Japanese Government Agencies 

Defense Agency (under the Cabinet Office)
http://www.mod.go.jp/e/index.html

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/

Ministry of Environment (ENV)
http://www.env.go.jp/en/

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/icpb/index.html

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)
http://www.mlit.go.jp/english/index_e.html

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National Institutes and Agencies in Japan

Geological Survey Institute (GSI)
http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/

Institute for Molecular Sciences (IMS)
http://www.ims.ac.jp/

National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
http://www.nibb.ac.jp/en/index.php

National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS)
http://www.nifs.ac.jp/site.html

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
http://www.nao.ac.jp/E/

National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS)
http://www.nips.ac.jp/eng/

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI)
http://www.jaea.go.jp/jaeri/english/index.html

Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/

National Institute of Natural Sciences (NINS)
http://www.nins.jp/english/

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
http://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html

National Institute of Animal Health (NARO)
http://www.niah.affrc.go.jp

National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES)
http://www.nies.go.jp/gaiyo/index-e.html

National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
http://www.nig.ac.jp/index-e.html

National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS)
http://www.nihs.go.jp/english/index.html

National Institute of Informatics (NII)
http://www.nii.ac.jp/index.shtml.en

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
http://www.nict.go.jp/about/index_e.html

National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)
http://www.nims.go.jp/eng/

National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME)
http://www.nime.ac.jp/en/

National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/

National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)
http://www.nirs.go.jp/ENG/index.html

National Institute of Resource and Environment (NIRE)
http://www.aist.go.jp/NIRE/index-e.htm

National Museum of Natural Science
http://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/

National Research Institutes for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
http://www.bosai.go.jp/e/

RIKEN
http://www.riken.jp/engn/

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Japanese Universities

Major Universities:

Hokkaido University
http://www.hokudai.ac.jp/en/
http://www.hokudai.ac.jp/catalog/02-03/f_g/f_gsch.html

Keio University
http://www.keio.ac.jp/
http://www.keio.ac.jp/english/academics/faculties/index.html

Kyoto University
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/etop2/e09-top.htm

Kyushu University
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/english/
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/english.new/eng/index.html

Ochanomizu University
http://www.ocha.ac.jp/index-e.html
http://www.ocha.ac.jp/english/informationguide/science.html (Faculty of Science)
http://www.seikatsu.ocha.ac.jp/e/index.html (Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Science)

Osaka University
http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/
http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/programs/index.html

Tohoku University
http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/english/
http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/english/profile/profile2-4.htm

Tokyo Institute of Technology
http://www.titech.ac.jp/home.html
http://www.titech.ac.jp/links/e/list.html

Tokyo University
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index/c00_e.html

Graduate Schools

Faculty of Engineering
http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eepage/index.html

Graduate School of Engineering
http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/etpage/

Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
http://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html.en

Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
http://www.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.shtml

Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
http://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/

Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
http://www.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/index.html

Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine
http://www.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english

Graduate School of Science
http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

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_e.html

Institute of Industrial Science
http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.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

Tsukuba University
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/organization/

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Funding Sources for Scientific Research in Japan

JASC’s Arctic Funding Guide
http://www.arcticsciencefunding.org/japan.html

Japan Foundation
http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html

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/

Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/

Compiled by Tomoko Y. Steen, Updated July 2008