Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
- http://tnfri.fra.affrc.go.jp/

Hokkaido University
- Faculty of Fisheries
- http://www.fish.hokudai.ac.jp/wwwfish-e/wwwfish-e.html

Hirosaki University
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- http://www.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/english/science.html

National Maritime Research Institute
- Various research projects concerning maritime transport safety and preservation of maritime environment.
- http://www.nmri.go.jp/index_e.html

Toba National College of Maritime Technology
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- http://www.toba-cmt.ac.jp/kouhou/nhp/english/index.htm

Japan Hydrographic Association
- Marine Information Research Center
- http://www.mirc.jha.or.jp/en/

Hiroshima National College of Maritime Technology
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- http://www.hiroshima-cmt.ac.jp/

Tokai University
- School of Marine Science and Technology.
- http://www.scc.u-tokai.ac.jp/index-e.html

University of Tokyo
- Ocean Research Institute
- http://www.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

Nagasaki University
- Faculty of Fisheries
- http://www.fish.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/

National Fisheries University
- University concerned with training and research in fisheries science, technology and engineering.
- http://www.fish-u.ac.jp/e-index.html

Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute (HNF)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- http://ss.hnf.affrc.go.jp/

Toyama National College of Maritime Technology
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- http://www.toyama-cmt.ac.jp/top.html

National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries
- Research directed towards the establishment of healthy relationship between fisheries and oceanic ecosystems.
- http://ss.enyo.affrc.go.jp/indexe.html