Proposed increases follow 5-year plan: Japan's R&D budget

Article Abstract:

Various Japanese ministries have submitted ambitious requests for R&D budget increases, in line with Japan's plan to double 1992 science spending levels by 2000. When the proposals get through the Diet, they are still likely to be higher than the overall 8% proposed government spending hike.

Government spending policy

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War on debt puts big science under fire: reform in Japan

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Two Japanese government panels working on reforms to streamline bureaucracy and control the fast-growing national debt may jeopardize big-science projects, according to reports. The Science and Technology Agency's budget and a 5-year R&D spending program adopted in 1996 may be cut.

Fiscal policy

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Japan expands graduate, postdoc slots

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The Japanese government is planning to expand support to graduate students and postdoctoral scientists by increasing the number of funding awards from 3775 to 10,000 by the year 2000. The move is part of Japan's concerted effort to become a major basic research center.

Sciences education, Science education

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