Background Information

Designation

National Research and Development Agency
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Business name: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Foundation

Originally established on October 1, 1980;
reorganized as an incorporated administrative agency on October 1, 2003

History

October 1980
New Energy Development Organization established
October 1988
Research and development on industrial technology added; name changed to New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
October 2003
Incorporated Administrative Agency New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization established under the Act on the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
April 2015
Status changed from incorporated administrative agency to national research and development agency

Purpose

The purpose of NEDO is to enhance industrial technology and promote commercialization by comprehensively performing functions such as: promoting research and development (R&D) carried out using skills from the private sector; promoting R&D carried out by the private sector with regard to technology for non-fossil energies, combustible natural gas, and coal; promoting the technology required for the rational use of energy and technology in mining and industry; and promoting the utilization of such technology in cooperation with the international community; to thereby contribute to ensuring a stable and efficient energy supply in accordance with the changes in the domestic and foreign economic and social environments and to the development of the economy and industry.

Details of Major Operations

Operations relating to technology development management (national projects and practical application promotion activities)

Minister in Charge

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Governing Laws

Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies
Act on the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

Executives

Details of Executives

Organization

Details of NEDO's Organization

Personnel

1,565 (as of April 1, 2025)

Budget

Approximately 146.4 billion yen (FY 2025 initial budget)

*In addition to the above, the following programs are organized by funds.

Moonshot Research and Development Program : 50.4 billion yen
Research and Development Project of the Enhanced Infrastructures for Post-5G Information and Communication Systems: 2,684 billion yen
Green Innovation Fund Projects: 2,756.4 billion yen
Program for Developing Important Economic Security Technologies: 250 billion yen
Research and Development of Technologies to Promote Biomanufacturing: 270 billion yen
Deep-Tech Startups Support Program: 100.0 billion yen
Programs for Specified Semiconductor Production-Related Development: 2, 170.6 billion yen
Support Project to Secure a Stable Supply of Specified Important Goods: 2, 123.4 billion yen

*As the figures are rounded, the sum of each fund may not match the total.

Last Updated : April 1, 2025