Japan Science Communities's Plan of Action

    Japanese has a large emphasis on their science research.  Some of our strengths are in areas of life sciences, environmental science, information and communication technologies, nanotechnology, and materials science.  Some interesting research being done is at the Kibo space simulator, and ATR (advanced telecommunications research center) and the MRI dream recorder, which is the first step in making technology work without a physical component.  We also have 30 world ranked research universities in our country all making valuable contributions to the scientific world.
    However, in Japan it is said there is an issue of irrelevance; it has been too long since we have produced anything of note, therefore the public and the officials have lost faith in our abilities. This is just a perception; we have been producing many meaningful things for years now.  Publicity measures need to be upped, because the media and the public needs to know of our important contributions to the scientific world.  We will reevaluate the research currently being done to make sure that it matches the wants and desires of the public and the elected officials.
    The first step to getting our research known to our country and the world is to focus on publicity.  We will be revamping our research campaign to better tell the world what contributions and finding we are making.  The next step will be to poll our country members and see what areas of science they believe are most important.  We will also present major current projects to the House of Representatives and see what the think in discuss potential improvements. 

This is the plan for improving the scientific contributions of Japan to world set forth by me, Masaharu Nakagawa House of Representatives and Minister of Science and Technology.