This is the second series of Think tank (1), (2) and (3) which appeared in Vol.33, No. 9, 10 and 11. The result of questionnaire General Research Development Organization conducted was analyzed and evaluated. Also based on "Think Tank Annual Report 1990" the current situation of Japanese think tanks was analyzed. Through the above analysis the author draws the average image of a think tank in Japan; organization type: public corporation, no. of staffs: 68, no. of researchers: 23, total income: about 700 million yen, income from research activities: about 200 million yen, major subject areas: national land development and use, industry and economy, no. of reports: 25, ratio of independent researches to the total ones: 15%, ratio of disclosed reports to the total ones: 12%. It is pointed out that financial procurement and human resources, i. e. ensuring able specialists, are the most important requirements when a think tank with size of 50 researchers is established.
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