User:TreyonReche/Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
| 文部科学省 Monbu-kagaku-shō | |
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 MEXT Headquarters | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | January 2001 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Jurisdiction |  Japan |
| Headquarters | 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959, Japan |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Parent agency | Government of Japan |
| Child agencies |
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| Website | www.mext.go.jp |
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省, Monbu-kagaku-shō), also known as MEXT, Monka-shō, is one of the eleven Ministries of Japan that composes part of the Executive Branch of the Government of Japan, otherwise known as the Cabinet of Japan.[1] Their goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community.[2][3]They are responsible for funding research under their jurisdiction, some of which includes: children's health in relation to home environment.[4], delta-sigma modulations utilizing graphs[5], gender equality in sciences[6], and other general research for the future.[7]
History
[edit]The Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871.[8] In January 2001, the former Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (文部省, Monbu-shō) and the former Science and Technology Agency (科学技術庁, Kagaku-gijutsu-chō) merged to become the current MEXT.
Organizational Description
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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology currently is lead by a Head Minister. Under that position is two State Ministers, two Parliamentary Vice-Ministers, and Administrative Vice-Minister, and two Deputy Ministers. Beyond that the organization is divided as follows:[1]
Minister's Secretariat
[edit]The Minister's Secretariat is the department that manages general policies that affect the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a whole. These functions include many administrative jobs such as auditing policies, community relations, and overall human resource management for domestic and international relations alike.
Director-General for International Affair
[edit]The Director-General for International Affairs, according to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's site, is the main point of contact between Japan's National Commission and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The collective goal of the two organizations is to create mutual, sustainable development through education, science, and culture.
Department of Facilities Planning and Disaster Prevention
[edit]The Department of Facilities Planning and Disaster Prevention is in charge of focusing on the ability of school facilities to reduce damage caused by disasters such as earthquakes. On top of this, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's site, also describes part of their duties as promoting universities' endeavors in educational and research activities.
Education Departments
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These are the segments of the Ministry with focus on the Education portions of organization.[1]
Education Policy Bureau
[edit]The Education Policy Bureau as a department upholds the concept of lifelong learning, introduced in the Basic Act on Education. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology describes this department's duties as designing educational policy based on comprehensive and objective evidence.
Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau
[edit]The Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau is in charge of enhancing the educational development of students progressing through preschool to upper secondary schools, or any equivalent.
Higher Education Bureau
[edit]The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology describes the Higher Education Bureau as a department that focuses on promoting the education of undergraduate and graduate schools. This includes overseeing permission of grants, teacher quality, as well as the selection and admission of both domestic and abroad students.
Sports and Culture Departments
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These are the segments of the Ministry with focus on the Sports and Culture portions of organization.[1]
Japan Sports Agency
[edit]The Japan Sports Agency is tasked with the promotion of physical education and health, as well as maintaining the country's ability to compete in international athletics.
Agency for Cultural Affairs
[edit]The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs tries to create a culture in the country that encourages participation in cultural activities and the arts. Their goal is to achieve a "Nation Based of Culture and Art".
Science and Technology Departments
[edit]These are the segments of the Ministry with focus on the Science and Technology portions of organization.[1]
Science and Technology Policy Bureau
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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's site regards the duties of the Science and Technology Policy Bureau as the department in charge of the promotion of science and technology in the country. The scope of the department includes students as well as established professionals.
Research Promotion Bureau
[edit]The Research Promotion Bureau is a department that focuses on development of scientific research, as well as research in fields including technology and physics.
Research and Development Bureau
[edit]The Research and Development Bureau is slightly different than the Research Promotion Bureau as this department focuses on social problems including energy and the environment. Consequentially, this department would focus on exploration in space and deep sea.
Activities and Funded Research
[edit]While the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology currently contains multiple agencies, primarily a congregation of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, it actually began as the Ministry of Education. Over the years, Japan separately created each of the agencies that would eventually combine to make the current organization. Nonetheless, each department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology researches programs and institutions to fund. [1]
Children's Health in Relation to Home Environment.
