The (GSJ) is a
research institute
A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...
and department of the
(AIST), an
Independent Administrative Institution
An Incorporated Administrative Agency (独立行政法人, ''Dokuritsu gyōsei hōjin'' or ''Dokugyo'' in abbreviation) is a type of legal corporation formulated by the Government of Japan under the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrat ...
under the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
The or METI, is a ministry of the Government of Japan. It was created by the 2001 Central Government Reform when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) merged with agencies from other ministries related to economic activities, ...
(METI).
The Survey was initially formed in 1882 under the
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
The was a cabinet-level ministry in the government of the Empire of Japan from 1881-1925. It was briefly recreated as the during World War II
History
The original Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce was created on April 7, 1881, initially under ...
.
The Geological Survey of Japan conducts surveys of and publishes research into the
geology of Japan
The islands of Japan are primarily the result of several large ocean movements occurring over hundreds of millions of years from the mid- Silurian to the Pleistocene, as a result of the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the contine ...
, produces geological maps of Japan, and operates the
Geological Museum
The Geological Museum (originally the Museum of Economic Geology then the Museum of Practical Geology), started in 1835 as one of the oldest single science museums in the world and now part of the Natural History Museum in London. It transfe ...
.
Publications
* (1950–; vols. 1–)
* (1953–2011; nos. 1–679)
* (2012–; vols. 1–)
See also
*
List of Independent Administrative Institutions (Japan)
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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*
Heinrich Edmund Naumann
Heinrich Edmund Naumann (September 11, 1854 – February 1, 1927) was a German geologist, regarded as the "father of Japanese geology" in Meiji period Japan.
Biography
Heinrich Edmund Naumann was hired by the Meiji government in 1875 as a fo ...
References
External links
Geological Survey of Japan
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Geological surveys
Geology of Japan
Research institutes in Japan
1882 establishments in Japan