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ese government has established National Research and Development Agencies () that fall under the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The , also known as MEXT, is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that compose part of the executive branch of the government of Japan. History The Meiji period, Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871. In January 2001 ...
(MEXT). # National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) #
RIKEN is a national scientific research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has about 3,000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, including the main site at Wakō, Saitama, Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Riken is a ...
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology The , or AIST, is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tokyo, and most of the workforce is located in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and in several cities throughout Japan. The institute is managed to integrate scientific and enginee ...
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National Metrology Institute of Japan
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The is the Japanese national Aeronautics, air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satell ...
(JAXA) # National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) # National Institute of Genetics (NIG) # National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) #
National Institute of Informatics The is a Japanese research institute located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. NII was established in April 2000 for the purpose of advancing the study of Informatics (academic field), informatics. This institute also works on creatin ...
(NII) # National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) # National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) # National Cancer Center (NCC) #
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology The is Japan's primary national research institute for information and communications. It is located in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. NICT was established as an Independent Administrative Institution in 2004 when Japan's Communications Research Labo ...
(NICT) # National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) # National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
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Independent Administrative Institution An , or Independent Administrative Institution, is a type of legal corporation formulated by the Government of Japan under the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act no. 103 of 1999, revised in 2014). The independent age ...


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