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Strategic Research Centers

Center for Advanced Intelligence Project The AIP carries out basic theoretical research and is working to develop innovative technologies in the field of informatics, with the aim to achieve scientific breakthroughs and to contribute to the welfare of society and humanity.
Center for Advanced Photonics The RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP) is helping to realize the dream of making the invisible visible by pushing the possibilities of light to the extreme.
Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research By grasping the life of multicellular organisms as dynamic systems of molecules, cells and organs, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research aim to contribute to healthy lifespans through elucidating phenomena involved in development and aging, and developing regenerative medicine and diagnostics.
Center for Brain Science The brain is the essence of our minds that makes us human. As Japan's premier research center for brain science, the RIKEN Center for Brain Science advances basic brain research at multiple scales from genetic and cellular levels to whole body and social systems, towards the ultimate goal of benefiting society.
Center for Emergent Matter Science The Center for Emergent Matter Science carries out advanced research combining physics, chemistry and electronics with the aim to harness the high energy efficiency in emergent materials.
Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program The RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program is an international center where researchers in theoretical, mathematical, and computational science come together, using mathematical methods, to unravel mysteries of the Universe, matter, and life, as well as to solve key problems in modern society.
Center for Integrative Medical Sciences At the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, researchers are committed to make a cutting-edge contribution to medicine, focusing on genomic functions and the response of biological systems to various stimuli, and conducting state-of-the-art research on the pathogenesis and treatment of human diseases.
Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science The RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, a major research center for nuclear physics, operates one of the world’s leading accelerator complexes, where scientists explore the mysteries of atomic nuclei.
Center for Quantum Computing RQC explores in a full-stack approach, from hardware to software and from basic science to applications, the frontier of quantum technologies through the research and development of quantum computers as innovative information processing units based on the principles of quantum mechanics.
Center for Sustainable Resource Science The goal of the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science is to create a future world where people can live healthy and prosperous lives by carrying out problem-solving research and contributing to a sustainable society based on the concept of developing manufacturing methods with reduced environmental impact.

Research Infrastructure Centers

BioResource Research Center Bioresources are essential for research in a broad range of fields in the life sciences. Scientists at the RIKEN BioResource Research Center (BRCR) are committed to collecting, preserving, and distributing bioresources of the world’s highest-level and to conducting necessary research and development.
Center for Computational Science As the leadership center of high-performance computing, the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) operates the Japanese flagship supercomputer Fugaku and explores the "Science of computing, by computing, and for computing."
SPring-8 Center The RIKEN SPring-8 Center's mission is to stably operate SPring-8 and SACLA, two large-scale research facilities, to develop state-of-the-art technologies, and to foster the creation of new science through the use of brilliant X-rays. The RSC also develops cryo-electron microscopy that is analysis technology complementary to synchrotron radiation.

Transformative Research Innovation Platform of RIKEN platforms

Transformative Research Innovation Platform of RIKEN The Transformative Research Innovation Platform of RIKEN platforms aims to create an innovative research platform that efficiently generates new domains of knowledges that go beyond existing research areas by encouraging organic collaboration amongst RIKEN’s cutting-edge research platforms in the fields where it has particular strength.

Cluster for Pioneering Research

At the RIKEN Pioneering Research Cluster, outstanding researchers with rich research achievements and strong leadership abilities serve as leaders of Chief Scientist Laboratories, from where they carry out innovative fundamental research, pioneer new research fields, and carry on research that crosses disciplinary and organizational barriers.

All-RIKEN Projects These cross-organizational projects take advantage of RIKEN’s interdisciplinary spirit. Currently, the Cluster for Pioneering Research is operating one project, the RIKEN Integrated Symbiology (iSYM) project.
Chief Scientist Laboratories etc In order to achieve the mission of the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Chief Scientist laboratories are established, led by scientists with outstanding research achievements, broad perspectives and excellent leadership abilities. The Chief Scientists carry out their own research based on a long-term perspective, in a way that crosses disciplinary and organizational barriers, while also considering the role of science within society, with the ultimate goal to create new fields of science.
RIKEN Hakubi Research Teams In the Hakubi Fellows Program, RIKEN offers junior PI positions for independent research by exceptionally talented individuals.
RIKEN ECL Research Team / RIKEN ECL Research Unit Outstanding junior researchers are assigned to positions according to their career stage, and can carry out research based on their own innovative thinking as a PI (RIKEN ECL Research Team Leaders / RIKEN ECL Research Unit Leaders.)

Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub

The RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub aims to promote further innovation in science and technology by developing RIKEN into a collaborative hub for industry, academia, including universities and research institutions in Japan and overseas, other national research and development agencies, and local governments.

Baton Zone Program The RIKEN Baton Zone Program fosters collaborations with private companies, both in response to the needs of industry and to ensure the transfer of RIKEN’s scientific achievements into commercial applications through efficient technology transfer.
Program for Drug Discovery and Medical Technology Platforms The RIKEN Program for Drug Discovery and Medical Technology Platforms (DMP) manages a system within RIKEN to facilitate the transfer of basic research on new drugs and medical technologies, carried out both inside and outside the institute, to the pharmaceutical industry and medical institutions.
Industrial Co-creation Program Under the RIKEN Industrial Co-creation Program (ICoP), RIKEN and industry partners share research topics and technological “seeds” to jointly forge plans for collaborations with the potential to develop into specific joint research projects and large-scale collaborative research undertakings.

Information Research and Infrastructure

RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters The RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters (R-IH), is an organization to promote and operate of RIKEN's information infrastructure and information research, strategically and collectively, that consists of the support departments and advanced､ cross-cutting research projects.

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