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Physicist Named Japan's Education Minister

1998; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 281; Issue: 5378 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.281.5378.759

1095-9203

Dennis Normile,

International Science and Diplomacy

For the first time in recent memory, Japan has a Minister of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture with hands-on experience as a researcher and educator. On 30 July, physicist Akito Arima, former president of the University of Tokyo, took the post as head of the Ministry of Education (Monbusho) in the Cabinet formed by the new prime minister, Keizo Obuchi. Monbusho oversees all the national universities as well as several dozen national research institutes.