On April 2020, 4, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced a policy to summarize emergency economic measures associated with the spread of the new coronavirus infection and include it in the supplementary budget for FY7.In addition to distributing masks to children and faculty members nationwide, we will support schools and families who have difficulty attending school due to sudden changes in their household budget, such as purchasing health and hygiene products and canceling school trips.

 According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in addition to disseminating and thoroughly disseminating the use of supplementary classes and distance learning by accrediting credits and graduations, the environment for cameras, voice equipment, student mobile devices, etc. necessary for distance learning is improved. And support the efforts of each university.

 At the same time, the revised copyright law will be enforced at an early stage to facilitate the use of copyrighted works in distance learning, and discussions will be started with related ministries and agencies and telecommunications carriers to reduce the burden of communication charges for students.

 In infectious disease research and treatment, we will support the development of a system that can significantly shorten the examination time for the new corona, and promote the development of the infrastructure necessary for vaccine development at national universities.Medical equipment such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation will be installed in national, public and private university hospitals, and efforts will be made to develop advanced human resources who can handle infectious disease medical treatment.

 For sports and cultural activities, in addition to supporting infectious disease prevention measures at the time of holding events, we will establish a living support benefit system for people involved in culture and art who are in need of living.Local governments are required to respond appropriately to cancellation fees paid by cultural facilities.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Emergency Economic Measures Package (PDF)

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