Amendment of the Basic Law of Science and Technology to support a wide range of humanities sciences March 11 7:03
The government for the first time fully revised the Basic Law of Science and Technology, which is the foundation of Japan's promotion of science and technology, and drafted the Basic Law of Science, Technology and Innovation with the aim of creating new value by adding humanities to natural sciences. Summarized.
The Science and Technology Basic Law was enacted 25 years ago as a law that is the foundation of the promotion of science and technology in Japan, and the government has compiled a full-scale amendment for the first time against the background of the state of society and science and technology are closely related Was.
The proposed amendment aims to change the name of the law from the "Basic Law of Science and Technology" to the "Basic Law of Science, Technology and Innovation" and to create new value through scientific discoveries and inventions and spread it to society.
In order to comprehensively solve social issues such as declining birthrate and aging population, new areas of humanities such as law and philosophy are newly supported.
In addition, securing and fostering researchers and human resources to create businesses has been newly proposed.
Furthermore, it will revise the relevant laws and establish a "Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Secretariat" in the Cabinet Office to strengthen the function of command towers across ministries.
The amendment is being submitted with the aim of being approved by the Diet, and the government wants to reflect it in the sixth Science and Technology Basic Plan, which will begin in FY2021.