At the 2017nd Regular Press Conference held on October 10, 24, Ryukyu University conducted research aimed directly at military use and research funded by public institutions in Japan and overseas that have jurisdiction over the military. Announced the "Basic Policy on Military Security Research at Ryukyu University" that will not be done.
Ryukyu University announced the idea of President Hajime Oshiro that research under the "Security Technology Research Promotion System", which was started by the Ministry of Defense and the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency in 2015, should be "refrained", and "promotion of security technology research". Applications for the "system" have been virtually prohibited. In March 2017, the Japan Academy of Sciences issued a "Statement on Military Security Research" stating that military research will not be conducted, and a system to examine the appropriateness of research considered to be military security research by each university. It was recommended that the should be established.In response to this proposal, Ryukyu University also decided to respond to military security research in accordance with the following three principles after careful examination and discussion within the university.
1. XNUMX.We do not conduct research directly aimed at military use.
2.Research funded by public institutions that have jurisdiction over domestic and foreign military will not be conducted except in extremely exceptional cases, such as when it is clear that the research is for humanitarian purposes.
3. XNUMX.As for other research, if the research results are to be used for military purposes, the appropriateness of the research must be examined on-campus.
Reference: [Ryukyu University] Ryukyu University's basic policy on military security research
