RIKEN
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is a national scientific research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has about 3,000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, including the main site at Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Riken is a Designated National Research and Development Institute, and was formerly an Independent Administrative Institution.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken)
- Organization.native_name
- 理化学研究所 (理研)
- Organization.image
- 理化学研究所.svg
- Organization.image_size
- 100px
- Organization.type
- Designated National Research and Development Institute
- Organization.headquarters
- Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- Organization.location
- 7 campuses
- Organization.affiliations
- Asian Research Network
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Facility, Funder
- Founded
- 1917
- Location
- Wako, Japan
- Also known as
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- research institute
- Country
- Japan
- Headquarters
- Wakō-shi
- Industry
- research
- Employees
- 3451
- Official website
- www.riken.jp
- Image
- RIKEN AICS 20120810-001.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:RIKEN
- Commons category
- RIKEN
- inception
- 1917-01-01
- short name
- 理研
- native label
- 理化学研究所
- number of viewers/listeners
- 286537
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Organizational structure
- Achievements
- List of presidents
- Notable scientists and affiliated people
- See also
- References
- External links
is a national scientific research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has about 3,000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, including the main site at Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Riken is a Designated National Research and Development Institute, and was formerly an Independent Administrative Institution.
Riken conducts research in various fields of science, including physics, chemistry, biology, genomics, medical science, engineering, high-performance computing and computational science, and ranging from basic research to practical applications with 485 partners worldwide. It is almost entirely funded by the Japanese government, with an annual budget of ¥100 billion (US$750 million) in FY2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “RIKEN” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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