National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

NICT

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Agency overview
Formed	October 1896
Jurisdiction	Government of Japan
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Agency executive	President, Masao Sakauchi
Parent agency	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Website

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (情報通信研究機構, Jōhō Tsūshin Kenkyū Kikō, NICT) is Japan's primary national research institute for information and communications. It is located at 4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan.

NICT was established as an Independent Administrative Institution in 2004 when Japan's Communications Research Laboratory (established 1896) merged with the Telecommunications Advancement Organization. Today NICT's mission is to carry out research and development in the field of information and communications technology.^[1] It has a range of responsibilities including generating and disseminating Japan's national frequency and time standards; conducting type approval tests of radio equipment for the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) and marine radar based on Japan's Radio Law; and providing regular observations of the ionosphere and space weather. It also operates the JJY, a low frequency time signal.

In late August 2015, it was announced that a terahertz radiation scanner developed by the institute would be one of the instruments carried by the ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, currently due for launch in 2022.^[2]

Japanese-English Bilingual Corpus of Wikipedia's Kyoto Articles

The Japanese-English Bilingual Corpus of Wikipedia's Kyoto Articles is used for supporting research and development relevant to high-performance multilingual machine translation, information extraction, and other language processing technologies. NICT has created this corpus by manually translating Japanese Wikipedia articles (related to Kyoto) into English. The Japanese-English Bilingual Kyoto Lexicon was created by extracting the Japanese-English word pairs from this corpus. As of December 23, 2010, 14,111 Japanese articles are translated into English.^[3]

Use and/or redistribution of the Corpus and the Lexicon is permitted under the conditions of Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.^[4]

References

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

↑ "Fujitsu Laboratories, NICT and Kyushu University Achieve World Record Cryptanalysis of Next-Generation Cryptography". Fujitsu Laboratories. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
↑ "Japan tech to explore Jupiter moon". The Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan). 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
↑ The last modified date of a file (Wiki_Corpus_List_2.01.csv) containing the list of translated articles is December 23, 2010.
↑ "Japanese-English Bilingual Corpus of Wikipedia's Kyoto Articles". National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.

Coordinates: 35°42′33.3″N 139°29′16″E / 35.709250°N 139.48778°E / 35.709250; 139.48778

Japanese space program

Organizations

JAXA
- former ISAS
- NAL
- NASDA
USEF
NICT

Earth observation

Completed	Kyokko Jikiken Denpa Ohozora Ume 1 b Fuyo-1 Momo 1 1b Midori I II Daichi

In operation	Akebono GEOTAIL¹ Himawari Aqua¹⁷ TRMM¹ Ibuki Shizuku GPM¹ Daichi-2

Planned	GCOM-C ERG EarthCARE² GOSAT-2 ALOS-3 ASNARO

Communications,
broadcasting and
positioning

Completed	Sakura (1 2a 2b 3a 3b) Yuri 1 2a 2b 3a 3b BS 2X 3H 3N Kakehashi N-STAR a b Kirari MBSat

In operation	Kodama Kizuna N-STAR (c) MTSAT QZSS Michibiki

Planned	QZSS QZS-2 QZS-3 QZS-4 DRTS-2

Engineering tests

Completed	Ohsumi Shinsei Kiku 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tansei 1 2 3 4 Myojo Ryusei Orizuru Jindai EXPRESS SFU DASH USERS SERVIS-1 SERVIS-2 Ayame 1 2 LRE Tsubasa LDREX 1 2 Micro LabSat-1 SDS-1

In operation	Ajisai Reimei Kiku-8 IKAROS SDS-4

Planned	SERVIS-3 SLATS

Cancelled	SmartSat-1 PETSAT

Private
miniaturized satellites

Completed	Fuji 1 2 Kanta-kun (WEOS) HIT-SAT CUTE 1.7+APD Maido-1 Kūkai Kagayaki Negai☆″ Waseda-SAT2 Hayato WE WISH

In operation	Fuji-3 CUTE 1 1.7+APDII XI IV V SEEDS Raijin Kiseki Hitomi Horyu 2 PROITERES RAIKO FITSAT-1

Planned	WNI satellite SPROUT TSUBAME QSAT-EOS SOMESAT

Astronomical
observation

Completed	Taiyo Hakucho Hinotori Tenma Ginga Yohkoh ASCA HALCA Akari Suzaku

In operation	Hinode Hisaki Hitomi

Planned	Nano-JASMINE LiteBIRD WFIRST¹ SPICA² ATHENA²

Cancelled	Astro-G

Lunar and
planetary exploration

Completed	Sakigake Suisei Hiten Hayabusa Kaguya (SELENE)

In operation	Akatsuki Hayabusa 2 PROCYON

Failed	Nozomi Shin'en

Planned	BepiColombo (MMO)² SLIM JUICE² MMX Trojan asteroid exploration MELOS

Cancelled	Lunar-A

Reconnaissance

Completed	IGS-Optical 1 Experimentally 3 IGS-Radar 1 2

In operation	IGS-Optical 2 3 4 Experimentally 5 IGS-Rader 3 4

Planned	IGS-Optical 5 6 IGS-Rader 5 6

Human spaceflight

Completed	H-II Transfer Vehicle 1 2 3 4 5

In operation	International Space Station (ISS) & Kibo¹²³⁴⁵⁶

Planned	H-II Transfer Vehicle 6 7 8 9 X1

Cancelled	HOPE-X Fuji manned spacecraft

Italics indicates projects in development.
Superscripts indicate joint development with¹NASA, ²ESA, ³ASI, ⁴CSA, ⁵RKA, ⁶AEB and ⁷INPE.

