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20 May 2017 (WT/Let/1264) 1.30.  Japan Post; 
1.31.  Japan Racing Association; 1.32.  Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (Note 3.a.) (Note 3.d.) (Note 3.e.); 
1.33.  Japan Science and Technology Agency; 
1.34.  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; 1.35.  Japan Sport Council; 
1.36.  Japan Student Services Organization; 
1.37.  Japan Tobacco Inc. (Note 3.g.); 1.38.  Japan Water Agency; 1.39.  Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical pe rson designated as such pursuant to the Bicycle 
Racing Law); 
1.40.  Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited; 1.41.  Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association (A juridical person designated as such pursuant to 
the Auto Racing Law); 
1.42.  Mutual Aid Association for Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organization Personnel; 1.43.  Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualti es and Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters; 
1.44.  Narita International Airport Corporation; 
1.45.  National Association of Racing, The; 1.46.  National Center for Persons with Severe Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono; 1.47.  National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan; 
1.48.  New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization; 
1.49.  Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Note 3.f.) (Note 3.g.); 1.50.  Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (Note 3.f.) (Note 3.g.); 
1.51.  Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (Note 3.f.) (Note 3.g.); 
1.52.  Northern Territories Issue Association; 1.53.  Okinawa Development Finance Corporation; 
1.54.  Open University of Japan Foundation, The; 
1.55.  Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN; 1.56.  Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid; 1.57.  Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporat ion for Private Schools of Japan, The; 
1.58.  RIKEN (Note 3.b.); 
1.59.  Shikoku Railway Company (Note 3.a.) (Note 3.g.); 1.60.  Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (Note 3.a.); 
1.61.  Urban Renaissance Agency; 
1.62.  Welfare and Medical Service Agency; 1.63.  West Nippon Expressway Company Limited. 
2  GROUP B 
2.1.  Building Research Institute; 
2.2.  Civil Aviation College; 2.3.  Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center; 
2.4.  Forest Research and Management Organization; 
2.5.  Inter-University Research Institute Corporation; 2.6.  Japan agency of Maritime Education and Training for Seafarers; 
2.7.  Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency; 
2.8.  Japan Health Insurance Association; 2.9.  Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences; 
2.10.  Japan Mint; 
2.11.  Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety; 2.12.  Japan Pension Service; 2.13.  Labor Management Organization for USFJ Employees; 
2.14.  National Agency for Automob ile and Land Transport Technology; 
2.15.  National Agriculture and Food Research Organization; 2.16.  National Archives of Japan; 
2.17.  National Cancer Center; 
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20 May 2017 (WT/Let/1264) 2.19.  National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology; 
2.20.  National Center for Global Health and Medicine; 
2.21.  National Center for Industrial  Property Information and Training; 
2.22.  National Center for University Entrance Examinations; 
2.23.  National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; 
2.24.  National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center; 2.25.  National Hospital Organization; 
2.26.  National Institute for Environmental Studies; 
2.27.  National Institute for Materials Science; 2.28.  National Institute for School Teachers and Staff Development; 2.29.  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; 
2.30.  National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; 
2.31.  National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology; 2.32.  National Institute of Special Needs Education; 
2.33.  National Institute of Technology; 
2.34.  National Institute of Technology and Evaluation; 2.35.  National Institutes for Cultural Heritage; 
2.36.  National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology; 
2.37.  National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (Note 3.h.); 2.38.  National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education; 2.39.  National Institution for Youth Education; 
2.40.  National Livestock Breeding Center; 
2.41.  National Museum of Art; 2.42.  National Museum of Nature and Science; 
2.43.  National Printing Bureau; 
2.44.  National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention; 2.45.  National Research Institute of Brewing; 
2.46.  National Statistics Center; 
2.47.  National University Corporation; 2.48.  National Women's Education Center; 2.49.  Nippon Export and Investment Insurance; 
2.50.  Public Works Research Institute; 
2.51.  Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. 
Notes to Annex 3 
1. This Agreement does not cover contracts to be awarded to co-operatives or associations in 
accordance with laws and regulations existing at th e time of the entry into force of this Agreement 
for Japan. 
2. This Agreement does not cover contracts which the entities in Group A award for purposes of 
their daily profit-making activities which are expose d to competitive forces in markets. This note 
shall not be used in a manner which circumvents the provisions of this Agreement. 
3. Notes to specific entities: 
a. Procurement related to operational safety of transportation is not covered. 
b. Procurement which could lead to the disclosure of information incompatible with the 
purpose of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with international 
agreements on intellectual property rights is  not covered. Procurement for safety-related 
activities aiming at utilization and management of radioactive materials and responding to emergencies of nuclear installation is not covered. 
c. Procurement related to geological an d geophysical survey is not covered. 
 
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