The general meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly for the Promotion of National and Public Universities will be held at the First Members' Office Building in Tokyo, and the national budget for 1 will be used to enhance the university-related budget and to make it easier to donate valuable assets such as land. A resolution was adopted calling for the realization of.
According to the Japan Association of National Universities, 57 parliamentarians and agents, including Takeo Kawamura, chairman of the Parliamentary League for Promotion of Public Universities, attended.Following the greetings by Chairman Kawamura, President of the Japan Association of National Universities, Toshikazu Yamagoku, President of Kyoto University, and President of Nagoya City University, Kenjiro Gun, Professor Takaaki Kajita, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics, talks about the current state of science and technology in Japan. I gave a lecture.
After that, the national and public universities passed a resolution requesting an increase in grants in the 2018 budget, saying that there are problems with hiring young researchers and renewing facilities for educational and research facilities due to past reductions in operating expenses grants. Adopted.
The resolution also calls for expanding support for national and public university hospitals, increasing expenses for scientific research funding projects, and implementing tax reforms that make it easier to donate valuable assets.
The resolution was handed over by Chairman Noriko Miyagawa to Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at the general meeting, and after the meeting, the resolution was handed over to Deputy Minister of Finance Kenichiro Ueno. Requested to secure stable expenses.
