(decided by the Government of Japan on March 28, 2006)

(1) Progress in S&T measures

　（1）Total amount of governmental R&D expenditure
　（2）Strategic priority setting in S&T
　（3）Development of a competitive R&D environment and other R&D system reforms
　（4）Industry-academia-government collaboration and other S&T system reforms

(2) Results of S&T policies

(3) Changes that may have impact on S&T both at home and abroad and the roles of S&T

2.Basic stances in the third basic plan

(1)S&T to be supported by public and to benefit society

(2)Emphasis on fostering human resources and competitive research environments-Shift of emphasis from “hard” to “soft” such as human resources; greater significance of individuals in institutions

3.Ideas and goals of S&T policies

(1)Ideas and policy goals of the third basic plan

(2) S&T’s contribution to the world, society, and public

4.Governmental R&D expenditure

Chapter 2 Strategic Priority Setting in S&T

2.Priority setting in R&D for policy-oriented subjects

（1）“Four priority fields to be promoted” and “four fields to be promoted”

（2）Formulation of Promotion Strategies

（3）Selection of “Strategic Prioritized S&T”

3. Matters to be considered in the formulation and implementation of Promotion Strategies

（1）Emerging and interdisciplinary fields

（2）Clarifying the relationship with policy goals and establishing R&D goals

（3）Horizontal matters to be considered relating to “Strategic Prioritized S&T”

（1）S&T selected to resolve social issues immediately
（2）S&T selected to win in international competition
（3）S&T selected as a key technology of national importance

（4） Effective implementation of Promotion Strategies - Realization of “practical strategies”

Chapter 3 Reforming the S&T System

1.Developing, securing and activating human resources

（1）Creating an environment where individuals thrive

　（1）Ensuring fair and highly transparent personnel systems
　（2）Supporting the independence of young researchers
　（3）Improving the mobility of human resources
　（4）Suppressing the rate of inbreeding
　（5）Promoting the activities of female researchers
　（6）Promoting the activities of foreign researchers
　（7）Utilizing the abilities of talented senior researchers

（2） Enhancing the human resource development function in universities

　（1）Human resource development in universities
　（2）Drastic enhancement of graduate education
　（3）Formulating action plan on the reform of graduate school education
　（4）Improving financial aid for doctorate course students

（3） Developing human resources that meet the needs of society

　（1）Human resource development by industry-university partnership
　（2）Promoting the activities of doctorals in industry
　（3）Development of diverse human resources utilizing and returning knowledge to society

（4）Expanding the scope of human resources who will bear the S&T in future

　（1）Developing children with exuberant intellectual curiosity
　（2）Developing the individuality and abilities of gifted children

2.Creating scientific development and persistent innovation

　（1）Increasing competitive funds and indirect costs
　（2）Developing a competitive environment in organizations
　（3）Promoting the systemic reforms on competitive funds

（2）Enhancing the competitive edge of universities

　（1）Creating universities that lead the world’s S&T
　（2）Revitalizing universities that utilize uniqueness and characteristics 

（3）Enhancing systems for creating innovation

　（1）Maintaining the various research fund systems according to the development stage of R&D
　（2）Building a sustainable and progressive industry-university-government collaboration system
　（3）Promoting the utilization of new technologies in the public sector
　（4）Promoting the entrepreneurial activities of R&D ventures
　（5）Promoting R&D by private enterprises

（4）Building regional innovation systems and creating vital regions

　（1）Forming regional clusters
　（2）Developing smooth S&T policies in regions

（5）Effective and efficient promotion of R&D

　（1）Effective utilization of research funds
　（2）Emphasizing the development and utilization of human resources in research funds
　（3）Reforming the evaluation system

（6） Resolving the institutional and operational bottleneck that acts against S&T activities and returning benefits from R&D to society

3. Reinforcing the foundation for promoting S&T

　（1）Improvements of facilities such as national universities and public research institutions
　（2）Development of facilities of national universities and public research institutions
　（3）Developing the facilities of public universities
　（4）Developing the facilities of private universities
　（5）Promoting the development and shared use of advanced large-scale public research facilities

（2）Improving the intellectual infrastructure

　（1）Strategic and selective development of intellectual infrastructure
　（2）Building a framework for promoting efficient development and use

（3）Creating, protecting and utilizing intellectual property

（4）Actively responding to standardization

（5）Improving the research information infrastructure

（6）Promoting the activities of academic societies

（7）Promoting R&D in public research institutions

4.Strategically promoting international activities

（1）Systematic efforts of international activities

（2）Cooperating with Asian nations

（3）Promoting general development for reinforcing international activities, and acceptance of talented foreign researchers

Chapter 4 S&T to Be Supported by Society and the Public

2．Accountability relating to S&T and the improvement of information transmission

3．Improving the public awareness of S&T

4．Promoting proactive participation of the public in S&T

Chapter 5 Role of the Council for Science and Technology Policy

2.Specific measures

(1)Effective, efficient promotion of governmental R&D

(2) Promotion of S&T system reforms

(3) S&T to be supported by the public and to benefit society

(4) Strategic promotion of international activities

(5) Removal of structural or operational obstacles for smooth S&T activities and the return of the results to society

(6) Appropriate follow-up of the S&T basic plan and the promotion of the progress