NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
TOKYO REGIONAL OFFICE

February 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 #04-03

　

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

　

JFY2004 S&T-related Budgets BY PROJECT

This is to follow up the CSTP’s (Council for Science and Technology Policy) rating (http://www.nsftokyo.org/rm03-10.html) on Science and Technology-related budgets for JFY 2004. Based on the CSTP’s rating and responses from the ministries/agencies, the Ministry of Finance made the final decision on the JFY2004 budgets at the end of December 2003. The quick summary for S&T-related budgets for JFY2004 was reported on http://www.nsftokyo.org/rm04-02.html This is to report the S&T-related budgets for JFY2004 by project.

The budgets for the projects rated S, A, B, and C in JFY2004 have increased from those for JFY2003 as follows:

S: +16.7%
A: +5.9%
B: -2.8%
C: -20.8%

These increase rates show that the rating made by CSTP was reflected on the Ministry of Finance’s final decision.

　

S&T-related Budgets for JFY2004 BY PROJECT

Blue-colored figures: Not all the budgets are used solely for the project.

　

JFY2004 Budget

JFY2004 Request

JFY2003 Budget

Ministry

Yen Million

Yen Million

Yen Million

BASIC SCIENCE

A

COE Program in the 21st Century

MEXT

36,727

41,746

33,383

A

Private University Education and Research (S&T portion only)

MEXT

169,694

176,164

169,917

A

High intensity proton accelerator (first phase)

MEXT

19,382

20,528

16,447

C

High intensity proton accelerator (part of the second phase)

MEXT

19,382

20,528

A

Joint use of Spring-8

MEXT

11,427

12,471

11,242

A

ALMA

MEXT

1,003

1,081

0

LIFE SCIENCE

A

Tailor-made medical care

MEXT

2,650

2,650

2,152

A

Human genome/genetic treatment

MHLW

2,179

2,118

2,118

A

Regenerative medical treatment

MEXT

1,235

1,300

1,300

A

Human genome/regenerative medicare

MHLW

933

1,167

993

S

Genome network

MEXT

3,000

8,000

0

A

Protein 3000

MEXT

9,050

9,856

9,512

A

Disease-related protein analyses

MHLW

662

3,500

500

B

Mental health

MHLW

1,756

1,993

1,898

B

Food allergy

MHLW

0

30

0

A

Advancement of food safety

MHLW

1,527

1,772

1,477

A

Food safety and functions

MAFF

1,041

2,007

828

A

Physical function analyses/aid and replacement tools

MHLW

700

700

700

B

Pharmaceutical/medical equipment regulatory science

MHLW

1,410

1,692

1,409

S

National Bio Resource Project

MEXT

1,672

1,672

4,000

A

Clinical application of basic research

MHLW

2,116

2,800

1,750

B

Toxicogenomics

MHLW

1,176

1,272

1,271

B

Immune allergy prevention/treatment

MHLW

1,105

1,194

1,137

S

Cancer translational research (clinical)

MEXT

1,000

2,500

0

A

Translational research program (clinical)

MEXT

2,394

2,845

2,845

B

Highly advanced analyses technology development (clinical)

