Japan: R&D expenses of higher education institutions by type

In the fiscal year 2021, the research and development (R&D) expenditure of private universities and colleges in Japan amounted to around two trillion Japanese yen. That year, Japanese higher education institutions spent a total of nearly 3.8 trillion yen on R&D activities, with private schools utilizing the majority of the expenses.

Research and development (R&D) expenditure of tertiary education institutions in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021, by institution type (in billion Japanese yen)

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal year 2012 to 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Supplementary notes

Tertiary education institutions refer to university departments including graduate courses, junior colleges, colleges of technology, research institutions and facilities attached to universities, inter-university research institute corporations, and national institutes of technology.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.74 U.S. dollars or 0.70 euros as of December 2022.
Data prior to fiscal 2020 are from previous reports.

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