National Research and Development Agency (Japan)

The Japanese government has established National Research and Development Agencies (国立研究開発法人) that fall under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).


 * 1) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
 * 2) RIKEN
 * 3) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ)
 * 4) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
 * National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
 * 1) National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
 * 2)  National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
 * 3) National Institute of Informatics (NII)
 * 4) National Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
 * National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)
 * National Cancer Center (NCC)
 * 1) National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
 * 2) National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)
 * National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
 * 1) National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)
 * 2) National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN)