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RIKEN is the largest research institute for natural sciences in Japan. It was founded in 1917 and now employs approximately 3000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan. Its annual budget is around 84 billion yen (US$840 million). The term natural science as the way in which different fields of study are defined is determined as much by historical convention as by the present day meaning of the words. ...
1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The name "RIKEN" (理研) is a Japanese abbreviation of "Rikagaku Kenkyūsho" (理化学研究所), which means "The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research", though RIKEN now also conducts a wide range of research in the life sciences.
RIKEN's current President is Prof. Ryoji Noyori, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001. Ryoji Noyori (野依良治) (born September 3, 1938) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001. ...
List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...
Among RIKEN's recent achievements is the first ever confirmed creation of element 113, in July 2004. This element has yet to be formally named. On April 2, 2005, the same team successfully created it for the second time.
It is headquartered in Wako, Saitama Prefecture. Wakō (Japanese: 和光市; -shi) is a city located in Saitama, Japan. ...
Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県; Saitama-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ...
History
The proposal to found a national institute of science was made by Jokichi Takamine in 1913. After a resolution by the Diet in 1915, the institute was set up in 1917 by Eiichi Shibusawa using government funds and private donations. Dairoku Kikuchi served as the first president of RIKEN. It was blessed with ample funds, so that it was sometimes referred as a "scientists' paradise". Some inventions from RIKEN had commercial success and allowed the institute to form a zaibatsu called RIKEN Konzern. Though the zaibatsu was technically dissolved after World War II, the conglomerate remains as the RIKEN Group, which includes Ricoh. Jokichi Takamine (高峰 譲吉 Takamine Jōkichi, December 22, 1854 – July 22, 1922) was a Japanese chemist. ...
1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
The National Diet of Japan (国会; Kokkai) is Japans legislature. ...
1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Kikuchi Dairoku as a professor at Tokyo Imperial University Dairoku Kikuchi (Born March 17, 1855 - Died August 19, 1917) (or in the Japanese order Kikuchi Dairoku, 菊池大麓) was born in Edo, the second son of Mitsukuri Shuhei. ...
Zaibatsu (Japanese: 財閥) is a Japanese term meaning money clique or conglomerate. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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Famous people from RIKEN Kotaro Honda (本多 光太郎 Honda Kōtarō, 1870 – 1954) was a Japanese scientist and inventor. ...
Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗 Ikeda Kikunae, October 8, 1864 – May 3, 1936) was a Tokyo Imperial University professor who discovered the umami flavor. ...
Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡半太郎) (1865 – 1950) was a Japanese physicist. ...
Suzuki Umetaro (鈴木梅太郎, April 7, 1874 – September 20, 1943) was a Japanese scientist. ...
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga or Shinichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎 Tomonaga Shinichirō, March 31, 1906–July 8, 1979) was a Japanese physicist, influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics, work for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 along with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger. ...
Hideki Yukawa Hideki Yukawa (湯川 秀樹, January 23, 1907 - September 8, 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese person to win the Nobel prize. ...
External link - RIKEN official site (in English and Japanese) (http://www.riken.jp/)
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