Regarding the ideal state of the Science Council of Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party has recommended to the Minister for Science and Technology Inoue that it should be a new organization independent of the government.
Minister Inoue, after receiving a report from the Science Council within the year, announced a policy to put together the ideas of the government.
On the 11th, former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Shiotani, who chairs the Liberal Democratic Party's working team that has been studying the ideal state of the Science Council of Japan, submitted a proposal to the Minister of Science and Technology Inoue, who has jurisdiction over the Science Council of Japan.
The proposal states that the Science Council should be a new organization independent of the government, such as an incorporated administrative agency, and that the method of selecting members has been changed to transparent and strict procedures such as voting, for researchers and young researchers working in companies. We are requesting that you actively consider promotion.
In response, Minister Inoue said, "I want to take it firmly. I would like the Science Council to consider including disconnection from the national institution." After receiving a report within the year, I thought about a future-oriented path. I want to go. "
After that, Mr. Shiotani told reporters, "I would like the government to decide the policy according to the recommendations and put it into practice, including the revision of the law. The party will follow up."