TOKYO REPORT MEMORANDA

The National Science Foundation's Tokyo Regional Office periodically reports on developments in Japan that are related to the Foundation's mission. It also prepares occasional reports on developments in other East Asian countries. These documents present information for the use of NSF program managers and policy makers; they are not statements of NSF policy. All reports from 1997 to the present & selected reports from 1991-1996,  are included.

• Japan's Initiative for Internationalization of Universities
  (RM08-03.pdf: 104.0 kb) 4/23/08
  
• 2007 Survey on Research and Development in Japan:  Increase in Expenditures for Six Consecutive Years
  (RM08-02.pdf: 155.0 kb) 2/08/08
  
• Japanese Government S&T-related Budget and Major Programs/Projects for JFY2008
  As Approved by the Ministry of Finance, December 25, 2007
  (RM08-01.pdf: 306.0 kb) 1/10/08
  
• CSTP Review of Major Japanese Government-funded S&T Activities in JFY2008
  (RM07-09.pdf: 291.0 kb) 12/12/07
  
• Japanese Government's S&T-related Budget Request - JFY2008
  (RM07-08.pdf: 80.0 kb) 10/23/07
  
• The World Premier International Research Center Initiative
  (RM07-07.pdf: 111.0 kb) 10/12/07
  
• S&T Items in the Japanese Government's Basic Policies on Economic and Fiscal Reform 2007
  (RM07-06.pdf: 81.0 kb) 7/3/07
  
• Japan's "Innovation 25" Initiative
  (RM07-05.pdf: 96.2 kb) 6/4/07
  
• Japan's New Large-scale Research Centers Programs
  (RM07-04.pdf: 119.0 kb) 5/11/07
  
• Major Projects in the Japanese Government JFY2007 S&T-related Budget
  (RM07-03.pdf: 681.0 kb) 2/28/07
  
• 2006 Survey on Research and Development in japan: Increase in Expenditures for Six Consecutive Years
  (RM07-02.pdf: 226.0 kb) 1/22/07
  
• Japanese Government S&T-related Budget for JFY2007 - Quick Summary -
  (RM07-01.pdf: 66.0 kb) 1/10/07
  
• Robotics Research in Japan
  (RM06-06.pdf: 963.0 kb) 10/18/06
  
• Japanese Government's S&T-related Budget Request - JFY2007
  (RM06-05.pdf: 88.0 kb) 10/17/06
  
• 2005 Survey on Research and Development in Japan: Increase in Expenditures for Five Consecutive Years
  (RM06-04.pdf: 102.0 kb) 4/21/06
  
• Funding agencies in Japan
  (RM06-03.pdf: 141.0 kb) 4/20/06
  
• Japan's Third S&T Basic Plan and its Priority Technologies
  (RM06-02.pdf: 114.0 kb) 3/23/06
  
• S&T-related Budget for JFY2006 - Quick Summary -
  (RM06-01.pdf: 420.0 kb) 1/05/06
  
• METI's Robot-related Projects - As of October 20, 2005
  (RM05-06.pdf: 127.0 kb) 10/25/05
  
• Rating of S&T-related Budget Requests - JFY2006 Skeleton of the Third S&T Basic Plan
  (RM05-05.html: 164.0 kb) 10/21/05
  
• Japanese Government Support For Genome Research - JFY2005
  (RM05-04.html: 52.0 kb) 5/23/05
  
• 2004 Survey on Research and Development in Japan: Increase in Expenditures for Four Consecutive Years
  (RM05-03.html: 34.0 kb) 4/25/05
  
• Japanese Government Budgets for nanotechnology JFY2005
  (RM05-02.html: 23.0 kb) 3/14/05
  
• S&T-related Budget for JFY2005 - Quick Summary -
  (RM05-01.html: 231.0 kb) 1/6/05
  
• Rating of S&T-related Projects - JFY2005
  (RM04-09.html: 273.0 kb) 10/29/04
  
• S&T-related Budge Requests for JFY2005 - Quick Summary -
  (RM04-08.html: 21.0 kb) 09/17/04
  
• Program Officer System Implemented at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  (RM04-07.html: 12.0 kb) 08/17/04
  
• Selected Projects under the COE Program in the 21st Century
  (RM04-06.html: 88.0 kb) 07/23/04
  
• TLOs and University Intellectual Property Centers
  (RM04-05.html: 42.0 kb) 07/20/04
  
• 2003 Survey on Research and Development in Japan: Slight Increase in Expenditures from the Previous Year  
  (RM04-04.html: 100.0 kb) 04/13/04
  
• JFY2004 S&T-related Budgets BY PROJECT  
  (RM04-03.html: 179.0 kb) 02/20/04
  
• S&T-related Budget for JFY2004 - Quick Summary -  
  (RM04-02.html: 16.0 kb) 01/20/04
  
• Third Business-Academia-Government Summit (Tokyo, Japan; November 17, 2003)  
  (RM04-01.html: 10.0 kb) 01/07/04
  
• More than 100,000 Foreign Students in Japan  
  (RM03-11.html: 92.0 kb) 11/13/03
  
• Rating of S&T-related Projects - JFY2004
  (RM03-10.html: .193 kb) 10/24/03
  
• S&T-related Budge Requests for JFY2004 -Quick Summary-
  (RM03-09.html: 21.0 kb) 09/11/03
  
• As a result of the Passage of the National University Reform Bills
  (RM03-08.html: 12.0 kb) 08/20/03
  
• Selected Projects under the COE Program in the 21^st Century
  (RM03-07.html: 17.0 kb) 08/1/03
  
• Reform of the Japanese System for Competitive Research Funding Suggestions
  (RM03-06.html: 10.0 kb) 06/19/03
  
• 2002 Survey on Research and Development in Japan:  Slight Increase in Expenditures from the Previous Year
  (RM03-05.html: 40.0 kb) 05/28/03
  
• JFY2003 S&T-related Budgets by Field
  (RM03-04.html: 22.0 kb) 05/16/03
  
• Second Business-Academia-Government Summit Tokyo, Japan; November 18, 2002
  (RM03-03.html: 16.0 kb) 03/14/03
  
• Workshop Attendance Report - OECD Global Science Forum Workshop on Best Practices in International Science Cooperation Tokyo, JAPAN; February 12-14, 2003
  (RM03-02.html: 15.0 kb) 03/10/03
  
• Draft S&T-related Budget for JFY2003 - Quick Summary -
  (RM03-01.html: 64.0 kb) 01/24/03
  
• Japan's Plan for 100,000 Foreign Students
  (RM02-11.html: 172.0 kb) 12/5/02
  
• Requested Projects Rank-ordered by CSTP
  (RM02-10.html: 9.0 kb) 11/18/02
  
• S&T related Budget Requests fro JFY 2003 - Quick Summary Only -
  (RM02-09.html: 44.0 kb) 11/7/02
  
• Selected Projects under the COE Program in the 21st Century
  (RM02-08.html: 8.0 kb) 11/7/02
  
• Selected Experiences of American Graduate Students in Japan: Summer 2002
  (RM02-07.html: 34.0 kb) 08/21/02
  
• Reform of the Japanese System for Competitive Research Funding  - Interim Report -
  (RM02-06.html: 22.0 kb) 07/26/02
  
• Toyama Plan ・Center of Excellence Program for the 21st Century
  (RM02-05.html: 33.0 kb) 06/21/02
  
• 2001 Survey on Research and Development in Japan:  Increase in expenditures from the previous year
  (RM02-04.html: 8.0 kb) 04/30/02
  
• Summit Meeting for Collaboration Among Industry, University, and Government
  (RM02-03.html: 17.0 kb) 01/18/02
  
• Okazaki National Research Institutes
  (RM02-02.html: 17.0 kb) 01/11/02
  
• Observations on Japanese Science and Technology by Former ONR Chief Scientist
  (RM02-01.html: 66.0 kb) 01/11/02
  
• S&T-related Budget Request for JFY2002
  (RM01-16.html: 34.0 kb) 12/13/01
  
• A New System for Promoting Science and Technology in Japan
  (RM01-15.html: 13.0 kb) 12/04/01
  
• Japan's High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
  (RM01-14.html: 26.0 kb) 10/23/01
  
• Survey on Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion
  (RM01-13.html: 10.0 kb) 10/03/01
  
• Selected Research Experiences of US Graduate Students in Japan:  Summer 2001
  (RM01-12.html: 40.0 kb) 9/14/01
  
• The State of Mathematical Sciences in Japan
  (RM01-11.html: 24.0 kb) 9/05/01
  
• The Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
  (RM01-10.html: 7.0 kb) 8/08/01
  
• 2001 Monbukagakusho Summer Program in Japan
  (RM01-09.html: 30.0 kb) 8/07/01
  
• 2001 Summer Institute Program in Japan
  (RM01-08.html: 25.0 kb) 8/07/01
  
• Fundamental Principles of Research on the Human Genome
  (RM01-07.html: 93.0 kb) 7/02/01
  
• Center for Global Partnership Science Fellowship Program
  (RM01-06.html: 65.0 kb) 6/14/01
  
• Bioscience at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
  (RM01-05.html: 28.0 kb) 6/01/01
  
• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), An Independent Administrative Organization under The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
  (RM01-04.html: 74.0 kb) 3/28/01
  
• US-JAPAN Dialogue on The Role of Science and Technology in Society into The New Millennium
  (RM01-03.html: 281.0 kb) 3/23/01
  
• Central Government Reform in Japan:  Rationale and Prospects
  (RM01-02.html: 30.0 kb) 2/9/01
  
• Summary of R&D Survey - JFY2000
  (RM01-01.html: 54.0 kb) 1/4/01
  
• Science and Technology: Thriving in and For Society
  (RM00-20.html: 152.0 kb) 12/12/00
  
• New Regulations Relating to the Technique of Human Cloning and Other Similar Techniques in Japan: Summary
  (RM00-19.html: 12.0 kb) 12/12/00
  
• Preview of the Second Science and Technology Basic Plan
  (RM00-18.html: 37.0 kb) 12/4/00
  
• Genome-related Budget Request for JFY2001
  (RM00-17.html: 129.0 kb) 10/26/00
  
• The University of Tokyo's Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
  (RM00-16.html: 34.0 kb) 10/11/00
  
• Outline of JFY2001 Government Budget Requested for Science and Technology
  (RM00-15.html: 131.0 kb) 10/06/00
  
• Observations on the Scientific Cultures of China and Japan
  (RM00-14.html: 67.0 kb) 9/29/00
  
• The National Institute for Informatics
  (RM00-13.html: 31.0 kb) 9/29/00
  
• Observations on Science and Mathematics Teacher Education in Japan 
  (RM00-12.html: 53.0 kb) 7/13/00
  
• 2000 Monbusho Summer Program in Japan
  (RM00-11.html: 13.0 kb) 7/13/00
  
• 2000 Summer Institute Program in Japan  
  (RM00-10.html: 15.0 kb) 7/13/00
  
• Japanese Policies to Support High-Risk Innovation Research at Small and Medium Enterprises: a Comparison with the United States
  (RM00-09.html: 147.0 kb) 6/9/00
  
• A Radical Restructuring of Japan's Postwar S&T Policy and Institutions: The Politics and Rationality of the New Century
  (RM00-08.html: 291.0 kb) 5/15/00
  
• US-Japan Cooperation in Higher Education and Research
  (RM00-07.html: 18.0 kb) 4/13/00
  
• Follow-up of the Science and Technology Basic Plan: An Interim Summary
  (RM00-06.html: 19.0 kb) 3/7/00
  
• Reorganization of the Ministry of Industrial Trade and Industry (MITI) and its Agency for Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
  (RM00-05.html: 12.0 kb) 2/24/00
  
• Report of the Prime Minister's Commission on Japan's Goals in the 21st Century
  (RM00-04.html: 35.0 kb) 2/4/00
  
• The Government of Japan's Special Millenium Project Budgetary Framework
  (RM00-03.html: 15.0 kb) 1/26/00
  
• S&T-Related Budget Proposed for Fiscal Year 2000
  (RM00-02.html: 158.0 kb) 1/18/00
  
• R&D and the Knowledge-Based Society (Proceedings of the First Sino-U.S. Science Policy Seminar)
  (RM00-01.html: 87.0 kb) 1/4/00
  
• 1999 SURVEY OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN -- Total R&D Expenditure Increased 2.5% -- 
  (RM99-15.html: 32.0 kb) 12/22/99
  
• JFY 1999 Second Supplementary Budget Approved by the Lower House
  (RM99-14.html: 19.0 kb) 12/10/99
  
• China Faces The New Industrial Revolution: Achievement and Uncertainty in The Search for Research and Innovation Strategies
  (RM99-13.html: 100.0 kb) 11/24/99
  
• China's Basic Research and Its National Goals at The Turn of The Century
  (RM99-12.html: 12.0 kb) 11/24/99
  
• The Government of Japan's Reorganization and Reform Plan
  (RM99-11.html: 21.0 kb) 10/07/99
  
• Outline of JFY 2000 Government Budget Requested for Science and Technology
  (RM99-10.html: 45.0 kb) 09/22/99
  
• Research and Development at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
  (RM99-09.html: 10.0 kb) 09/21/99
  
• Intellectual Property Rights and University-Industry Technology Transfer in Japan
  (RM99-08.html: 84.0 kb) 09/20/99
  
• Polar Research in Japan
  (RM99-07.html: 9.0 kb) 09/14/99
  
• 1999 Monbusho Summer Program in Japan
  (RM99-06.html: 11.0 kb) 07/01/99
  
• The Summer Institute Program in Japan: A 10-Year Review
  (RM99-05.html: 245.0 kb incl. attachments) 07/01/99
  
• NSF's Relationship with Japan: The Value of Cooperation
  (RM99-04.html: 20.0 kb) 03/26/99
  
• The Number of Foreign Students in Japan Increased Slightly in 1998.
  (RM99-03.html: 27.0 kb) 03/09/99
  
• JFY 1999 Government Budget Approved by the Lower House
  (RM99-02.html: 20.5 kb) 02/22/99
  
• Briefing Meeting on JFY 1999 STA Budget
  (RM99-01.html: 40.9 kb) 01/25/99
  
• Supplementary Budget for Emergency Economic Package Adds 511.1 Billion Yen for Science and Technology
  (RM98-19.html: 15.0kb) 12/10/98
  
• 1998 Survey of Research and Development in Japan -- Total R&D Expenditure Increased 4.4% --
  (RM98-18.html: 44.0kb) 12/03/98
  
• NTT Yokosuka R&D Center
  (RM98-17.html: 13.0kb) 12/02/27/98
  
• FY 1999 Budget for Genome Sciences in Japan
  (RM98-16.html: 16.0kb) 11/27/98
  
• Japanese Programs for Promoting Centers of Excellence
  (RM98-15.html: 19.0kb) 10/28/98
  
• Outline of JFY 1999 Government Budget Requested for Science and Technology
  (RM98-14.html: 11.0kb) 09/14/98
  
• 1998 Monbusho Summer Program in Japan
  (RM98-13.html: 9.0kb) 07/02/98
  
• 1998 Summer Institute Program in Japan
  (RM98-12.html: 20.0kb) 06/10/98
  
• The "Proposed"; Supplemental Budget Increases FY 1998 S&T Funding Level by 20.3%
  (RM98-11.html: 14.0kb) 06/08/98
  
• JFY 1998 Supplemental Budget Request of the Science and Technology Agency
  (RM98-10.html: 19.0kb) 05/08/98
  
• International Workshop on Cross Regional Science and Technology Cooperation in Asia
  (RM98-09.html: 71.0kb) 04/27/98
  
• US-Japan Exchange Programs for Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students: Accomplishments and Trends
  (RM98-08.html: 14.0kb) 04/16/98
  
• NEDO's Industrial S&T Research and Development Projects for JFY 1998.
  (RM98-07.html: 6.0kb) 04/14/98
  
• Japan's Science and Technology Policy: Retooling for the Future
  (RM98-06.html: 25.0kb) 04/07/98
  
• JST's PRESTO Program Recruiting Researchers Deadline: April 30, 1998
  (RM98-05.html: 12.0kb) 03/13/98
  
• Japan's Space Budget Request for JFY98: Little Change for Now
  (RM98-04.html: 53.0kb) 02/19/98
  
• 1998 NEDO Grants for International Joint Research
  (RM98-03.html: 4.5kb) 02/02/98
  
• General Outline of FY 1998 Government Budget "Proposed" for Science and Technology
  (RM98-02.html: 27.0kb) 01/22/98
  
• The 1997 Monbusho White Paper
  (RM98-01.html: 31.6kb) 12/24/97
  
• Cooperative Activities in S&T with Japan by Countries Other Than the U.S.
  (RM97-14.html: 29.0kb) 12/24/97
  
• 1997 Survey of Research and Development in Japan -- Government-funded R&D Declining --
  (RM97-13.html: 43.0kb) 12/03/97
  
• RIKEN's Brain Science Institute
  (RM97-12.html: 9.0kb) 11/20/97
  
• Japanese Government Organization for Science and Technology
  (RM97-11.html: 37.0kb) 10/17/97
  
• Outline of JFY 1998 Government Budget Requested for Science and Technology
  (RM97-10.html: 11.0kb) 09/12/97
  
• Japanese Programs for Promoting Centgers of Excellence
  (RM97-09.html: 8.0kb) 08/07/97
  
• MITI's Polymer Project
  (RM97-08.html: 9.0kb) 07/24/97
  
• 1997 Monbusho Summer Program in Japan
  (RM97-07.html: 8.0kb) 07/09/97
  
• Japanese Government Science and Technology Budget (Fiscal Year 1997)
  (RM97-06.html: 72.0kb) 06/25/97
  
• 1997 Summer Institute Program in Japan
  (RM97-05.html: 12.0kb) 06/20/97
  
• Japanese Government Budget for Materials R&D
  (RM97-04.html: 26kb) 06/06/97
  
• 1997 NEDO Grants for International Joint Research
  (RM97-03.html: 4.5kb) 02/10/97
  
• FY96 Annual Report of Activities Supported by NSF/INT for Collaboration between the U.S. and Japan
  (RM97-02.html: 14.5kb) 01/10/97
  
• "Quick Summary"of JFY 1997 Government Budget Proposed for Science and Technology
  (RM97-01.html: 14.5kb) 01/07/97
  
• 1996 Survey of Research and Development in Japan --- R&D Expenditure Turning Upward Again ---
  (RM96-26.html: 19.6kb) 12/9/96
  
• Outline of JFY 1997 Government Budget Requested for Science and Technology
  (RM96-25.html: 6.7kb) 9/20/96
  
• Venture Business Laboratories at Japanese National Universities
  (RM96-24.html: 6.8kb) 9/19/96
  
• Japan's "Basic Plan" for Science and Technology
  (RM96-21.html: 15.5kb) 8/28/96
  
• Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology (CREST) - A New Initiative of STA/JRDC -
  (RM96-15.txt:33.6kb) 7/3/96
  
• Japan's Basic Law for Science and Technology
  (RM96-11.html:24.5kb) 4/3/96
  
• NEDO GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL JOINT RESEARCH
  (RM96-3.html: 4.3kb) 1/23/96
  
• 1995 Survey of Research and Development in Japan
  (RM95-22.txt:18.6kb) 12/19/95
  
• Japan's Science and Technology Week
  (RM95-17.txt:7.4kb) 07/03/95
  
• Nara Institute of Science and Technology
  (RM95-10.txt:21.4kb) 04/13/95
  
• General Outline of JFY 1995 Government Budget for Science and Technology
  (RM95-01.html: 4.9kb) 01/31/95
  
• 1994 Survey of Research and Development in Japan
  (RM94-09.txt: 20.6kb) 12/06/94
  
• JFY 1994 Japanese Government Science and Technology Budget (Update)
  (RM94-04.txt: 5.0kb) 04/15/94
  
• JFY 1994 Science and Technology Budget "Proposed" by Japanese Government
  (RM93-14.html: 14.6kb) 12/29/93
  
• 1993 Survey of Research and Development in Japan
  (RM93-13.txt: 20.0kb) 12/27/93
  
• 1992 Survey of Research and Development in Japan
  (RM236.txt: 20.8kb) 12/22/92
  
• JFY 1992 Science and Technology Budget "Proposed" by Japanese Government
  (RM226.html: 8.7kb) 02/06/92
  
• 1991 Survey of Research and Development in Japan
  (RM221.txt: 20.3kb) 12/20/91
  
• 1990 Survey of Research and Development in Japan
  (RM211.txt: 20.4 kb) 01/10/91
  
• "Requested" Science and Technology Budget of Japanese Government for JFY 1991
  (RM209.html: 14.2kb) 12/28/90
  

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