Research organizations in Japan

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 1,780 research organizations in Japan.

Research organizations carry out scientific and applied research outside the university system, from national laboratories to independent institutes.

The largest concentrations are in Tokyo (1,217), Osaka (69) and Kyoto (47).

Japan scores 61.3 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 42 of 117 economies.

See Japan on the IEPA ↗

1,780 research organizations

• Chiba Prefecture Cultural Property Center
  Research organization · Chiba · echiba.org
• Chiba Ymca
  Research organization · Chiba · chibaymca.org
• Chigasaki Medical Association
  Research organization · Chigasaki · chigasaki-med.or.jp
• Children's Cancer Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · ccaj-found.or.jp
• Children's Play School Citizen Stage
  Research organization · Kushiro · npo-kyss.org
• Chiyoda Medical Association
  Research organization · Tokyo · chiyoda-med.or.jp
• Chiyoda Mutual Life Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · chiyoda-kenko.jp
• Chubu Electrical Safety Services Foundation
  Research organization · Nagoya · cdh.or.jp
• Chubu Okinawa Medical Association
  Research organization · Chatan · chubu-ishikai.or.jp
• Chugoku Industrial Innovation Center
  Research organization · Hiroshima · crirc.jp
• Chugoku Occupational Health Association
  Research organization · Fukuyama · churou-wp.sub.jp
• Chunichi Shimbun
  Research organization · Closed · Nagoya · chunichi.co.jp
• CITY Planning Association Of JAPAN.
  Research organization · Tokyo · tokeikyou.or.jp
• ClassNK
  Research organization · Tokyo · classnk.or.jp
• CO2-free Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research Association
  Research organization · Tokyo · hystra.or.jp
• Cold Region Port and Harbor Engineering Research Center
  Research organization · Sapporo · kanchi.or.jp
• Computer Graphic Arts Society
  Research organization · Tokyo · cgarts.or.jp
• Computer Software Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · saj.or.jp
• Condominium Management Center
  Research organization · Tokyo · mankan.or.jp
• Construction Industry Engineers Center
  Research organization · Tokyo · cezaidan.or.jp
• Construction Industry Information Center
  Research organization · Tokyo · ciic.or.jp
• Cosmetology Research Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · cosmetology.or.jp
• Cryogenics and Superconductivity Society of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · csj.or.jp
• Cyber Campus Consortium TIES
  Research organization · Nara · cccties.org
• Daiichi Sankyo Foundation of Life Science
  Research organization · Tokyo · ds-fdn.or.jp
• Daiko Foundation
  Research organization · Higashi · www1.s3.starcat.ne.jp
• Daiwa Securities Health Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · daiwa-grp.jp
• DAS Designers Association
  Research organization · Osaka · das.or.jp
• Defense Facilities Environment Improvement Association
  Research organization · Tokyo · dfeia.or.jp
• Defense Technology Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · defense-tech.or.jp
• Development Bank of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · dbj.jp
• Digital Content Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · dcaj.or.jp
• Donated Blood Distribution Foundation
  Research organization · Musashino · kenketu.or.jp
• Drug Abuse Prevention Center
  Research organization · Tokyo · dapc.or.jp
• East Japan Railway Culture Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · ejrcf.or.jp
• Ebara Medical Association
  Research organization · Tokyo · ebr-med.or.jp
• Ecological Life and Culture Organization
  Research organization · Tokyo · elco.or.jp
• Economic Research Association
  Research organization · Tokyo · zai-keicho.or.jp
• Ecosystem Conservation SOCIETY-JAPAN
  Research organization · Tokyo · ecosys.or.jp
• Electric Technology Research Association
  Research organization · Tokyo · etra.or.jp
• Employment Research Corporation
  Research organization · Tokyo · koyoerc.or.jp
• ENEOS TonenGeneral Research/Development Encouragement & Scholarship Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · eneos-tonengeneral-zaidan.or.jp
• Engineering Advancement Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · enaa.or.jp
• Enoshima Aquarium
  Research organization · Fujisawa · enosui.com
• Environment Research and Technology Development Fund
  Research organization · Tokyo · env.go.jp
• Establishment of Tropical Marine Ecological Research
  Research organization · Naha · amsl.or.jp
• Express Highway Research Foundation of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · express-highway.or.jp
• FA Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · faf.or.jp
• Fair Trade Institute
  Research organization · Tokyo · koutori-kyokai.or.jp
• Family Problems Information Center
  Research organization · Tokyo · fpic-fpic.jp
• Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations
  Research organization · Tokyo · kkr.or.jp
• Fishing Boat And System Engineering Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · systemkyokai.or.jp
• Flower And Green Bank
  Research organization · Toyama · bgtym.org
• Fondation Maison franco-japonaise
  Research organization · Tokyo · fmfj.or.jp
• Food Marketing Research and Information Center
  Research organization · Tokyo · fmric.or.jp
• Food Science Institute Foundation
  Research organization · Hachiōji · ryouken.or.jp
• Foodservice Industry Research Institute
  Research organization · Tokyo · anan-zaidan.or.jp
• Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · fccj.or.jp
