MEXT promotes research in important fields such as life science, information technology, nanotechnology and materials, and the utilization of quantum beam.
And it promotes research and development to solve problems such as earthquake and disaster prevention, earth and environmental problems, and in the space, ocean and nuclear power fields, on a national scale such as rockets and satellites, sea floor exploration and observation of the South Pole, and the International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor (ITER).
It also works on nuclear power policies such as the peaceful use of nuclear power.
