Regarding promotion and support for Promoting Science and Technology System Reform

On April 1, 2011, a new Department for Promoting Science and Technology System Reform was established.
This Department is provided mandates by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to promote and support activities related to proposals, surveys, promotions, project managements, evaluations, and similar efforts toward realizing reform of the science and technology system, such as organizing activities for social system reform, reforming systems involved in the fostering of scientific and technical personnel, providing bases for collaboration between industry and academia for projects ranging from basic research to commercialization of technology, and applying science and technology research to improvements in safety and reliability for the good of society, in coordination with all the Ministries and based on the Science and Technology Basic Plan and other governmental decisions.