The main mission of the force and torque standards group is to establish, improve and maintain the national standards of force and torque, which have been developed by NMIJ and NRLM (the former NMIJ). We also maintain the international equality of force and torque units with other countries. Finally, we steadfastly disseminate the national standards to the industry.

We establish and strengthen the traceability of measurement in the force field (from force standard machines to force measuring devices and then, force testing machines), and in the torque field (from torque standard machines to torque measuring devices and then, torque testing machines). We investigate to solve the problems concerned with the traceability of measurements, such as the development of precise and stable force and torque transducers, the development of effective calibration and measurement techniques of force and torque, and the development of force and torque standards realizing them more precisely and more stably using different principles.