• Forest Chemicals Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · rinyakukyo.com
• Forest Management Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · rinkeikyo.jp
• Foundation Advanced Technology Institute
  Research organization · Tokyo · ati.or.jp
• Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development
  Research organization · Tokyo · fasid.or.jp
• Foundation for Advancement of International Science
  Research organization · Tsukuba · fais.or.jp
• Foundation for Ambulance Service Development
  Research organization · Tokyo · fasd.jp
• Foundation for Detection of Early Gastric Carcinoma
  Research organization · Tokyo · soiken.or.jp
• Foundation for Growth Science
  Research organization · Tokyo · fgs.or.jp
• Foundation for High Energy Accelerator Science
  Research organization · Tsukuba · heas.jp
• Foundation for International Development/Relief
  Research organization · Tokyo · fidr.or.jp
• Foundation for Japanese Chemical Research
  Research organization · Sendai · jchemken.jp
• Foundation for MultiMedia Communications
  Research organization · Tokyo · fmmc.or.jp
• Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
  Research organization · Tokyo · fpcr.or.jp
• Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · mst.or.jp
• Foundation for Promotion of Medical Training
  Research organization · Tokyo · pmet.or.jp
• Foundation for Senior Citizens' Housing
  Research organization · Tokyo · koujuuzai.or.jp
• Foundation for the Promotion of Ion Engineering
  Research organization · Kyoto · ion.or.jp
• Foundation Learning Software Information Research Center
  Research organization · Minato · gakujoken.or.jp
• Foundation of Global Life Learning Center
  Research organization · Tokyo · gllc.or.jp
• Foundation of River&Basin Integrated Communications
  Research organization · Tokyo · river.or.jp
• Foundation of Social Development for Senior Citizens
  Research organization · Tokyo · nenrin.or.jp
• Foundation Osaka City Museum Association
  Research organization · Osaka · ocmo.jp
• Foundation Wakayama Prefecture Cultural Property Center
  Research organization · Wakayama · wabunse.or.jp
• Foundation Yamanashi Cultural Property Research Institute
  Research organization · Chiba · y-bunka.t-zaidan.jp
• Fuji Foundation for Protein Research
  Research organization · Kaizuka · fujifoundation.or.jp
• Fujichiro Iijima Memorial Food Science Promotion Foundation
  Research organization · Chiba · iijima-kinenzaidan.or.jp
• Fujikura Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · fujikura-foundation.or.jp
• Fujisawa Medical Association
  Research organization · Fujisawa · fujisawa-med.com
• Fujiwara Natural History Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · fujiwara-nh.or.jp
• Fukada Geological Institute
  Research organization · Tokyo · fgi.or.jp
• Fukkoukai
  Research organization · Funabashi · soubu-hp.or.jp
• Fukuda Foundation for Medical Technology
  Research organization · Tokyo · fukudakinen.or.jp
• Fukui International Association
  Research organization · Fukui · f-i-a.or.jp
• Fukui Science Education Academy
  Research organization · Fukui-shi · fukuikagakugakuen.com
• Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center
  Research organization · Fukuoka · urc.or.jp
• FUKUOKA Association of Independent Entrepreneurs
  Research organization · Fukuoka · chukeikyo.com
• Fukuoka City International Foundation
  Research organization · Fukuoka · fcif.or.jp
• Fukuoka Foundation for Sound Health
  Research organization · Fukuoka · fphpo.or.jp
• Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center
  Research organization · Kurume · fitc.pref.fukuoka.jp
• Fukushima Prefectural Culture Center
  Research organization · Fukushima · culture-center.fks.ed.jp
• Fukushima Prefectural Police
  Research organization · Fukushima · police.pref.fukushima.jp
• Fukushima Shichoson Kensetsu Shien Kikou
  Research organization · Fukushima · fm-so.org
• Fulbright Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · fulbright.jp
• Functional Water Foundation
  Research organization · Tokyo · fwf.or.jp
• Futaba Electronics Memorial Foundation
  Research organization · Mobara · futaba-zaidan.org
• Fuzzy Systems Institute
  Research organization · Iizuka · flsi.cird.or.jp
• Gangoji Institute for Research of Cultural Property
  Research organization · Nara · gangoji.or.jp
• Gas Turbine Society of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · gtsj.or.jp
• General Building Research Corporation of Japan
  Research organization · Suita · gbrc.or.jp
• General Incorporated Foundation For International Education
  Research organization · Tokyo · fie.or.jp
• General Insurance Association of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · sonpo.or.jp
• Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage Technology Research Association
  Research organization · Kizugawa · co2choryu-kumiai.or.jp
• Geological Survey of Japan
  Research organization · Tsukuba · gsj.jp
• Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
  Research organization · Tsukuba · gsi.go.jp
• Gifu Industrial Economic Promotion Center
  Research organization · Gifu · gpc-gifu.or.jp
• Gifu Prefecture Medical Association
  Research organization · Gifu · gifu.med.or.jp
• Ginreikai
  Research organization · Tokyo · ginreikai.net
• Glass MANUFACTURERS' Association Of Japan
  Research organization · Tokyo · glassman.or.jp
• Global Environment Centre Foundation
  Research organization · Osaka · gec.jp
• Global Environmental Forum
  Research organization · Tokyo · gef.or.jp
• Global Guardian Trust
  Research organization · Tokyo · ggt.or.jp
• Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
  Research organization · Tokyo · ghitfund.org

