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One of the six members, Professor Shigenori Uno (53) from the University of Tokyo, refused to be appointed for official residency in October 2018 due to the problem that the candidate for membership of the Japan Academy of Sciences was rejected. . I learned from a person involved in the academic conference. The fact that the official residence side has nominated a specific candidate and has repeatedly shown disapproval from the conference side has been revealed, and criticisms that it is an arbitrary personal intervention by politics may be strengthened again. (Mochizuki Iko)
Professor Shigenori Uno of the University of Tokyo
◆ Mr. Uno ranked first and recommended official residence …
According to people familiar with the conference, the Conference Political Committee will succeed Junichi Kawada, Professor Emeritus at Osaka University, who will reach the academic conference retirement age of 70 by October 2018. As a result, I decided to recommend Mr. Uno, who has excellent research and achievements in the field of the history of political thought.
In response, Kazuhiro Sugita, Under Secretary of State and other official residences requested that various candidates be displayed and ranked. The conference side presented several candidates with Mr. Uno first, but the official residence side was reluctant.
For this reason, the meeting side discussed the response within the selection committee, but did not respond, saying that “he cannot be replaced by the second candidate without reason.”
◆ No explanation of the reason at the time
Toshikazu Yamagoku, the former president, repeatedly requested that the reason for Mr. Uno’s refusal be revealed and requested a meeting with Undersecretary Sugita, but the official residence did not respond at all.
Even at the re-election of half the members in October 2008, when it was revealed that six people refused to be appointed, the academic council recommended Mr. Uno as a member again. However, on September 28, just before the end of former President Yamagoku’s term, Prime Minister Yoshii Suga forgot to appoint not only Mr. One but also six people without giving any reason.
Kazuhiro Sugita, Deputy Secretary General
Mr. Uno is known for his research on the 19th century French thinker Tokubir, and is one of the leading scholars of the history of Japanese political thought. He has written many books such as “What is conservatism” and “How to make democracy”. He has won the Suntory Arts Award.
He participated in the “Association of academics against the specific secret protection bill” (at that time) and issued a statement calling for its abolition in 2013, and became a person who called the “Association of academics against related laws with the security “launched in 2015 .. One responded:” I have nothing to say in particular “, in an interview with this newspaper on supplementary personnel matters in October 2018.
The government responded: “We did not make an appointment decision due to opposition to government policy.”
