NSF Tokyo Reports. Report Memoranda No. 190. Research Institutes on Global Environment in Japan

摘要

Three Japanese government agencies are in the process of establishing research organizations to address global environmental issues. The Science and Technology Agency is reorganizing its National Research for Disaster Prevention into a new institute tentatively called the Research Institute for Earth Sciences. The Environment Agency is reorganizing its National Institute for Pollution Studies, which will be renamed the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Finally, the Ministry for International Trade and Industry is in the process of creating the Institute of Industrial Technology for the Global Environment. In each case, information is provided on the proposed organizational structures, mission statements and funding.