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Rikagaku Kenkyujo (Japan)
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1917-
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RIKEN is a large scientific research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has about 3,000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, including the main site at Wako, Saitama Prefecture, just outside Tokyo. Riken is a Designated National Research and Development Institute, and was formerly an Independent Administrative Institution. 'Riken' is a contraction of the formal name Rikagaku Kenkyujo, and its full name in Japanese is Kokuritsu Kenkyu Kaihatsu Hojin Rikagaku Kenkyusho and in English is the National Institute of Physical and Chemical Research.
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