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- ADEOS
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Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (http://kuroshio.eorc.jaxa.jp/ADEOS/)
- AESTO
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Advenced Earth Science and Technology Organization (www.aesto.or.jp)
= 財団法人 | 地球科学技術総合推進機構 | In Japanese
- AOTok
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Annales de l’Observatoire astronomique de Tokyo
- AnTok
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Annals of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
- BToIT
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Bulletin of the Tokyo Institute of Technology
- BTok
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Bulletin of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
- CAOS
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Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies (http://caos-a.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp)
- CCSR
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Center for Climate System Reseach (www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
= CCSR | 東京大学の『気候システム研究センタ | In Japanese
- CCSR
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東京大学の『気候システム研究センタ (www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
= CCSR (see above)
- CJK
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China/Japan/Korea
- CJKI
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(The) Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Dictionary Institute
- CJNEAS
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Centre for Japanese and North East Asian Studies
- CJS
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Center for Japanese Studies
- CLSJ
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The Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan
- CoKyo
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Contributions from the Institute of Astrophysics and Kwasan Observatory, University of Kyoto
- CoTok
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Contributions from the Department of Astronomy University of Tokyo
- DORD
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Deep Ocean Resources Development Company (www.dord.co.jp)
- DPRI
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Disaster Prevention Research Institute (https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/)
- EAJRS
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European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists
- EAJS
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European Association for Japanese Studies (https://www.eajs.eu/)
The European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) organizes conferences, workshops, academic events, seminars and symposia in the field of Japanese Studies. It cooperates with nationwide Japanese Studies associations in European countries and with transnational disciplinary Japan-related academic associations based in Europe.
- EDITORIA
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Earth observation Data InTegration and fusiOn Research InitiAtive (www.editoria.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
- EIJS
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European Institute of Japanese Studies
- EJCJS
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Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies
- EMJNet
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(The) Early Modern Japan Network
- EORC
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Earth Observation Research Center (www.eorc.jaxa.jp)
- EURO-JERC
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Europe-Japan Economic Research Center
- FRA
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Fisheries Research Agency (www.fra.affrc.go.jp)
- GJF
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Gesellschaft für Japanforschung (https://www.gjf.de/)
- GMS
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Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
- GSID
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Graduate School of International Development (https://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/)
- HND
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Haneda Airport
- HTJR
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Heat Transfer Japanese Research
- IHJ
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International House of Japan (https://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/)
The International House of Japan (IHJ) is a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation established in order to promote cultural exchange and intellectual cooperation between the peoples of Japan and those of other countries.
- IORGC
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Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/)
- IPSJ
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Information Processing Society of Japan
- IRCJS
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International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- IRIZ
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International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (http://iriz.hanazono.ac.jp)
- ISAS
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Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (www.isas.jaxa.jp)
- JACAR
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Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
The abbreviation JACAR (Japan Center for Asian Historical Records) includes the abbreviation TSS (Test Suite Structure).
- JAEA
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Japan Atomic Energy Agency (https://www.jaea.go.jp/)
- JAFS
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Japan Asian Association and Asian Friendship Society
- JAHMP
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Japan-Hawaii Monitoring Program
- JAICI
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Japan Association for International Chemical Information
- JALAM
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Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Medicine
- JALT
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Japan Association for Language Teaching (https://jalt.org/)
- JAMA
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Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (https://www.jama.org/)
= JAMA | 社団法人『日本自動車工業会 | In Japanese
- JAMA
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社団法人『日本自動車工業会 (https://www.jama.org/)
= JAMA (see above)
- JAMS
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Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology
- JAMSTEC
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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (www.jamstec.go.jp)
- JAPTA
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Japan Trade Action
The project was implemented as the first stage of the JAPTA (Japan Trade Action) program campaign, in order to promote Holland business in the Japanese market, thanks to the Dutch Embassy in Japan.
- JARE
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Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
- JARI
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Japan Automobile Research Institute (http://www.jari.or.jp/)
- JASAC
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Japan Astronomical Study Association Circulars
- JASAS
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Japanese Association for South Asian Studies
- JASJa
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Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
- JASRAC
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Japanese Society for Rights of Authors (https://www.jasrac.or.jp/)
- JAVA
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Japanese Vexillological Association
- JAXA
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (https://global.jaxa.jp/)
- JBLE
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Japana Budhana Ligo Esperantista
- JCB
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Japan Credit Bureau (https://www.global.jcb/en)
- JCG
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Japan Coast Guard (https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/)
- JCIE
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Japan Center for International Exchange (https://www.jcie.org/)
- JCOPE
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Japan Coastal Ocean Predictability Experiment
- JCRB
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Japanese Cancer Research Resources Bank
- JCSEPA
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Japanese Cloud Seeding Experiment for Precipitation Augmentation
- JDC
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Japan Documentation Center
- JE
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Japan-Enzephalitis
- JEF
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Japan Economic Foundation (https://www.jef.or.jp/en/)
The Japan Economic Foundation (JEF) was established to deepen mutual understanding between Japan and other countries through activities aimed at promoting economic and technological exchanges. It provides information about Japan and arranges opportunities to exchange ideas among opinion leaders from many countries in such fields as industry, government administration, academia and politics.
