Selected Internet Resources:
Japanese Science, Technology, and Medicine
Defense Agency (under the Cabinet Office)
http://www.jda.go.jp/e/index_.htm
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF)
http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/index.htm
http://www.env.go.jp/en/index.html
Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare (MHLW)
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/index.html
Ministry of International Affairs and Communications (MIC)
http://www.soumu.go.jp/english/index.html
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)
http://www.mlit.go.jp/english/index.html
National Institutes and Agencies in Japan
Geological Survey Institute (GSI)
National Institute of Natural Sciences (NINS)
*The following five institutes below now serve under NINS.
Institute for Molecular Sciences (IMS)
National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
http://www.nibb.ac.jp/en/index.php
National Institute for Fusion Sciences (NIFS)
http://www.nifs.ac.jp/index.html
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
http://www.nao.ac.jp/E/index.html
National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS)
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI)
http://www.jaeri.go.jp/english/index.cgi
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
http://momo.tokyo.jst.go.jp/EN/
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
http://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html
National Institute of Animal Health (NARO)
National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES)
National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
http://www.nig.ac.jp/index-e.html
National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS)
National Institute of Informatics (NII)
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
http://www.nict.go.jp/overview/index.html
National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)
National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME)
http://www.nime.ac.jp/index-e.html
National Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)
http://www.nirs.go.jp/ENG/nirs.htm
National Institute of Resource and Environment (NIRE)
http://www.nire.go.jp/index_e.html
National Research Institutes for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
http://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/
National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
http://www.nasda.go.jp/index_e.html
http://www.hokudai.ac.jp/catalog/02-03/f_g/f_gsch.html
http://www.keio.ac.jp/02/index.html
http://www.keio.ac.jp/02/02.html
Kyoto University
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/etop2/e09-top.htm
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/english/organization-e.htm
http://www.ocha.ac.jp/index-e.html
http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/facilities/index.html
http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/english/index.html
Tokyo Institute of Technology
http://www.titech.ac.jp/links/e/list.html
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/c/index_e.html
*The below is list of departments/faculties and research institutes under Tokyo University.
Graduate Schools
Department of Information Sciences
http://www.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html.en
Faculty of Engineering
http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eepage/index.html
Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
http://www.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/index.html
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
http://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html.en
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
http://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/
Graduate School of Medicine
http://www.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp/html/english/index_e.html
Graduate School of Science
http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-en.html
Research Institutes
Center for Climate System Research
http://www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ehtml/eccsr.shtml
Earthquake Research Institute
http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html
Environmental Science Center
http://www.esc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/index-e.html
Information Technology Center
http://www.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html
Institute of Cosmic Ray Research
http://www.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html
Institute of Industrial Science
http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/index.html
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
http://www.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html
Institute for Solid State Physics
http://www.issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html
International Center for Elementary Particle Physics
http://www.icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html
Molecular Genetics Research Laboratory
http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/mgrl/index_E.html
Ocean Research Institute
http://www.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) http://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/
VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) technology Design and Education Center
http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/index.html
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/eng/organizations/index.html
Funding Sources for Scientific Research in Japan
http://www.arcticsciencefunding.org/japan.html
Japan Foundation
Japan Science and Technology Agency Grants
http://momo.tokyo.jst.go.jp/EN/menu4/index.html
Japan Society for Promotion of Science
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
http://www.spf.org/e/index.html
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
Compiled by Tomoko Y. Steen, Ph.D. (Updated May 11, 2004)