(n) center of excellence
COE
(n) Atomic Energy Research Institute
(n) Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
ISAS
(n) crime laboratory
(n) research outsourcing contract
(n) (comp) state of the art report
(n) National Institute for Japanese Language
(n) Intelligent Communication Laboratory
(n) Bancho Seisaku Kenkyujo (faction of the LDP)
(n) Institute for Molecular Science
(n) Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyukai (faction of the LDP)
(n) graduate school of sciences
(n) Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
JAERI
(n) Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
(n) Pana-Wave Laboratory (Japanese religious organization)
(n) National Aerospace Laboratory
NAL
(n) National Institute of Health
(n) Horonobe Underground Research Center
(n) National Institute of Health Sciences
NIHS
(n) (comp) Internet Research Steering Group
IRSG
(n) (comp) Internet Research Task Force
IRTF
(n) Communication Science Laboratories
(n) Machine Translation Research Group (lit: Translation Communication Research Group)