre. As part of the recent trade mission to Japan by the Irish Govt., a number of Irish-Japanese initiatives were highlighted, including the CELL Centre of Competence. While this article by the journalist appears like the Centre was just announced, it was really launched last October, and simply highlighted again now.
There’s no particular motive to this other than to highlight collaborative research going on at the moment, with the hope of strengthening ties, which can only be a good thing.
Steve