Japan
Research Organisations

Organisations that undertake social, political,
economic, scientific, technological or market research,
or provide analytical resources.

 

Data & Statistics

Governance & Politics

Human Rights

Social Research

Foreign Policy

Economics, Trade & Finance

Science & Technology

Market Research |

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DATA & STATISTICS  

Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center

Essential data:

[CIA World Factbook] country data - Japan

[U.S. State Department] Office of Japan Affairs

[U.S. State Department] [Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs] country information - Japan

[U.S. Library of Congress] country study - Japan

[AsiaSource] country profiles maps and statistics - Japan - a resource of The Asia Society

[Nation by Nation] country data - Japan - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people

[World Skip] country data - Japan

 

GOVERNANCE & POLITICS  

Basic information:

Governments on the WWW - Japan - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc

[Political Resources] - Japan

[CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Japan

[World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Japan - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others

[ElectionWorld.org] election results in Japan

 

HUMAN RIGHTS  

[International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Japan] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights

 

SOCIAL RESEARCH  

Research institutes:

Japan Academy

National Institute for Educational Research

Basic information:

[OneWorld.net] country database - Japan - news articles selected from around the world

[The Economist] country briefing - Japan

[U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Japan

 

FOREIGN POLICY  

The Japan Institute of International Affairs

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (Japan) 

 

ECONOMICS, TRADE & FINANCE  

Bank of Japan

The Japan Institute of International Affairs

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (Japan) 

 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY  

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI)

Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)

Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC)

Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL)

National Astronomical Observatory

National Insitute of Polar Research

National Institute for Fusion Science

National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM)

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) - research and development for industrial science and technology

National Institute of Genetics

National Institute of Informatics

National Institute of Radiological Science (NIRS)

National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)

National Laboratory for High Energy Physics

National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)

National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM)

National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)

Okazaki National Research Institutes

Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center

 

BUSINESS & MARKETS