Science Council of Japan (SCJ) is the representative organization of Japanese scientist community ranging over all fields of sciences subsuming humanities, social sciences, life sciences, natural sciences, and engineering.

This website collects data of the academic societies in Japan, principally "Associate Societies of Science Council of Japan".

UMIN was establshed in 1989 as a cooperative organization for national medical schools in Japan, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culsutre, Science, Sports and Technology (MEXT), Japan.