- JEI
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Japana Esperanto-Instituto (https://www.jei.or.jp/eo/)
- JEIDA
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Japan Electronic Industry Development Association
- JEJ
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Japana Esperanto-Junularo
= JEJ | 日本青年エスペラント連絡会 | In Japanese
- JEJ
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日本青年エスペラント連絡会
= JEJ (see above)
- JEM
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Japanese Experiment Module
- JEPP
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Japan EOS Promotion Program
- JERS
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Japanese Earth Resources Satellite
The abbreviation JERS (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite) includes the abbreviation ERS (Earth Resources Satellite).
- JETRO
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Japan External Trade Organization (https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/)
- JElCo
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Electronics Communications of Japan
- JElEn
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Electrical Engineering of Japan
- JGU
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Japan Geoscience Union (www.jpgu.org)
- JIAP
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Japan Information Access Project
- JICA
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Japan International Cooperation Agency (https://www.jica.go.jp/english/)
- JIIA
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Japan Institute of International Affairs (https://www.jiia.or.jp/en/)
- JIPDEC
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Japan Information Processing Development Center
- JIS
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Japanese Industrial Standards
Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specifies the standards used for industrial activities in Japan. The standardization process is coordinated by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) and published through the Japanese Standards Association (JSA).
- JISC
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Japan Industrial Standards Committee (https://www.jisc.go.jp/eng/)
- JJAPL
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
- JJAPR
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Regular Papers, Short Notes and Review Papers
- JJAPS
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
- JJASAS
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Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies
- JJCAP
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Japanese Journal Current Awareness Project
- JK
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Japana Kongreso
- JMA
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Japan Meteorological Agency (https://www.jma.go.jp/)
- JMEC
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Japan Market Expansion Competition (https://jmec.gr.jp/)
- JMEC
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Japan Mining Engineering Center for International Cooperation
- JNTO
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Japan National Tourism Organization (https://www.jnto.go.jp/)
- JODC
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Japan Oceanographic Data Center (https://www.jodc.go.jp/)
As the synthetic marine data bank of Japan, the Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) collects, curates and manages the oceanographic data observed by various organizations in Japan, be it governmental organizations, universities or other marine research institutes.
- JOGMEC
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Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
- JP-SAS
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Japanese Network for South Asian Studies
- JPGS
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Japan Publications Guide Service
- JPO
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Japan Patent Office (https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/)
- JPSJ
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (https://journals.jps.jp/journal/jpsj)
- JPSJS
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
- JRA
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Japan Racing Association (https://japanracing.jp/en/)
- JRC
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Japanese Studies Centre
- JRCA
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Japanese Registration of Certificated Auditors
- JRN
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Japan Radio Network
- JRN
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Japan News Network
- JSA
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Japanese Standards Association (https://www.jsa.or.jp/en/)
- JSAA
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Japanese Studies Association of Australia (www.jsaa.org.au)
- JSAC
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Japan Studies Association of Canada (http://buna.yorku.ca/jsac/)
The purpose of the Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) is to promote Japan Studies in Canada and to contribute towards increase in knowledge about Japan and Canada-Japan relations, especially by encouraging Canadian scholars and other interested persons to conduct research on Japan in all academic fields.
