Japan Science and Technology Agency

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The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST; Japanese: 科学技術振興機構) is a Japanese government agency which aims to build infrastructure that supports knowledge creation and dissemination in Japan.{{citation |url=https://www.japan.go.jp/directory/ |title= Government Directory |work=japan.go.jp |accessdate= 3 December 2019 }}{{citation |url=http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/about/history.html |title= About JST: History |work=Jst.go.jp |accessdate= 12 August 2018 }} It is one of the National Research and Development Agencies, overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI).{{citation |url=http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/JST_Brochure.pdf |title=Japan Science and Technology Agency: Facts and Figures 2018 |year=2018 |publisher=Japan Science and Technology Agency |access-date=12 August 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095201/https://www.jst.go.jp/EN/JST_Brochure.pdf |url-status=dead }} It operates from headquarters in Kawaguchi, Saitama in the Greater Tokyo Area, and in Chiyoda in central Tokyo.

The agency formed in 2003, as successor to the Japan Science and Technology Corporation. The corporation had formed in 1996 through the merging of the Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (JICST, est. 1957) and the Research Development Corporation of Japan (JRDC, est. 1961).

Among other activities, the agency runs J-STAGE, an "electronic journal platform for science and technology information in Japan,"{{citation |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/static/pages/JstageOverview/-char/en |title=J-STAGE Overview |work= Jstage.jst.go.jp |accessdate= 12 August 2018 }} and publishes the Journal of Information Processing and Management ({{issn|1347-1597}}).{{citation |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2004027579/ |title=Kagaku Gijutsu Shinkō Kikō |work=WorldCat Identities |publisher=OCLC |location= US |accessdate= 12 August 2018 }} As a funder of research, the agency requires its grantees to follow its policy on open access and open science.{{citation |url=http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/1153 |title=Japan Science and Technology Agency |work=Sherpa Juliet |publisher=Jisc |location=UK |accessdate= 12 August 2018 }}{{citation |url= http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/about/openscience/index.html |title= JST Policy on Open Access to Research Publications and Research Data Management |work= Jst.go.jp |accessdate= 12 August 2018 |archive-date= 12 August 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180812150628/http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/about/openscience/index.html |url-status= dead }} It has now made operational [https://jxiv.jst.go.jp/index.php/jxiv Jxiv], preprints server in Japan.{{Cite web |last=Agency (JST) |first=Japan Science and Technology |title=JST Press Release#1551:Japan's first full-fledged preprint server Jxiv to be operational |url=https://www.jst.go.jp/pr/info/info1551/index_e.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.jst.go.jp |language=en}}