The Japan Research Institute(JRI) was established as a non-profit organization on August 31, 1970. JRI was established in order to pursue and solve the complex problems that inevitably confront the public and private sectors in the present highly sophisticated era as well as to formulate new ideas and theories. JRI’s establishment was motivated by individual initiative, and therefore, JRI’s first working principle is complete neutrality and creativity without the influence of established enterprises, capital groups, and organizations such as political parties and labor unions. Since its foundation, JRI has been actively involved in research projects commissioned by public and private organizations. With the accumulation of successful performance records, JRI has been widely recognized as one of Japan’s representative think tanks. JRI’s second working principle is to expand scope of its human resources for innovative and flexible organizational structure while avoiding complexity. Toward this end, the full-time staff at JRI are carefully selected and trained for comprehensive, wide-range of organizational tasks. Top specialists are frequently enlisted to join JRI staff members on special project terms, and these specialists maintain lasting research and personal relationships with JRI staff members. The third working principle of JRI is to keep abreast of international trends and to incorporate an international perspective into all its activities. Shortly after JRI’s establishment, foreign staff members were employed to initiate contact and information exchange with overseas organizations as well as to actively accept international projects. JRI is continuously striving to upgrade the quality of research activities by adhering to the aforementioned working principles.