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Index
SCIENCE COUNCIL
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| ■About the
Science Council of Japan |
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The Science Council of Japan, born of the firm
conviction that science constitutes the foundation of culture, was
established, in January 1949, for promotion and permeation of
science in all government agencies, industries and people's lives,
as the organization to represent Japanese scientists, both in Japan
and abroad and as a "special agency" under jurisdiction of the Prime
Minister's Office. In the subsequent reorganization of central
government agencies in January 2001, the Council was affiliated with
the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and
Telecommnunications.
The Council, consisting of 210
representative members (term: 3 years) elected from among some
730,000 scientists in the country, and functioning independently, is
mandated (1) to deliberate on important matters related to science
and implement decisions reached and (2) to promote effective
exchanges among researchers to achieve greater productivity in
conducting scientific research.
The Council provides counsel
and recommendations when requested by the government and also has
authority to offer, on its own initiative, advice and opinions to
the government.
Some of the Council's international
activities include: affiliating with various international academic
institutions, sending delegations to academically important
conferences overseas and to countries under bilateral academic
exchange programs, and cosponsoring and supporting important
international academic conferences in Japan. |
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| ■The Role and Activities
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