[edit]During this research, the Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology concluded there were many intertwined dependencies between family homes, their environment, and how it impacts a child's growth and maturity. [4]
Delta-Sigma Conversion for Graphing
[edit]The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology have also been responsible in directly, although not fully, funding research into delta-sigma modulation, which in summary describes the graphing of analog-digital information to aid in the conversion of the two means.[5]
"Research for the Future"
[edit]The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, were able to get their funding increased successfully through the years. They did so with the aid of one of their subgroups, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The additional funds were likely aided in approval due to their source coming from national bonds rather than taxes. The programs, funded by the increased budget, include projects in: new materials, molecular-scale surface dynamics, next-generation process technology, computer science, synthesis science, micro-mechatronics (micromachinery), biotechnology, human genome research, cell signaling, bioinformatics, brain research, Structural biology, life sciences, developmental biology, and biomedical engineering.[7]
Chronology
[edit]| Date | Event |
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| 1871 | The Ministry of Education was created. |
| 1872 | A national school system was implemented. |
| 1947 | The first laws were created surrounding Japanese schools. |
| 1949 | The Scientific Technical Administration Committee was formed. |
| 1950 | The creation of the Protection of Cultural Properties, as well as a congruent committee. |
| 1956 | External to the Prime Minister the Science and Technology Agency was made. |
| 1959 | The Council for Science and Technology Policy was created. |
| 1961 | Japan created a law to promote sport advocation in the country. |
| 1964 | Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics. |
| 1968 | The Protection of Cultural Properties Committee and the Ministry of Education Cultural Affairs Bureau merged together to create the Agency for Cultural Affairs. |
| 1972 | The Winter Olympics were held in Japan in Sapporo. |
| 1984 | The Japanese government made the National Council on Education Reform. |
| 1995 | The Science and Technology Basic Plan law was created. |
| 1996 | The first Science and Technology Plan was made. |
| 1998 | Japan hosted the Winter Olympics in Nagano. |
| 2000 | Blueprints were made for the outline of Japanese sports. |
| 2001 | The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was established |
| 2002 | The first Basic Policy on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts was formulated.
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| 2006 | The third Science and Technology Basic Plan was formulated. |
| 2007 | The second Basic Policy on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts formulated. |
| 2008 | The first Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education was formulated. |
| 2011 | The third Basic Policy on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts was formulated.
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| 2012 | The Sport Basic Plan was formulated. |
| 2013 | The second Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education was formulated. |
| 2015 | The fourth Basic Policy on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts was formulated.
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References (Combine Notes and References)
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "MEXT : MEXT". www.mext.go.jp. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ^ Johnston, David. "Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Undergraduate Scholarship". Verge Magazine: Volunteer abroad, work and travel, study abroad. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ Swinbanks, David (1996-09). "Postdoctoral positions galore in Japan". Nature. 383 (6596): 200–200. doi:10.1038/383200a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Bando, Kumiko (2011). "Efforts of MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)". TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES (in Japanese). 16 (8): 24–27. doi:10.5363/tits.16.8_24. ISSN 1884-7080.
- ^ a b Imoda, N.; Azuma, S.; Kitao, T.; Sugie, T. (2017-07-01). "Delta-sigma conversion for graph signals **This work was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research #16K14283 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan". IFAC-PapersOnLine. 20th IFAC World Congress. 50 (1): 9303–9307. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1177. ISSN 2405-8963.
- ^ 宏之, 萬谷 (2011). "文部科学省における取組状況". 学術の動向. 16 (12): 12_50–12_51. doi:10.5363/tits.16.12_50.
- ^ a b Swinbanks, David (1996-09-01). "Japan to double university project grants". Nature. 383 (6597): 206–206. doi:10.1038/383206a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ Reischauer, Edwin O. et al. (2005), The Japanese Today, p.187.
External Links
[edit]https://web-japan.org/links/government/ministries/ministry4.html
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/