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The Liberal Democratic Party (PT) Project Team submitted a proposal to the Minister of Science and Technology Shinji Inoue on the 11th that it is desirable to move the Japan Academic Conference to an independent administrative corporation or special corporation independent of the government, but members and Researchers Criticisms are emerging from them. (Mochizuki Iko)
Tomohiko Uyama, Professor at Hokkaido University (provided by himself)
As a memberProfessor Tomohiko Uyama of Hokkaido University“Unlike Europe and the United States, which have a social and political environment in which even non-governmental organizations can make authoritative and influential proposals, if the conference is no longer a government agency in Japan, the government will neglect it even more. If so, the independence of the conference will be destroyed under the direction of the regulatory agency. “
On top of that, “It is impossible for academic conferences that are not research institutions to obtain independent financial resources through contract research, and to do so requires an investment such as hiring full-time research coordination staff. If the organizational structure is changed, It is an illusion that some problem will be solved, as shown by the lost university reform. “
Japan has made national museums and art galleries independent administrative institutions and promoted the incorporation of national universities.
Yasuhiro Sato, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo (provided by himself)
He resigned as president of the Cultural Agency due to denial of appointmentYasuhiro Sato, Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo“While onboarding has made staff even busier, it is impossible to get enough funds to offset the operating cost subsidies that are reduced each year. Even if privatization and incorporation bring apparent efficiency, in return. What is lost is serious. It makes no sense to remove the conference from the direct management of the country. “
He further criticized: “Since the conference itself is not a research institution, it is impossible to obtain competitive funding through commissioned research. It is unthinkable to charge membership fees from members and academic societies for the work that should be undertaken. for the national treasure “. “It is difficult to say that the role of science for politics is fully fulfilled,” PT said. “The conference has made many policy recommendations. The problem is the government’s stance to accept them.” However, we must verify how we have taken it and how we have handled it. “
There are also voices saying that the proposal on how to ignore the problem of denial of appointments that started the matter is “a replacement for the problem.”
Sadako Kurita, Professor at Chiba University
MembersSadako Kurita, Professor at Chiba University“The government needs a legal basis to make any demands on the conference, but there is no legal basis for this measure. The most important feature of the PT’s proposal is that it is completely silent on the background to the PT’s inauguration. The proposal aims to “revise the conference law” in about a year, but as noted that Prime Minister Yoshii Suga’s refusal of the appointment was “a violation of the conference law,” he said, “So, conference law. “” Let’s change it. “If this is ignored, the” rule of law “in Japan is over.”
Too Kubo, Specially Appointed Professor at Shinshu University
The PT recommendation states that “it is desirable to abolish subcommittees for specialized field and establish a project-based committee for each topic of discussion.” Former memberToo Kubo and Shinshu University Specially Appointed Professor“A project is established by delimiting the topics and cannot have a systematic system that covers the entire academic field. Academic knowledge in specialized fields unrelated to the project and academic activities is ignored or neglected. As a result, the conference will not be able to become the “representative institution for inside and outside of Japanese scientists” in Article 2 of the Conference Law. “” If the proposal states that ‘ensuring independence is an important premise ‘, we must first withdraw the refusal to appoint six people and begin the discussion by naming six people in accordance with the recommendations of the meeting. ”
