Abbreviations
Tsukuba Wiki: Know what the locals know...
This list should help you decipher the ubiquitous abbreviations in Tsukuba.
- ACCS: Academic newtown Community Cable Service
- AIST: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- ALT: Assistant Language Teacher
- APIC: Association for Promoting International Communication
- GSI: Geographical Survey Institute
- IH3: Ibaraki Hash House Harriers
- IWN: International Women's Network
- JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- JICA: Japan International Cooperation Agency (Tsukuba International Center)
- JIRCAS: Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
- KEK: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
- NIED: National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
- NIES: National Institute of Environmental Studies
- NIMS: National Institute for Materials Science
- RVC: Russian Vodka Ceremony
- TAIRA: Tsukuba Area International Residents Association
- TELL: Tokyo English Life Line
- TIF: Tsukuba Insight Forum
- TIN: Tsukuba Information Network
- TIS: Tsukuba International School
- TWMC: Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club