- JSAPJ
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Japan Society of Air Pollution Journal
- JSASJ
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Japan Society of Aeronautical Space Sciences Journal
- JSASS
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Japan Society of Aeronautical Space Sciences
- JSAST
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Japan Society of Aeronautical Space Sciences Transactions
- JSCMJ
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Japan Society of Composite Materials Journal
- JSES
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Japan Society of Educational Sociology
- JSLAE
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Japanese Society for Laboratory Animal and Environment
- JSLEJ
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Japan Society of Lubrication Engineers Journal
- JSMA
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Japan Society of Microgravity Application
- JSMAJ
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Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
- JSMB
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Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology
- JSMEB
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Japan Society of Mathematical Education Bulletin
- JSMEJ
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Japan Society of Mathematical Education International Journal
- JSMET
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Japan Society of Mathematical Education Transactions
- JSMSJ
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Japan Society of Materials Science Journal
- JSOG
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Japanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- JSPS
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (https://www.jsps.go.jp/)
- JSVS
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Japanese Society of Veterinary Science
- JTB
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Japan Tourist Bureau
- JTB
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Japan Tackle Box
- JUMP
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Japanisches Universität Mannheim Portal
- JVC
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Japan Victor Company
- JaIMJ
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Japan Institute of Metals Journal
- JaJAP
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- MCJLE
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Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education
- MIRC
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Marine Information Research Center (www.mirc.jha.or.jp)
- MSJ
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Meteorological Society of Japan (https://www.metsoc.jp/)
- MeSJJ
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Meteorological Society of Japan Journal
- NAJAKS
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Nordic Association for Japanese and Korean Studies
- NAJS
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Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society
- NAOJ
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National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (https://www.nao.ac.jp/)
- NEC
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Nippon Electric Company (https://www.nec.com/)
- NGJS
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Nederlands Genootschaap voor Japanse Studien
- NICAM
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Nonhydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model (www.nicam.jp)
- NIES
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National Institute for Environmental Studies (www.nies.go.jp)
- NIJL
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National Institute of Japanese Literature (https://www.nijl.ac.jp/en/)
- NIMS
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National Institute for Materials Science (https://www.nims.go.jp/)
- NINS
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National Institutes of Natural Sciences (www.nins.jp)
- NIPR
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National Institute of Polar Research (www.nipr.ac.jp)
- NJECD
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New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
- NRI
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Nomura Research Institute
- NTA
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Nippon Travel Agency
- NTT
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (www.ntt.co.jp)
- ORI
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Ocean Research Institute (www.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
- OSJaJ
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Oceanographical Society of Japan Journal
- PASJ
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
- PJA
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Proceedings of the Japan Academy
- PMJS
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Premodern Japanese Studies
- PNAOJ
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Publications of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- PPJ
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People's Plan Japonesia
- PSJ
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Palynological Society of Japan
- RAJ
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Russian Association of Japanologists
- RCCT
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Registration Center of Certificated Translators
- RCES
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Registration Center of Experts for Standardization
- RIJS
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Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (https://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/)
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS) is a center supporting research activities concerning Japan and Japanese Studies. Its mission is to advance teaching and research on Japan, to stimulate scholarly and public interest about Japan and U.S.-Japan relations, and to strengthen ties between Harvard University and Japan and between Japan and the United States.
- RISH
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Research Institute of Sustainable Humanosphere (www.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
- RITE
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Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (www.rite.or.jp)
- RJSS
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Romanian Journal of Japanese Studies
- RNAOJ
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Report of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- ROIS
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Research Organization of Information and Systems (www.rois.ac.jp)
- RvPCJ
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Review of Physical Chemistry of Japan
- SCJ
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Science Council of Japan (www.scj.go.jp)
Science Council of Japan (SCJ) is the representative organization of Japanese scientist community ranging over all fields of sciences subsuming humanities, social sciences, life sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. It has been established as a special organization under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Prime Minister, operating independently of the government, for the purpose of promoting and enhancing the field of science, and having science reflected in and permeated into administration and industries.
- SLJ
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Spacelab Japan
- SSJR
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Society for the Study of Japanese Religions (https://sites.google.com/site/ssjrhome/)
- STERJ
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Solar, Terrestrial and Environmental Research Japan
- TAEMm
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Tokyo Metropolitan College Aeronautical Engineering Memoirs
- TDS
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Tokyo DisneySea
- TOLEX
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Tokyo-Ogasawara Line Experiment
- TTC
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Telecommunications Technology Committee (https://www.ttc.or.jp/e)
- TUASR
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Tokyo University Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science Report
- TUFEJ
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Tokyo University Faculty of Engineering Journal Series
- TUFER
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Tokyo Denki University Faculty of Engineering Research Reports
- TUISR
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Tokyo University Institute Industrial Science Report
- TokAB
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Tokyo Astronomical Bulletin
- TokRe
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Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Reprints
- USARJ
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United States Army, Japan (https://www.usarj.army.mil/)
- VSJ
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Volcanological Society of Japan
- VSOLB
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Variable Star Observers League in Japan - Bulletin
- YUTR
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Yamaguchi University Technology Reports
- 財団法人
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地球科学技術総合推進機構 (www.aesto.or.jp)
= AESTO, 財団法人 (see above)