Japan Science and Technology Agency
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST; Japanese: 科学技術振興機構) is a Japanese government agency which aims to build infrastructure that supports knowledge creation and dissemination in Japan.[1][2] It is one of the National Research and Development Agencies, overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI).[3] It operates from headquarters in Kawaguchi, Saitama in the Greater Tokyo Area, and in Chiyoda in central Tokyo.[3]
The agency formed in 2003, as successor to the Japan Science and Technology Corporation.[2] The corporation had formed in 1996 through the merging of the Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (JICST, est. 1957) and the Research Development Corporation of Japan (JRDC, est. 1961).[2]
Among other activities, the agency runs J-STAGE, an "electronic journal platform for science and technology information in Japan,"[4] and publishes the Journal of Information Processing and Management (ISSN 1347-1597).[5] As a funder of research, the agency requires its grantees to follow its policy on open access and open science.[6][7] It has now made operational Jxiv, preprints server in Japan.[8]
Directors
edit- Kinji Moriyama, 1973–1974 [9][10]
- Ichiro Nakagawa, 1980–1982 [11]
- Michinari Hamaguchi, 2015–2022
- Kazuhito Hashimoto, 2022–present[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Government Directory", japan.go.jp, retrieved 3 December 2019
- ^ a b c "About JST: History", Jst.go.jp, retrieved 12 August 2018
- ^ a b Japan Science and Technology Agency: Facts and Figures 2018 (PDF), Japan Science and Technology Agency, 2018, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022, retrieved 12 August 2018
- ^ "J-STAGE Overview", Jstage.jst.go.jp, retrieved 12 August 2018
- ^ "Kagaku Gijutsu Shinkō Kikō", WorldCat Identities, US: OCLC, retrieved 12 August 2018
- ^ "Japan Science and Technology Agency", Sherpa Juliet, UK: Jisc, retrieved 12 August 2018
- ^ "JST Policy on Open Access to Research Publications and Research Data Management", Jst.go.jp, archived from the original on 12 August 2018, retrieved 12 August 2018
- ^ Agency (JST), Japan Science and Technology. "JST Press Release#1551:Japan's first full-fledged preprint server Jxiv to be operational". www.jst.go.jp. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Connolly, Margaret; Pragnell, Mervyn O. (1975), International Yearbook and Statesman's Who's Who, ISBN 0610005006
- ^ "Obituaries: Kinji Moriyama", New York Times, 3 May 1987
- ^ "Ichiro Nakagawa, 57, is dead; ex-cabinet minister in Japan", New York Times, 10 January 1983
- ^ "JST Press Release#1554:Appointment of New JST President, Dr. Kazuhito Hashimoto".
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