NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
TOKYO REGIONAL OFFICE

January 20, 2004

The National Science Foundation's Tokyo Regional Office periodically reports on developments in Japan that are related to the Foundation's mission.  It also provides occasional reports on developments in other East Asian countries.

Tokyo Office Report Memoranda are intended to provide information for the use of NSF program officers and policy makers; they are not statements of NSF policy.

Report Memorandum #04-02

　

The following report was prepared by Ms. Kazuko Shinohara of the National Science Foundation’s Tokyo Regional Office. She can be reached at kshinoha@nsf.gov

　

S&T-related Budget for JFY2004
- Quick Summary -

Following the budget requests submitted by the agencies/ministries at the end of August 2003 (a translation of the quick compilation of the S&T-related budget requests released in September 2003 is on http://www.nsftokyo.org/rm03-09.html), the CSTP (Council for the Science and Technology Policy) reviewed and ranked the requests http://www.nsftokyo.org/rm03-10.html Based on the rating, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) reviewed the requests and decided the almost final figures for JFY2004 budgets. Of them the science and technology-related budgets compiled by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) are cited as below. The total requested amount of Yen 3,996.8 billion was decreased to Yen 3,626.1 billion.

Table 1

S&T-related budget for JFY2004
Comparison with JFY2003

　

(Unit: Billion Yen)

　

JFY 2003
Initial
Budget (A)

JFY2003
Supplemental
Budget

JFY2004
Budget (B)

Increase/
Decrease
B/A (%)

Ordinary Account
(excluding independent
university
corporations)

 1,885.2 4.1 1,926.3 2.2

Special Account

1,712.2

-

659.2

-61.5

National University
Corporations

-

-

1,040.6

-

Total
S&T-related Budgets

3,597.4

4.1

3,626.1

0.8

　

Local Prefectures’

S&T-related Budgets

456.8

 　

-

 　

Note:
- The figures may change when detailed study is made on the quick compilation.
- The separate line items may not add up to the total due to rounding errors.
- The Public R&D Investment mentioned in the Second Basic Plan is the total of the central government S&T-related funds and local government S&T-related funds.

Table 2

S&T-related Budget for JFY2004 by Agency/Ministry
Quick Summary

(Unit: Billion Yen)

　

S&T-related Budget in Ordinary Account

S&T-related Budget in Special Account

Total
S&T-related Budget

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, S&T

1,088.1
[1,040.6]

155.2

2,283.9

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

 182.6 440.0 622.6

Defense Agency

185.5

-

185.5

Ministry of Health, Labor
And Welfare

109.3

19.7

129.0

Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries

117.5

1.5

119.0

Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, and
Transport

 53.6 30.1 83.7

Ministry of Public
Management, Home
Affairs, Posts and
Telecommunications

 69.7 10.4 80.1

Cabinet Secretariat

63.2

-

63.2

Ministry of Environment

28.9

2.3

31.2

Cabinet Office

10.6

-

10.6

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 10.3

-

10.3

Ministry of Justice

2.2

-

2.2

Police Agency

2.2

-

2.2

Ministry of Finance

1.5

-

1.5

Diet

1.0

-

1.0
TOTAL

1,926.3
[1,040.6]

 659.2 3,626.1

Note:
The separate line items may not add up to the total due to rounding errors.
The bracketed amount is funding to National University Corporations.

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