Super SINET is an ultrahigh-speed network intended to develop and promote Japanese academic researches by strengthening collaboration among leading academic research institutes. The e-Japan Priority Policy Program announced by the IT Strategic Headquarters in March 2001 referred to this network, the world's fastest Internet for research, based on 10 Gbps optical communication technology. The National Institute of Informatics belonging to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has been operating the network since January 4, 2002.
For the time being, the network will be used as a basis for study information connecting universities and research institutes in the five fields of high energy and nuclear fusion; space and astronomical science; genome information analysis (bio-informatics); supercomputer-interlocking distributed computing (GRID); and nanotechnology. The Internet backbone connects research institutes at 10 Gbps and the leading research facilities in the research institutes are directly connected at 1 Gbps. The IT-Based Laboratory (ITBL) Projectalso uses Super SINET as its foundation.
By approving new research projects utilizing Super SINET, even more advanced academic research will be promoted in the future.

• composition Figure(Japan Map)
• Super SINET/SINET node list