Geological Survey of Japan

{{Short description|Geological research institute in Japan}}

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| name = Geological Survey of Japan
地質調査総合センター

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| image = GSJ Geological Museum.JPG

| image_caption = The Survey's Geological Museum in Tsukuba

| type = Research Institute

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| formed = 1882

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| headquarters = 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|36.06348|N|140.137062|E|display=title}}

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| parent_department = National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

| website = {{URL|gsj.jp/Muse/en/index.html}}

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The {{nihongo|Geological Survey of Japan|地質調査総合センター|Chishitsu chōsa sōkō sentā}} (GSJ) is a research institute and department of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), an Independent Administrative Institution under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).{{cite web |url=https://www.gsj.jp/en/about/index.html |title=About GSJ |publisher=Geological Survey of Japan |access-date=11 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/dept/en_gsj.html |title=Geological Survey of Japan |publisher=National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |access-date=11 June 2022}} The Survey was initially formed in 1882 under the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. The Geological Survey of Japan conducts surveys of and publishes research into the geology of Japan, produces geological maps of Japan, and operates the Geological Museum.{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342122037 |title=Radiolarian research by the Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, with bibliographic lists from 1950 to 2019 |author=Itō Tusyoshi |author2=Nakae Satoshi |author3=Itaki Takuya |journal=Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan |year=2020 |volume=71 |number=4 |pages=395–437 |doi=10.9795/bullgsj.71.395|doi-access=free }}