36TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD IN TOKYO
On March 28 and 29 the JSA general assembly with councilors and delegates representing 47 branches across the country was held to adopt revision of rules, which states the general assembly to be held annually. They decided to act to protect the Constitution of Japan so as to contribute to national and thence world peace, and in this context, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the JSA. Prof. Kitamura (Emeritus Prof. of Waseda Univ.) gave a special lecture on the history of the JSA stressing what it has done and what it should do in the future. The assembly adopted a declaration and two resolutions “We demand politics basing on the severe reflect on the aggressive war” and “We oppose ‘Vision of higher education’ by the Central Education Council”.
DECLARATION IN THE 36TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE JSA (29 MAY, 2005)
The Japan Scientists Association has been acting to harness fruits of science in the development of human civilization. The association this year meets the 40th anniversary. It has studied its way of being of activities and organization for two years. It decided following action plans as the results. The assembly declares to better gear activities of discharging its social responsibility of scientists against further movement of destruction of peace and nation’s life as seen in constitutional revision argument.
1) To investigate for human existence and peaceful prosperity and appeal to the society.
We study for the protection of global circumstances and for actualizing a sustainable society that guarantees civilized and richer lives, and make popular fruits of science, cooperating with research committees and branches. We intend to increase members’ chances to participate in these activities, and make a summary of the results in the coming 16th Comprehensive Scientific Study Convention (to be held in 2006, Tokyo). We educate young generation to have scientific spirit. We contribute to movements of protection of the Constitution and the Fundamental Law of Education, elimination of nuclear weapons, and protection of global environment. We deepen solidarity with Asian countries, holding symposium “Exchange and Cooperation of Science and Technology of Asia”. We spread scientific results to the public through publish the journal “Nihon no Kagakusha (Japanese Scientists)”.
2) To make a true development of higher education and science and technology and act for that.
From the viewpoint of true utilization of science for humanity, we make activities with opinions on how science-technological and educational policies must be and act for defending researchers’ right. We critically propose against state’s policy of science and technology that has priority in economic efficiency and of making deficiencies among universities and graduate schools. We try to solve problems arisen in universities and research institutes through analyzing and conceptually investigating practical situations and then publicizing the facts. We aim to establish “Ethical code of researchers” and “Declaration of the right and position of researchers” that are now under consideration.
3) To make a gathering place for members’ discussion and action.
As the actual situation forces researchers to compete with each other and to be isolated, we offer opportunities for members to grow up as scientists by working together. In order to raise ability not only to study but to say and act, we will set out gathering places for researchers to discuss issues concerning the education-research system and society and to exchange their studies. To this end we rebuild chapters’ activities, and inspire research committees’ activities and branches’ ones seeing to the growth of young researchers and graduate students.
4) To augment the member so as to further exercise raison d’etre of the society.
In the course of concretizing the above activities, we clarify our society to be the organization that responds to scientists’ own requests, promoting members to actively participate in the society’s movements, calling in entrants. We all out tackle the action to augment the member, and take wing this 40th anniversary in extended organization for further responding to nation’s expectations.
SYMPOSIUM “SETO-UCHI’S ENVIRONEMNT” IN HIROSHIMA
The Seto-uchi (Seto Naikai or Seto Inland Sea) committee has organized a series of symposia since 1972 in order to find out a way of sustainable development in the Seto-uchi area, which has cooperatively operated with citizens belonging to the peoples’ alliance for protecting the Seto-uchi’s environment (see: JSANOW #134).
The committee held the 27th symposium on March 26 and 27 at Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City. The session was triggered by an opening address (Prof. Moritaki, Emeritus Prof. of Okayama Univ., chair of the committee). Then, Prof. Tomii (Hiroshima Univ.) gave a keynote speech, in which he stressed: 1) we have to realize our responsibility for contributing to sustainable development in the Seto-uchi archipelagoes that should be compared with the UNESCO’s world heritage, 2) our movement for protecting Seto-uchi is strongly encouraged by the epoch-making year (the 30th anniversary of enacting the Seto-uchi law, the 70th anniversary of designating the Seto-uchi as a national park, and the first year of forcing the Kyoto Protocol regarding to the climate-change framework), and therefore, 3) we have to mutually integrate research activity with actual citizens’ movements to construct sustainable society. Next, Prof. Ichikawa (Hiroshima Univ.) delivered a special lecture, in which he touched upon the importance of the symposium held in the memorial year of 2005 (60 years after ending the war, after the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 30 years after establishing “No-nuclear zone in Kobe port”, and the moment of discussing NPT in New York), and stressed the importance of peace education in university, and continuous discussion of environmental destruction in Seto-uchi, because of constructing a huge airport such as Kansai New Airport in Osaka.
