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 National Institute of Informatics inside National Center of Sciences Building in Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. | |
| Industry | informatics |
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| Founded | April 2000 Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Headquarters | Japan  |
Key people | KUROHASHI, Sadao (Director General) |
| Website | www |
The National Institute of Informatics (国立情報学研究所, Kokuritsu Jōhōgaku Kenkyūjo, NII) is a Japanese research institute located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. NII was established in April 2000 for the purpose of advancing the study of informatics. This institute also works on creating systems to facilitate the spread of scientific information to the general public. It oversees and maintains a large, searchable information database on a variety of scientific and non-scientific topics called Webcat. NII is the only comprehensive research institute in informatics in Japan. It is a major part of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, and since 2002 has offered a Ph.D. program in informatics.