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The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST; Japanese: 科学技術振興機構) is a Japanese government agency which aims to build infrastructure that supports knowledge creation and dissemination in Japan. It is one of the , overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI). It operates from headquarters in
Jxiv
preprints server in Japan.
Official site
Kawaguchi, Saitama Science and technology in Japan Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan Scientific organizations based in Japan Scientific organizations established in 2003 2003 establishments in Japan {{Japan-gov-stub
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST; Japanese: 科学技術振興機構) is a Japanese government agency which aims to build infrastructure that supports knowledge creation and dissemination in Japan. It is one of the , overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI). It operates from headquarters in Kawaguchi, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 607,373 in 293,582 households and a population density of 9800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 8th most ...
in the Greater Tokyo Area
The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan (including Tokyo Metropolis and the prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tochigi) as well as th ...
, and in Chiyoda in central Tokyo.
The agency formed in 2003, as successor to the Japan Science and Technology Corporation
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. The corporation had formed in 1996 through the merging of the Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (JICST, est. 1957) and the Research Development Corporation of Japan (JRDC, est. 1961).
Among other activities, the agency runs J-STAGE, an "electronic journal platform for science and technology information in Japan," and publishes the ''Journal of Information Processing and Management'' (). As a funder of research, the agency requires its grantees to follow its policy
Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an orga ...
on open access
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and open science. It has now made operationaJxiv
preprints server in Japan.
Directors
* , 1973-1974 * Ichiro Nakagawa, 1980-1982 * Michinari Hamaguchi, 2015–2022 * Kazuhito Hashimoto, 2022–presentSee also
* Science and technology in Japan * List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan * Research and development in Japan * SATREPSReferences
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Official site
Kawaguchi, Saitama Science and technology in Japan Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan Scientific organizations based in Japan Scientific organizations established in 2003 2003 establishments in Japan {{Japan-gov-stub