In the afternoon, there were four scientific sessions: 1) general discussion for the Seto-uchi environment – past, present and future, 2) redress, rebuild and rehabilitation of the damaged environment, 3) environmental pollution in the Seto-uchi area – its present status and inhibitory factors for biological production, and 4) conservation of the original scenery in the Seto-uchi as an archipelago equivalent to “world heritage”, which was followed by a synthetic discussion for the symposium. At the end of the meeting, they adopted the Hiroshima declaration calling for the conservation of the Seto-uchi environment.
NATIONWIDE GATHERINGS
A number of gatherings are held by the JSA alone or in cooperation with other friendly organizations
1) 11TH STUDY MEETING OF A-BOMB VICTIMS QUESTIONS HELD
Facing the situation that Mr. Azuma (A-bomb victim) won in the lawsuit of recognition of radiation causality and the UN NPT Review Conference in May, the meeting was held on April 23, at Nihon University, Tokyo, under joint auspices of Japan Confederation A-&H-bomb Sufferers Organizations, where more than 70 participants attended.
In the morning, in his address “Preemptive attack and right of self-defense – from the standpoint of the Japanese Constitution”, Prof. Mizushima (Waseda Univ.) explained the relation between the preemptive attack strategy of the Bush Administration and Japanese government to ask to develop movements under the peaceful rationality of A-bomb victims and citizens against the perilously outstanding military rationality. In her “ABCC and concealment of A-bomb damages”, Prof. Takahashi (Hiroshima City Univ.) revealed how US army and ABCC concealed A-bomb damages.
In the afternoon, the following four reports were propounded: “Radiation victims bathed in – physical and biological dose estimate” (Prof. Sawada), “A-bomb sufferers exposed as the entrance into the city or at a distance” (Prof. Tanaka), “To tomorrow from under the mushroom cloud – development of Kinoko Kai (the association of parents and children of microcephaly caused by exposure to radiation at the time of embryo)” (Ms. Saitou), and “A-bomb damages and nuclear weapons in textbooks” (Ms. Kojitani). Profs. Sawada and Tanaka stressed the necessity to recognize as radiation causality A-bomb sufferers exposed as the entrance into the city or at a distance estimating on the basis of the data, which were obtained by epidemiological investigation by the US-Japan investigation group (1951) and Hiroshima City (1969) and etc., though residual radiation and affect of inner explosion to radiation have been ignored. Ms. Saito says 23 children of microcephaly were recognized as radiation causality. She reported the result of interview survey cover members of Kinoko Kai , which parents and supporters established in 1965. Ms. Kojitani criticized the actual situation that the educational administration interferes to classrooms by shortening school hours and cramming contents under the name of “selection” in history education in public junior high schools, forcing to adore “national anthem and flag” (which was the symbol of Japanese Imperialism), and denunciating school excursion to Hiroshima as “politically biased education”. She also blamed “textbooks” that do not cover the actual conditions of A-bomb damages, explaining her project to inform pupils of misery of war damages in compliance with their ages, and asked support for publish of supplementary material common to Japan, China, and Korea, and an action against bedevilment of the Fundamental Law of Education.
In discussion session debated were the following problems: “how education of war and peace including A-bomb damages should be?”, “mind damages of A-bomb victims (PTSD diminishes with time, while A-bomb experience does not)”, “difference between nuclear experiment and A-bomb damage in Japan”, “the meaning of the judge in the case of Mr. Azuma”, and “necessity for victims themselves to narrate overcoming the bitterness”.
2) SCIENTISTS NATURALLY SEEK THE PEACE
The Website of the Article 9 Association (established by Nobel laureate K. Ohe et al.) begins with stating “The ‘Article 9 Association’ strives to shine the light of Article 9 upon this turbulent world, in order to join hands with the peace-seeking citizens of the world.” Corresponding to this message, 196 scientists called for major acceptation to establish the Article 9 Association of Scientists. In the gathering on March 13, the association of scientists was instituted with 119 participants across the nation. Prof. Okudaira (one of the Article 9 Association establishers, constitutionalist) gave a special lecture “What should be discussed about the Constitution?”, where, quoting the words of Dr. Kato (the Article 9 Association establisher, critic) “Scholars are satisfied only at analyzing the cause of war”, he talked to participants that important in the movements to protect the Constitution is the imagination to think on innocent children suffered damage by war without affirming the real world. Dr. Fushimi (ex-President of Science Council of Japan, phisicist) and Ms. Teruoka (Prof. Emeritus of Saitama Univ.) appealed their wishes to seek peace.
The JSA Tohoku district (Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Yamagata, Fukushima, and Miyagi branches) held “Article 9 Forum” on March 12 in Yamagata, where given were two lectures “Meaning and challenge of nonviolence pacifism” and “Work of Nihon Yuwa Kai (NGO) in non combat and rapprochement”.
On March 9, in Kyoto, the organizing committee of the 15th Comprehensive Scientific Study Convention held a symposium on peace. Prof. Sokawa explained the Russell-Einstein Declaration and its spirit of war renunciation, which is also realized in Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan, stressing fight to protect the Constitution is the human historic responsibility subject to Japanese. Prof. Tanaka revealed the background of the Declaration: a challenge letter from Russell to Dr. Yukawa (April 5, 1955), acceptance reply (April 19, day after death of Einstein), announcement (July 9). Prof. Fujioka asserted that nuclear power including peaceful use is absolutely evil and scientists must act in consideration of humanity and the world.
The Miyagi branch held “Article 9 Forum” on May 3 in Miyazaki Pref., under the joint auspices of Miyazaki Democratic Lawyer’s Association, where 120 participants attended. Invited speaker Prof. Amiya (Prof. Emeritus, Kagoshima Pref. Col.) gave a lecture “To become the major – Contemplating Article 9”, stating his opinion that very important is the declaration of Clause 2 “In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.” He explained the historical background of addition of this clause, namely, the reflection of Japan because before World War II it had frequently waged wars under the Imperial Japanese Constitution violating the Covenant of the League of Nations and the antiwar pact in the course of recognizing illegitimacy of war in international laws since the end of World War I. He also talked about his war experience and impression when read book “About the New Constitution” firstly published by the Ministry of Education after the enactment of the New Constitution. The tasks proposed by the professor are: 1) to block further corruption, 2) to fix up to original feature (more concretely breakup of the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan-US Security Treaty), and 3) to propose a proper idea of security. As to 3) he detailed that the movement should be for aiming to establish “unarmed permanent neutrality” and “non-defended locality” based on Clause 1 in Article 59 of the supplement protocol of the Geneva Convention.
ACTIVITIES OF RESEARCH COMMITTEES AND GROUPS
The JSA headquarters organize a number of research committees and groups undertaken
on a nationwide scale, which are encouraging the members across the country
1) SYMPOSIUM “THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BASIC LAW AND THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE”
The above symposium was held by the JSA committee of Science and Technology Policy on 12 March, 2005 in Tokyo. The Science and Technology Basic Law was enacted in 1995. In the past decade, the first and second Science and Technology Basic Plans have been made under this Basic Law, resulting in the enlargement of the budget related to science and technology, but also in intensive distribution of the budget. Reorganization of research system, including transformation of national universities to independent agencies, has been conducted. The Council of Science and Technology Policy already started preparations for the third Basic Plan. Business circles including Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) are also presenting their ideas to promote innovation in technology.
This symposium was held to make a vision for future development of science and technology, overcoming the problems appearing under the current government's policies. In the first session, Dr. Y. Matsui (Tokyo branch) and Mr. Nomura (Tokyo branch) reported the government’s policies and their problems to date with titles “10 years with the Science and Technology Basic Plans – advance or confusion?”, and “The current situation of the preparation for the 3rd Science and Technology Basic Plan, and its problem”, respectively. They set out these issues based on the analysis of the currently occurring phenomena. In his address “The limitation of the Science and Technology Basic Law and the prospects for future reform”, Dr. H. Akashi (Komazawa Univ.) proposed to change the basic law as a law for industry, as well as to establish a new basic law for academic researches. In the second session, Dr. M. Inoo (Gifu Univ.) gave report “Current states of national universities”. In the report entitled “Science and technology in local regions and the roles of local institutes”, Mr. T. Yokoyama (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health) presented problems, under the recent and current Tokyo local government, such as the integration of local institutes. In discussion, current status of several institutes and universities being reported, proposal to establish a basic law for academic research was actively discussed.
