Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) http://www.glocom.ac.jp/ An applied academic research institute engaged in the study of information society and Japan brought to you by International University of Japan Hiroshima Institute of Technology http://www.cc.it-hiroshima.ac.jp/ Hiroshima Institute of Technology (HIT) was founded in 1963 by Noboru Tsuru as part of the Tsuru Gakuen. œOur research is at the cutting edge of modern technology, as evidenced by our 'High-Tech Research Center' and 'Academic Frontier Research Center for Ultra-High Speed Deformation'. Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies http://www.imes.boj.or.jp/english/index.html Division of the Bank of Japan. The Institute conducts fundamental research on various economic and financial issues from a long term policy perspective. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ JAIST was founded on October 1, 1990 as the first national institute in Japan that consists of graduate schools without undergraduate programs and possesses its own campus and organization for research and education. Kurume Institute of Technology http://www.kurume-it.ac.jp/ Kurume Institute of Technology Kyushu Institute of Design http://www.kyushu-id.ac.jp/ Kyushu Institute of Design Kyushu Institute of Technology http://www.kyutech.ac.jp/ Kyushu Institute of Technology Maebashi Institute of Technology, Gunma Prefecture http://www.maebashi-it.ac.jp/ The Maebashi Institute of Technology inaugurated as a college of construction engineering (night school) in 1952. Thereafter, for forty-some years, we have been producing over 4,300 construction engineers, many of whom are presently assuming important positions across the nation and contributing to the development of local industries and culture. Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science http://www.nias.ac.jp/index.html Outline of the organization. Nara Institute of Science and Technology http://shika.aist-nara.ac.jp/ Nara Institute of Science and Technology National Institute of Environmental Studies http://www.nies.go.jp/index.html NIES is the sole national institute for comprehensive research in the environmental sciences. ToDo Institute http://www.todoinstitute.org/ Material on Alternative Methods of Mental Health. These methods are rooted in Eastern philosophy and applied to life in contemporary Western society. University of Tokyo Institute of Social Science http://www.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ Shakai Kagaku Kenkyusho (Institute of Social Science, ISS), University of Tokyo, was established in 1946 for the purpose of carrying out empirical and comparative research on Japan, Western countries, and socialist countries from the perspectives of law, political science and economics.