National Institute of Technology and Evaluation
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Former names
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National Institute of Technology and Evaluation |
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| Established | 2001 |
| President | Prof. Dr. Itaru Yasui |
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Administrative staff
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400 |
| Location |
multiple locations,  Japan
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| Website | www.nite.go.jp |
The National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (製品評価技術基盤機構 Seihin Hyōka Gijutsu Kiban Kikō?), or NITE is an incorporated administrative agency (an independent administrative institution ), established by Japanese government, aiming to contribute to the “safety and security of life” supported by reliable technology and information.
The predecessors of NITE were five Inspection Institutes of the Japanese government, such as the Export Silk Fabrics Inspection Institute established in 1928, Machinery and Tools Inspection Institute in 1948. After several reorganization steps, they were integrated into the International Trade and Industry Inspection Institute in 1984. It was reorganized into the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation in 1995 and established as an incorporated administrative agency in 2001 remaining under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
NITE works toward the mission by technical evaluation of industrial products, and preservation and distribution of products’ information, in the following four fields.
1. Biotechnology field
The Department of Biotechnology (DOB) manages NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), which works as a national culture collection in Japan. It is dedicated to the acquisition, characterization, identification, and preservation of microorganisms, such as bacteria, archaea, fungi and microalgae, and distribution of those microbes together with their genetic information to the universities, research institutions and industries. It also manages a patent depositary for biological material under the Budapest Treaty. Based on the principles of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), DOB has been conducting collaborative research with a number of Asian countries in conservation and sustainable use of microbial resources. It also works for biosafety following by the guidelines of .
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