2) ACTIVITIES OF THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF MEDICAL AND DRUG-INDUCED PROBLEMS
The committee has been aiming to eradicate medical accidents and YAKUGAI (drug-induced damages) by elucidating the structure of medical and YAKUGAI problems and in scientific and practical harmony of bioethics. The committee held the 2004 meeting in collaboration with the committee of bioethics as a session “Medical care, YAKUGAI and bioethics – to pursue the dignity of human beings” in the 15th Comprehensive Scientific Study Convention held on November 27, 200, at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. Problems concerning medical care and YAKUGAI were widely and deeply discussed based on a viewpoint of bioethics. The discussion could bring out a problem inherent in the present state of scientific technologies, industry activities and administration activities that medical care and drugs that should be originally used to protect our life, health and living are infringing on our life and rights to life and happiness.
One of problems to which the committee has devoted its power is the YAKUGAI hepatitis. The problem of C-typed hepatitis infection induced by medical care is one of “repeated YAKUGAI s” that has the same structure of assaulters-victims as serious YAKUGAI incidents until now. Such problem is also essential to clear up how medical care and medicine should be. Parallel to the committee, “the research project for investigating the actual situation of YAKUGAI hepatitis incidents” is interviewing sufferers to collect information for a questionnaire assisted by the plaintiff and the defense counsel of the YAKUGAI hepatitis suit.
The committee is to struggle the following five problems: 1) Genomic medicine and tailor-made medicine, 2) YAKUGAI hepatitis, 3) Medical accidents, 4) Political and economical problems of YAKUGAI and political contribution, and 5) Measures devised to deal with newly occurred medical and YAKUGAI problems.
The committee is to be held once in two or three years, exchanging information on medical accidents and YAKUGAI problems to become aware of issues through many fruitful discussions. Although the committee has to be managed on a limited budget, the potential resources of knowledge and intelligence are enormous.
3) RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF SYMBIOTIC ECONOMIES INSTITUTED
The JSA headquarters instituted the research committee of symbiotic economies in response to the offer from the Kyoto branch, which is mainly organized by coordinators and speakers in the 15th Comprehensive Scientific Study Convention held last December at Kyoto. The first regular meeting debated to where tends the movement of the World Social Forum developing based at Porto Alegre, Brazil, after the invited lecture “Another World argument” of Prof. Nikame (Prof. Emeritus, Senshu Univ.). The professor explained Susan George’s reformism and Alex T. Callinicos’ theory of revolutionary reform. The former puts forward a democracy-added socialistic regime, however offering no specifics on socialism, while the latter agrees with reform in the framework of capitalism as a transitional program. He claims that the reform must proceed to build socialism without halting so as not to allow capitalism to revive. The professor, almost agreeing with Callinicos’ theory, pointed out it insufficient to recognize the importance of information revolution as the basis to establish a new society. Discussion ran about the relation between market and socialism, the relation between anti-globalization and anti-war movements, way of reading Chinese experiment, cause of Iraqi War, and the relation between the concepts “symbiotic economics” and “solidarity economics”.
4) ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE OF WOMEN RESEARCH WORKERS UNDER THE PROGRESS TO MAKE GENDER-EQUAL SOCIETY
After the enactment of the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society in 1999, the situation surrounding Women Research Workers (WRW) have been significantly changing. Important changes are summarized in the following two points:
(1) The ministry of education made “a regular meeting to support a variety of women’s careers”, which made the first report entitled “a variety of career will change the society”. One item of this report, support for women researchers proposed several ideas, and presented an objective to increase the ratio of women researchers up to 30%. The National University Association also published a report, where an objective to increase the ratio of women researchers to 20% by 2010.
(2) In 2002, a meeting of academic societies for a gender-equal society started its activity. In 2004 it made a large scale questionnaire to women research workers related to science and technology, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The result was presented in the symposium, where the persons in charge of the government and the ministry as well as heads of academic societies were invited. Each individual academic society attending this meeting has a plan to establish a committee to work on this issue, and to prepare new proposals.
The JSA WRW committee has been working to solve a number of problems related to WRW. The activity includes the 11 nationwide symposia from 1975. The discussion and proposals made in these symposia have been reflected to the progresses summarized above. However, unfortunately, many difficulties still exist to realize the plans on this issue, including the numerical objectives mentioned above. Further activities of the committee are strongly desired to promote the current stream for a gender-equal society.
DISTRICTS AND
BRANCHES' ACTIVITIES
The JSA consisits of 47 branches which are grouped into
9 districts, and they are independently
and/or cooperatively carrying out
their activities in addition to the headquarters' ones
1) SYMPOSIUM “THINIING OF SAFETY MEASURES FOR TREATING PCB” IN MURORAN
The Hokkaido branch and the Muroran organizing committee for the Hokkaido symposium under the above title jointly held a meeting on April 17 at Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, which was attended by 135 participants including citizens and the mass media. The symposium was urgently organized, because of the Muroran City’s sudden decision to invite a huge plant to treat PCB waste collected not only from Hokkaido Prefecture but from other 15 Prefectures at Nagano and northward. The invitation is to be carried out on the basis of the PCB Special Measure Act. In an explanation meeting, Muroran City said that the treatment was perfectly safe, but did not explain why Muroran City had decided to newly accept 15 Prefectures’ waste in addition to Hokkaido Prefecture’s primarily formulated. A local newspaper, backing Muroran City decision, reported that the PCB treatment would be safely made under the most advanced technology. On the contrary, Muroran City organized a group of lobbysts to ask the national government give a collateral security instead of the City’s acceptance of a trouble-making plant. Many such evidences have made citizens feel uneasy about a plant.
In the symposium, presented were four papers: 1) treatment of PCB waste (Mr. Tachikawa, Nihon Kankyo Anzen-jigyo Co., Ltd.), 2) toxicity of PCB and its treatment measures (Prof. Ando, Emeritus Prof. of Kyushu Univ.), 3) evaluation of environmental substances using dioxin and cell-culturing system (Prof. Sawada, Muroran Inst. Tech.), and 4) citizens’ view of PCB (Mr. Kawano, Muroran citizens’ group of thinking of the safety measures of PCB), which was followed by enthusiastic discussions and comments.
2) HOKURIKU DISTRICT SYMPOSIUM “THINKING OF BEAR’S PROBLEM IN THE DISTRICT”
The Hokuriku district (Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui branches) organized a symposium entitled above in Toyama City on May 14 and 15. Last year, the abnormal infestation of Asiatic black bears around the Hokuriku district became a nationwide problem. Thus the symposium provided opportunities for researchers together with administrators and citizens to discuss how to carry out scientific conservation and management for bears including the measures against accidents resulting in injury or death.
The first day started with a keynote address by Prof. Tsubota (Gifu Univ.) entitled “Why does the infestation of black bears occur in human dwelling? Viewing bears from the ecology and physiology”. He has been studying red and black bears energetically for a long time since his student days at Hokkaido University. He is now a recognized authority especially on the reproductive physiology of bears. He reported on the source of the abnormal infestation of bears and variable knowledge of bear ecology and physiology related to it. And then three speakers, Mr. Matsumura (Fukui Prefecture), Mr. Nozaki (Ishikawa Prefecture) and Mr. Shiraishi (Family Park, Toyama City) who were actively at work reported on the actual situation and problems on the infestation of bears in each prefecture.
On the second day, Mr. Yamomoto (Family Park, Toyama City), Mr. Takahashi (Kahokugata Lake Institute) and Mr. Matsumura (Fukui Prefecture) talked on the issues of the conservation of ‘Satoyama’, traditional rural forest landscapes integrated with village and cultivated area, which is closely related to the bear problems. Prof. Kamada (KANAZAWA Univ.) gave a lecture on trees producing acorn which is important food for bears and forest defoliating insects, and then their relationship to bear. Finally, Prof. Yokohata (Toyama Univ.) who chaired the symposium gave a lecture on the significance of bear conservation. Eighty-five participants enjoyed two days hot discussions. The content of the symposium will be reported in “Journal of Japanese Scientists“.
3) CIVIC LECTURE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY HELD IN TOTTORI
The lecture meeting was held on 22 April at Tottori University campus. In the meeting Mr. Fujita (leader of NPO “Garo-Oyaji Society”) reported the promotion of a wind power generation plant. The recent sudden rise of oil price that is caused by the mid-Asia dispute was a motivation to hold the meeting. The community of Tottori Prefecture strongly depends on automobiles. The rise of oil price gives serious damage to the family budget. The society aims to perform contribution to sound development of the local community. The activities are very various, namely, science experiments for elementary pupils, forest tours at Chiyoda River, improve of the environments and public performances of musical etc. The society performs the movement to construct a wind power generation plant with the local government based on “The plan of Garo wind town”. About 20 participants of the meeting had active discussion on energy problems, citizens’ movement and the role of scientists.
