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{{Short description|Japanese research institute}}
{{primary sources|date=December 2007}}
{{redirect|NICT|the Taiwanese translation agency|National Institute for Compilation and Translation}}
{{Infobox Government agency
| agency_name     = National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
| native_name_r   = {{lang|ja-Latn|Jōhō Tsūshin Kenkyū Kikō}}
| native_name_a   = {{lang|ja|情報通信研究機構}}
| logo            = NICT logo.png
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| formed          = October 1896
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of Japan]]
| headquarters    = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
| employees       = 
| budget          = 
| chief1_name     = [[Masao Sakauchi]]
| chief1_position = President
| parent_agency   = [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]]
| website         = {{Official URL}}
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The {{nihongo|'''National Institute of Information and Communications Technology'''|情報通信研究機構|Jōhō Tsūshin Kenkyū Kikō|'''NICT'''}} is [[Japan]]'s primary national research institute for information and communications. It is located in [[Koganei, Tokyo]], Japan.

NICT was established as an [[Independent Administrative Institution]] in 2004 when Japan's Communications Research Laboratory (established 1896) merged with the Telecommunications Advancement Organization. Today NICT's mission is to carry out research and development in the field of information and communications technology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fujitsu Laboratories, NICT and Kyushu University Achieve World Record Cryptanalysis of Next-Generation Cryptography|url=http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2012/20120618-01.html|publisher=Fujitsu Laboratories|access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref>  It has a range of responsibilities including generating and disseminating Japan's national frequency and [[time standard]]s; conducting type approval tests of [[radio]] equipment for the [[Global Maritime Distress Safety System]] (GMDSS) and marine [[radar]] based on Japan's Radio Law; and providing regular observations of the [[ionosphere]] and [[space weather]]. It also operates the [[JJY]], a low frequency time signal.

In late August 2015, it was announced that a [[terahertz radiation]] scanner developed by the institute would be one of the instruments carried by the [[ESA]]'s [[Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer]], currently due for launch in 2022.<ref name="YomShim">{{cite news |date=24 August 2015 |title=Japan tech to explore Jupiter moon |url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002377117 |newspaper=[[Yomiuri Shimbun|The Yomiuri Shimbun]] |location=Japan |access-date=24 August 2015 }}</ref>[[Image:NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.jpg|thumb|250px|NICT building in [[Koganei, Tokyo]]]]
==See also==
* [[Independent Administrative Institution]]
* [[List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan]]

== References ==
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== External link ==
* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:Research institutes in Japan]]
[[Category:Information technology research institutes]]
[[Category:Aerospace research institutes]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2004]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan]]
[[Category:Space program of Japan]]

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