By TAKAHIRO TAKENOUCHI/ Staff Writer
May 21, 2025 at 18:51 JST
Historian Yoko Kato, right, at a rally against the proposed reform of the Science Council of Japan on May 20 in Tokyo. Kato was one of six scholars rejected from joining the council in 2020, a move widely seen as government intervention. (Takahiro Takenouchi)
Six former presidents of the Science Council of Japan issued a joint statement calling for the withdrawal of a controversial government-backed bill that would transform the council into an independent legal entity under closer government oversight. [Read More]
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