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Article 10 The nation should implement necessary policy measures for the balanced promotion of vario us levels of R&D in comprehensive fields as well as take necessary measures for the planning and implementation of R&D in the specific fields of S&T where the nation considers further promot ion important.

Article 11 The nation should implement necessary policy measures to improve education and research i n graduate schools, to secure and train Researchers and to improve their quality in order to promote R&D corresponding to the progress of S&T.

2 The nation should implement necessary policy measures to improve the occupational conditions of Re searchers in order for their positions to be attractive commensurate with their importance.

3 In consideration of the fact that R&D supporting personnel are essential for the smooth promot ion of R&D, the nation should implement necessary policy measures corresponding to the preceding two paragraphs in order to secure and train them and to improve their quality of service a long with their occupational conditions.

Article 12 The nation should implement necessary policy measures to improve research facilities of R &D institutions (the term "R&D institutions" is defined as national research instit utes and institutions for R&D in Universities, private sector and so on in this law) in order to promote R&D corresponding to the progress of S&T.

2 The nation should implement necessary policy measures to upgrade supporting R&D functions suc h as supplying research materials smoothly in order to promote R&D effectively.

Article 13 The nation should take necessary policies to promote information intensive R&D activities such as the advancement of information processing in S&T, the maintenance of databases on S&T and the construction of information networks among R&D institutions in order to promote R&D effectively.

Article 14 The nation should implement necessary policy measures for the promotion of R&D to enh ance various exchanges such as the exchange of Researchers, joint R&D of R&D institutions and joint use of Facilities of R&D institutions, in consideration of the fact that promoting the fus ion of various Researchers' knowledge through exchanges between R&D institutions and/or Rese archers is the source of new R&D progress and that this exchange is essential for the effective p romotion of R&D.

Article 15 The nation should implement necessary policy measures to use R&D funds effectively co rresponding to the progress of R&D in order to promote R&D smoothly.

Article 16 The nation should implement necessary policy measures to diffuse the results of R&D, such as the publication of the results of R&D and the provision of the information on R&D and measures to promote appropriate practical applications of them.

Article 17 In consideration of the importance of the role played by the private sector in S&T activities in Japan, the nation should implement necessary policy measures to promote private sector R&D by encouraging initiatives in the private sector.