MEXT

2,394

2,845

2,845

B

Human sciences including pharmaceuticals

MHLW

2,528

2,576

2,576

C

Environment-friendly next-generation agricultural production system

MAFF

354

1,009

0

B

Cultivation/distribution/processing technologies of new species

MAFF

1,096

1,587

1,184

C

Secondary metabolic products

MAFF

0

1,587

0

S

Rice genome: important characteristics-related genes

MAFF

723

723

723

B

Rice genome: comparison between species

MAFF

121

122

122

B

Rice genome: rice genome simulator

MAFF

250

321

321

A

Rice genome: DNA marker

MAFF

474

474

474

A

Rice genome: gene isolation/function analyses

MAFF

746

748

748

A

Rice genome: rice genome resource center

MAFF

87

87

87

A

Rice genome: sequencing all base pairs

MAFF

723

723

723

B

Agro-bio commercialization/industrialization

MAFF

1,004

4,580

0

S

Third strategy for cancer

MHLW

4,633

5,020

4,183

A

Cancer research subsidies

MHLW

1,850

1,850

1,850

C

MHLW special scientific research

MHLW

1,741

17,562

2,013

B

Cardiovascular disease

MHLW

1,298

1,533

1,298

A

Medical technology

MHLW

1,718

2,002

1,668

A

AIDS

MHLW

4,211

4,439

3,861

C

SARS

MHLW

22

22

0

B

Disease-model animals

MHLW

0

24

0

B

Illegal pharmaceuticals and health damage by legal pharmaceuticals

MHLW

0

26

0

B

Administrative policy research

MHLW

915

1,006

892

B

Longevity research

MHLW

2,063

2,249

2,230

B

Disease beyond medical treatment

MHLW

2,126

2,407

2,322

B

Children and environment

MHLW

1,161

1,288

1,255

B

Health science

MHLW

1,150

1,319

1,256

NA

Human Frontier Science Program

MEXT/METI

2179/1279

2415/1418

2415/1418

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

A

Ubiquitous network

MPMHAPT

3,105

3,450

2,498

S

Digital tag: advanced application technology

MPMHAPT

699

700

0

S

Digital tag: diffusion

METI

3,000

3,500

0

B

Optical radio and optical fiber

MPMHAPT

0

50

0

A

Shift to Internet IPv6 (internet protocol version 6)

MPMHAPT

1,753

2,003

2,003

B

IP phone in mobile environment

MPMHAPT

10

80

0

A

IT in medical field

METI

1,494

1,962

0

A

Electric resource development

METI

527

880

0

A

Advanced network

MPMHAPT

1,040

1,300

0

B

Mobile filtering technology

MPMHAPT

58

125

0

A

Illegal access prevention

METI

674

1,000

0

B

E-science project

MEXT

3,500

4,508

1,505

A

E-society software

MEXT

1,100

1,202

1,202

A

Digital archive of intelligent assets

MEXT

500

1,007

0

S

Software engineering by industry-university collaboration

METI

1,482

2,750

0

A

Voice translation system

MPMHAPT

730

950

530

S

Network Robotics

MPMHAPT

730

950

0

A

Robotics in construction

MLIT

158

159

159

B

National research grid initiative

MEXT

1,950

3,202

2,002

A

Business grid computing

METI

2,602

2,801

2,797

C

Advanced computing for simulation

MEXT

0

2,000

0

B

Network technology by use of nanotechnology

MPMHAPT

135

330

0

A

EUV light source

MEXT

1,140

1,200

1,200

B

IT program

MEXT

3,500

4,508

3,005

C

Transportation service information system

MLIT

0

101

0

ENVIRONMENT

A

Dangers generated by new technologies

MPMHAPT

211

214

0

B

Green house effect gas

MEXT

0

202

0

B

Save-energy-type chemical technologies

METI

1,251

1,331

0

S

CO2 isolation technologies

METI

350

350

0

B

International projects on global environment

METI

1,368

1,474

1,209

A

Next-generation environment-friendly car

MLIT

1,410

1,497

1,495

A

Biomass fuel cell car

MLIT

135

150

0

S

Next-generation super eco-ship

MLIT

564

707

326

B

Regulations on ship

痴 effect on the environment

MLIT

76

88

0

C

Environment-friendly buildings

MLIT

169

580

0

A

Co-existence of human beings/nature/globe

MEXT

4,127

3,678

3,678

A

Antarctic observation activities

MEXT

5,680

11,419

3,480

A

Comprehensive processing/recycling of ordinary/industrial waste and biomass

MEXT

475

500

450

B

Bio-recycle

MAFF

1,260

3,012

800

B

Water quality and resources

MAFF

0

135

0

A

Advanced building maintenance system

METI

50

100

0

A

Nature-friendly land infrastructure

MLIT

294

323

323

B

Urban space heat environment

MLIT

158

460

0

B

Chemical substances in ecosystem

MEXT

0

311

0

A

Food and Pharmaceuticals: chemical substance risk

MHLW

2,049

2,253

2,049

A

Chemical substance risk management

METI

50

50

0

B

Environment hormone risk evaluation/international projects

ME

1.275

2,002

1,288

A

Environmental technologies using nanotechnology

ME

350

400

300

A

Water management to cope with global water circulation

MLIT

75

104

104

NANOTECHNOLOGY

A

Artificial organs/sensors using nanotechnology

MEXT

77

80

152

C

Digital device that senses organism information

MEXT

0

329

152

A

Cell: devices that fit organisms

MEXT

355

361

0

S

Nanomedicine

MHLW

1,303

2,140

1,203

A

Comprehensive nanotechnology project

MEXT

2,803

2,950

2,908

A

Commercialization of nano-measuring/processing technologies

MEXT

603

2,000

0

S

Deterioration of facilities which house dangers

MPMHAPT