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Cities

• Research organizations in Tokyo 1,217
• Research organizations in Osaka 69
• Research organizations in Kyoto 47
• Research organizations in Nagoya 30
• Research organizations in Sapporo 28
• Research organizations in Yokohama 28
• Research organizations in Kobe 21
• Research organizations in Tsukuba 16
• Research organizations in Chiba 15
• Research organizations in Sendai 14
• Research organizations in Fukuoka 12
• Research organizations in Kawasaki 9
• Research organizations in Nagano 8
• Research organizations in Saitama 8
• Research organizations in Maebashi 6
• Research organizations in Mito 6
• Research organizations in Shizuoka 6
• Research organizations in Hiroshima 5
• Research organizations in Kitakyushu 5
• Research organizations in Nagasaki 5
• Research organizations in Naha 5
• Research organizations in Suita 5
• Research organizations in Akita 4
• Research organizations in Hachiōji 4
• Research organizations in Kofu 4
• Research organizations in Musashino 4
• Research organizations in Okayama 4
• Research organizations in Fukushima 3
• Research organizations in Gifu 3
• Research organizations in Hakodate 3
• Research organizations in Kagoshima 3
• Research organizations in Kanazawa 3
• Research organizations in Matsumoto 3
• Research organizations in Niigata 3
• Research organizations in Saga 3
• Research organizations in Sagamihara 3
• Research organizations in Takarazuka 3
• Research organizations in Tokushima 3
• Research organizations in Toyonaka 3
• Research organizations in Utsunomiya 3