RIKEN

Organized in 1917 as a private research foundation, RIKEN was established as a public corporation under the Japanese government in 1958 and was reorganized in 2003 as an independent administrative institution under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. RIKEN’s research focus areas include physics, chemistry, medical science, biology, engineering, and computational science, including both fundamental and applied research. www.riken.jp