Public-sector space agencies

Africa

North Africa	ASAL NARRS CNCT

Sub-Saharan	GSSTC NASRDA SANSA

Americas

North America	CSA AEM NASA AFSPC NRO SMDC USSTRATCOM

South America	CONAE AEB DCTA INPE ITA CCE ABAE IVIC

Asia

East Asia	CNSA CALT CAST CCF CGWIC COSTIND JAXA ISAS NAL NASDA NICT USEF NRSC NADA KARI SaTReC NSPO

Southeast Asia	LAPAN MNSA PAGASA SSTA IN.Genius GISTDA

South Asia	SPARRSO ISRO Antrix Corp DoS SUPARCO

Southwest Asia	MAKA¹ IAIO ISA SAHA ISA NCSR TÜBİTAK UZAY UAESA

Central Asia	KazCosmos TNSA

Europe

Oceania

CSIRO

World

See also: Timeline of first orbital launches by country
¹ Preceded by the Soviet space program

Incorporated Administrative Agencies in Japan

There are 102 institutions as of April 1, 2012. Bold institutions employ national public servants.

Cabinet Office	National Archives of Japan ja:Northern Territories Issue Association ja:National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) ja:National Statistics Center ja:Public Foundation for Peace and Consolation ja:Management Organization for Postal Savings and Postal Life Insurance

Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan Foundation

Ministry of Finance	ja:National Research Institute of Brewing Japan Mint National Printing Bureau Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	ja:National Institute of Special Education National Center for University Entrance Examinations ja:National Institution For Youth Education ja:National Women's Education Center National Museum of Nature and Science National Institute for Materials Science ja:National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention ja:National Institute of Radiological Sciences National Museum ja:National Institute of Radiological Sciences ja:National Center for Teachers' Development ja:Japan Science and Technology Agency Japan Society for the Promotion of Science RIKEN Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ja:National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health Japan Arts Council ja:Japan Student Services Organization Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology ja:Institute of National Colleges of Technology National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation ja:Center for National University Finance and Management Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare	ja:National Institute of Health and Nutrition ja:National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health ja:Organization for Workers Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid ja:Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers ja:Welfare And Medical Service Agency ja:National Center for Presons with Severe Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training ja:Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization ja:National Hospital Organization ja:Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency ja:National Institute of Biomedical Innovation ja:Readjustment of Facilities for Insured Persons and Beneficiaries Organization ja:Government Pension Investment Fund ja:National Cancer Center ja:National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital ja:National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry ja:National Center for Global Health and Medicine ja:National Center for Child Health and Development ja:National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontrogy

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	ja:Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center ja:National Center for Seeds and Seedlings ja:National Livestock Breeding Center ja:National Fisheries University ja:National Agriculture and Food Research Organization ja:National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences ja:National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ja:Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences ja:Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute ja:Fisheries Research Agency ja:Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corporation ja:Farmer's Pension Fund ja:Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Credit Foundations

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	ja:Information-Technology Promotion Agency ja:Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry ja:National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training Nippon Export and Investment Insurance National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology National Institute of Technology and Evaluation New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization Japan External Trade Organization ja:Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization ja:Information-technology Promotion Agency Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation ja:Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism	ja:Public Works Research Institute ja:Building Research Institute ja:National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory ja:National Maritime Research Institute ja:Port and Airport Research Institute ja:Electronic Navigation Research Institute ja:National Institute for Sea Training ja:Marine Technical Education Agency ja:Civil Aviation College ja:National Agency of Vehicle Inspection: Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency Japan National Tourism Organization ja:Japan Water Agency ja:National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims' Aid ja:Organization for Environment Improvement around International Airports ja:Maritime Disaster Prevention Center ja:Urban Renaissance Agency ja:Fund for the Promotion and Development of the Amami Islands ja:Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency ja:Japan Housing Finance Agency

Ministry of the Environment	ja:National Institute for Environmental Studies ja:Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency

Ministry of Defense	ja:Labor Management Organization for USFJ Employees

Related topics	ja:Act on General Rules for Independent Administrative Agency List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan ja:Japanese administrative reforms ja:Government Revitalization Unit ja:Japanese government program review ja:Japanese extra-governmental organizations

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 135846128 LCCN: no2004084484 ISNI: 0000 0001 2163 940X GND: 10085415-1 SUDOC: 178419761 BNF: cb15940824f (data) NLA: 36749994 NDL: 00967627

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National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Japanese-English Bilingual Corpus of Wikipedia's Kyoto Articles

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