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PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture

Since the end of World War private educational institutions have played an important role in the dissemination of school education in Japan, especially at the higher education level. Private educational institutions enhance the quality of higher education through their unique and diverse educational and research programs based on each institution's founding philosophy and principles.

At present, the Government provides private educational institutions with financial assistance under various programs, including: government subsidies for current and other expenditures, long-term loans through the Japan Private School Promotion Foundation, and favorable taxation measures.

It is of course necessary for private universities and other private educational institutions to strive to strengthen their own financial basis through institutional efforts in order to maintain and improve their educational and research conditions and thus to develop themselves into unique and attractive institutions.