National Research and Development Agency (Japan)
# National Research and Development Agency (Japan)

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

* National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
* RIKEN
* National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ)
* Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
* National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
* National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
* National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
* National Institute of Informatics (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 (NICT)
* National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)
* National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
* National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)
* National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
* National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN)
