NAOJ

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astronomical observatory intergovernmental organization participant national research institute

NAOJ (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) is Japan’s leading national research institute for astronomy, operating major observatories and contributing to international projects in ground-based and space-based astronomy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan	9
NAOJ canonical	2
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Mitaka/Fuchū area facilities)	1
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	1
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (for some facilities)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory ⓘ intergovernmental organization participant ⓘ national research institute ⓘ
abbreviation	NAOJ self-link ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Academia Sinica ⓘ surface form: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics Canadian astronomical institutions ⓘ European Southern Observatory ⓘ surface form: ESO (European Southern Observatory) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ surface form: JAXA National Science Foundation ⓘ surface form: NSF (United States National Science Foundation)
country	Japan ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ space science ⓘ
focus	astronomical data archiving ⓘ ground-based astronomy ⓘ instrumentation development ⓘ public outreach in astronomy ⓘ space-based astronomy ⓘ
foundedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese government
fullName	NAOJ self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
hasDivision	Center for Astronomy Education and Public Outreach ⓘ Center for Computational Astrophysics ⓘ Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy ⓘ Division of Radio Astronomy ⓘ Subaru Telescope ⓘ surface form: Subaru Telescope Directorate
headquartersLocation	Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
operates	ALMA Regional Center (Japan node) ⓘ Mizusawa VLBI Observatory ⓘ Nobeyama Radio Observatory ⓘ Okayama Astrophysical Observatory ⓘ Solar observation facilities at NAOJ Mitaka campus ⓘ Subaru Telescope ⓘ TAMA 300 gravitational wave detector (historical) ⓘ
parentOrganization	National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan ⓘ surface form: National Institutes of Natural Sciences
participatesIn	Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ⓘ East Asian Observatory collaborations ⓘ JAXA space astronomy missions (as science partner) ⓘ Thirty Meter Telescope ⓘ surface form: Thirty Meter Telescope project VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry) ⓘ
predecessor	Tokyo Astronomical Observatory ⓘ
researchArea	cosmology ⓘ exoplanets ⓘ galaxy formation and evolution ⓘ gravitational wave science (observational support) ⓘ optical and infrared astronomy ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ solar physics ⓘ star formation ⓘ
website	https://www.nao.ac.jp ⓘ