4) MEETING OF RESEARCH PRESENTATION IN FUKUOKA
The meeting was held on May 7 in 2005 after annual convention, where three lectures were given. Prof. Osa (Prof. Emeritus, Kyushu Univ.) gave a lecture “On the agriculture of Vietnam” basing on his newly published book “Agriculture and economy of Vietnam under the market economy”. In the explanation of the history and actual status of Vietnam’s agriculture, he pointed out that other Asian countries have developed industry and economy after activating agriculture to raise farmers’ income, while Vietnam seems hasting to enhance economy centering on industrialization without conquering bad conditions like as low level of farmers’ income, stimulating that the agriculture should lead at the early stage of economic development. Prof. Sugiura (Prof. Emeritus, Kyushu Univ.) lectured on Johannes Bobrowski who had continued to bring accusations against historical crimes of Germany”, and explained a poet’s life surveying his poetries, short and long stories, which accused crimes Germany committed to its neighboring countries from the invasion to Prussia in the 13th century to Nazi’s holocaust. He examined Bobrowski’s themes in the literature and creative activities showing his works. The lecture “English education with the aid of computers” was given by Prof. Suzuki (Kyushu Univ.). Indicating in the university English education the insufficiency to reach the modern target of university learning from the aspect of time and skill of teachers, the professor pointed out the efficacy of collaboration of machines and teachers. He also surveyed the history of struggle of computer use in university English education at various universities and explained his experience of computer use.
ARTICLES OF
"JOURNAL OF JAPANESE SCIENTISTS"
The Journal of Japanese Scientists or NIHON
NO KAGAKUSHA (in Japanese) covering all the
scientific fields is monthly
published and distributed to all the members and other readers
Vol.40(No.6)(2005)
[Title-page message]
Horie, K.: Having meals and chemistry
[Special issue: National university agency for one year and the future of public university]
Hosoi, K.: The national university corporation and it’s problem during one year
Kurahara, K.: Present phase of policies and evaluation on university in Japan
Mitsumoto, S.: The problem of public university agency – Asking about the reform of local university
Ogushi, R.: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government unifies the Tokyo Metropolitan University with the independent administrative institution
[Colloquy]
Tanaka, F.: “Independence of educational administration” for freedom of questing truth in school
[Series: The focus of problems with the amendments to the Constitution of Japan]
Komatsu, H.: Outline of the drafts for the amendments to the Constitution of Japan
[Series: May graduate school days]
Nakayama, H.: My graduate schoold days when I was supported by schoolmates, educational practices
and educational movements
[General]
Kitamura, M.: The report of the 19th General Assembly of the World Federation of Scientific Workers
Yuasa, S.: Thinking of scientific worker’s social responsibility on the basis of the discussion of the 19th WFSW Symposium “Science, Knowledge and the Market”
[From Laboratory]
Masamune, S.: Fusion plasma research at an institute aiming at fusion of art and science
Vol.40(No.67)(2005)
[Title-page message]
Hasegawa, S.: Brain-science and education
[Special issue: The recent revision of the Fundamental Law of Education]
Komori, Y.: Changing a nation to go to war and revision of the Fundamental Law of Education
Yotoriyama, Y.: The critical analysis of the neo-liberal approach to public education embedded in the
revision plans of the Fundamental Law of Education
Nakata, Y.: Science education and the Fundamental Law of Education
Ueda, T.: Revision of the Fundamental Law of Education and universities reform
[Colloquy]
Weifen, Y.: Thoughts on Japanese hospital
[Series: The focus of problems with the amendments to the Constitution of Japan]
Kaneko, M.: From “Article 9” in Japan to “Article 9” in the world
[General]
Kawakatsu, H.: Education for scientific literacy
[From Laboratory]
Yokohata, Y.: Discriminatory Japanese animal names and faculty of education
Vol.40(No.8)(2005)
[Title-page message]
Funaki, T.: The timing more important than efficiency
[Special issue: Crisis of the Constitution of Japan and turning point of “After the Second World War” system]
Imamiya, K.: The character and tasks of Japanese capitalism after the War
Igarashi, J.: Reversal of postwar democratization of Japanese politics in increasing conformity to the
U.S.-Japan Security Treaty system changing a nation to go to war and revision of the Fundamental
Law of Education
Sato, T.: Where does the educational reform that disregards “education” lead us to?
Watanabe, H.: The Constitution of Japan in crisis and the movement against Potsdam Declaration
[Colloquy]
Yoshikawa, F.: Sixty years after – A message from A-bombed trees
[Series: May graduate school days]
Yoshihiro, S.: Road to wild Japanese monkeys
[From Laboratory]
Ina, M.: Election right of residing foreigners in Japan
[Letter]
Sokawa, Y.: Scientific reality in the DNA test on the remains