title: National Research and Development Agency (Japan)
text: # 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)
  