Building a Human Resources System That Maximizes Potential : Towards Making Japan “the Most Innovation-friendly Country in the World”

 White Paper on Science and Technology 2014

Feature 1 Recovery and Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake through Science and Technology

  1. The Current Situation of Recovery and Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Efforts of the Japanese Government
  2. Examples of Efforts toward Recovery and Reconstruction through Science and Technology

Feature 2 Science and Technology Development toward the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020

  1. The Society Japan Aims to Realize by 2020: Roles Played by Science and Technology
  2. Projects That Will Expand Frontiers and Yield Results when the Olympic and Paralympic Games are Held in 2020
  3. Science and Technology That Support Athletes
  4. Japan’s Choice for the Future

Part 1 Building a Human Resources System That Maximizes Potential: Towards Making Japan "the Most Innovation-friendly Country in the World"

Chapter 1 Basic Direction in Human Resource Development

Section 1 Socioeconomic Changes and Science, Technology and Innovation Activities

  1. Demographic Aging with a Declining Birthrate, and the Maturation of Society
  2. Progress in Globalization
  3. Progress in Our Knowledge-based Society

Section 2 The Current Situation Regarding Human Resources in Science, Technology and Innovation

  1. Overall Situation (Number and Age Breakdown of Researchers)
  2. Mobility of Researchers
  3. Career Paths for Young Researchers
  4. Opportunities for Diverse Human Resources
  5. Current Situation and Issues Regarding Human Resources in Science, Technology and Innovation

Section 3 The Desired Human Resource System

  1. Reform of the Human Resource System
  2. Initiatives toward the Promotion of Fair and Honest Research Activities

Chapter 2 Efforts and a Future Direction toward Securing Human Resources for Science, Technology and Innovation and Promoting Their Activities

Section 1 The establishment of a human resources system that affords high mobility: eliminating the “intergenerational gap in mobility”

  1. A Strategy for Improving the Mobility of All Researchers
  2. The Promotion of Active Participation by Doctoral Degree Holders in Various Arenas of Society
  3. A New System That Contributes to the Promotion of Mobility and Career Paths of Researchers

Section 2 Improvement of Environments for Increasing Opportunities for Diverse Human Resources to Play Active Roles

  1. Improvement of Environments toward Helping Female Researchers to Become More Active
  2. Improvement of Research Environments for Young Researchers
  3. Improvement of Working Conditions for International Researchers
  4. Increasing Research Support Personnel

Section 3 Building platform for the co-creation of new knowledge and value

  1. The Importance of a Platform for Co-creation
  2. Approaches to Building Platforms for Co-creation
  3. Utilization of Research and Development (R&D) Institutions as Platforms for Co-creation

Part 2 Measures Implemented to Promote Science and Technology

Chapter 1 Development of Science and Technology Policy

Section 1 The Science and Technology Basic Plan

Section 2 Council for Science and Technology Policy

  1. Major Efforts of the CSTP, FY2013
  2. Strategic Prioritization in Science and Technology -related Budget
  3. Comprehensive Promotion of Science and Technology Policies
  4. Major Points Deliberated by the Expert Panels

Section 3 The Comprehensive Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation

Section 4 Administrative Structure and Budget for Science and Technology Policies

  1. Administrative Structure for Science and Technology Policies
  2. Science and Technology-related Budgets

Chapter 2 Realization of Sustainable Growth and Societal Development into the Future

Section 1 Realization of Restoration and Recovery from the Earthquake Disaster

  1. Promotion of Measures to Accomplish the Most Important Issues
  2. System Reform for Restoration and Recovery from Earthquake Disaster

Section 2 Promotion of Green Innovation

  1. Promoting Measures to Accomplish the Important Issues
  2. System Reforms for Promotion of Green Innovation

Section 3 Promotion of Life Innovation

  1. Promotion of Measures to Accomplish Critical Issues
  2. System Reform for Life Innovation Promotion

Section 4 System Reform toward Promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation

  1. System Reform toward Promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation
  2. Construction of a New System for Science, Technology and Innovation

Chapter 3 Response to Critical Issues Facing Japan

Section 1 Promotion of Measures for Solving Critical Issues

  1. Assuring Safety, Affluence and High Quality of Life
  2. The strengthening of Japan's Industrial Competitiveness
  3. Contributions to Solutions to Global Issues
  4. Foundations of the State
  5. Improvement and Enhancement of Common Science and Technology Infrastructure

Section 2 System Reforms toward Solution-oriented R&D

  1. System Reforms for Promoting Solution-oriented R&D
  2. The Establishment of Systems for Promoting R&D That Should be Led by the Government

Section 3 Strategic Development of Global Activities in an International Context

  1. Promotion of R&D Toward Solutions to Common Issues in Asia
  2. New Developments in Science and Technology Diplomacy

Chapter 4 Enhancement of Basic Research and Human Resources Development

Section 1 Radical Enhancement of Basic Research

  1. Enhancement of Diverse and Creative Basic Research
  2. Enhancement of Research Capacity at Universities; Creation of the World's Most Advanced Research Centers

Section 2 Development of Human Resources capable of Active Roles in Science and Technology Research

  1. Development of Human Resources Capable of leadership in Diverse Fields
  2. Development of Top level, Creative Researchers
  3. Development of Leading Science and Technology Human Resources of the Next Generation

Section 3 Establishment of a World-Class Research Environment and Infrastructure

  1. Improvement of R&D Environments at Universities and Public Research Institutions
  2. Enhancement of Intellectual Infrastructure
  3. Enhancement of Research Information Infrastructure

Chapter 5 Development and Promotion of Policy in Collaboration with Society

Section 1 Deepening Relations between Society and Science, Technology and Innovation

  1. Promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies from the Public Viewpoint
  2. Promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation Communication Activities

Section 2 Promotion of Effective Science, Technology and Innovation policies

  1. Strengthening of Planning and Promotion of Policies
  2. Enhancement of Assessment and Allocation Functions in the Research-fund Systems
  3. Enhancement of R&D Implementation Systems
  4. Establishment of the PDCA Cycle in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Section 3 Expansion of Research and Development Investment

(Strategic Programs Division(Research and System Reform)Science and Technology Policy Bureau )