National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan

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National Institute of Natural Sciences

Established	2004
President	Akio Komori
Staff	888
Budget	43 Billion yen in total
Address	Kamiyacho Central Place 2F 4-3-13 Toranomon, Minato-ku Tokyo, 105-0001 Japan
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Website	http://www.nins.jp/english

The National Institute of Natural Sciences (自然科学研究機構, Shizenkagaku kenkyuukikou) (NINS) is an inter-university research institute corporation consisting of five member institutes: the National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ), the National Institute for fusion Science (NIFS), the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB), the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), and the Institutes for Molecular Sciences (IMS). NINS was established in April 2004 to bring about further development of the natural sciences in Japan.^[1]