Part 1: New Developments in Science and Technology Policy: Responding
to National and Societal Needs
Chapter 3: Future Science and Technology Policy in Japan
To achieve their goals in science and technology, the principal
advanced nations pick up R&D fields that are vital to the nation, prioritize
the investment of R&D resources, make infrastructure improvements that expedite
the utilization of the outcome of that R&D, and comprehensively and strategically
strive to strengthen basic research and invigorate overall R&D activity.
Among the future issues cited in followup to the Science and Technology Basic
Plan were the establishment of plain scientific and technological goals, the
promotion of basic research, and upgrading research environment that are conducive
to the drive for world-class science and technology. In short, Japan requires
science and technology policy that is comprehensive and strategic. Here, the
discussion focuses on the type of science and technology policy that Japan must
now pursue.