National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan)

Name National Institute of Information and Communications
URL www.swc.nict.go.jp/en
Established October, 1896
ISES Member 1996
Organization National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Radio Research Institute Radio Propagation Research Center Space Environment Laboratory Space Weather Forecast Service Group (Regional Warning Center Japan)
Staff 27 employees
Person in charge Dr. Mamoru Ishii, Director General (ISES delegate)
Location Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Address 4-2-1 Nukuikita-machi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
Contact Dr. Yuki Kubo, Group Leader
Additional Info Space weather forecast service has been operated in 24/7. NICT is a member of ACFJ consortium of ICAO space weather center. NICT operates five ionosondes, four in Japan and one in Antarctica. NICT also operates a solar radio telescope and a magnetometer in Japan.
NICT has own numerical simulation models of the Sun and solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere. NICT also has AI-based solar flare and radiation belt electron forecast models.