主要先進国で唯一伸び悩んでいる（Remain restrained only by the major industrialized countries）

米英独仏がここ10年で論文数を30％以上増やすなか、日本は14％と主要先進国で唯一伸び悩んでいる。それと対比するように中国の躍進が際立って見える。伸び悩みの原因を科技政策研の桑原所長は「論文の書き手の中心である国立大学の伸び悩みが背景にある」と分析する。
　日本は1996年度から国の指針となる基本計画で、５年ごとに合計約20兆円を科学技術分野に投じてきた。研究論文の数だけで国際競争力は測れるわけではないが、巨額の研究投資が生きていない印象を受ける。
　桑原所長は中国の論文が増えた背景を「政府による科学技術分野への積極投資が効いた」と説明する。成長分野に投じた巨費を効率よく研究の活性化に役立てた。また多くの国費留学事業を実施し、現在では年間28万人を超える学生が海外に渡る。行き先の多くが米国。留学で築いた人脈が米中の共同研究へと発展し、両国間の研究協力につながっているようだ。
　ものづくりの現場が揺らぎ、研究分野の評価の一つである論文の数が伸び悩む。これが日本の現状なのかもしれない。原因を見出して、手を早く打たないと後進国以下の国になってしまう可能性も見えてくる。教育だけに責任をおわせることはできないだろうが、ゆとり教育の弊害は日本の上に大きな負の影響を落としてしまっているように感じる。物がない日本であるがゆえに、どんな人材を育てるかを明確にして教育にもっと力を注いでいくべきでしょう。そして、高等教育にもっと予算をつけてほしい気がする。


Germany, France and the United States and Britain are among more than 30 percent increase the number of papers in the past 10 years, Japan has been sluggish in the major industrialized countries and only 14%. That stand out in contrast to China's leap forward with it. Ken Kuwahara, director of policy analysis, and Technology "in the background of slower growth of the National University is the center of the writer of the paper," the cause of the underperformance.
Japan is a basic plan to guide the country from the year 1996, we have invested in the field of science and technology a total of about 20 trillion yen every five years. International competitiveness can measure but not only in number of research papers, get the impression of a huge research investment is not alive.
Kuwahara director, "explains worked actively to the field of science and technology investment by the government," a background paper in China has increased. Activation of the research was to help efficiently enormous sums were invested in growth areas. Many government-sponsored study conducted business, and now more than 280,000 students per year over the foreign countries. Many of the destination is the United States. Developed into a collaborative research network in the U.S. was built in the study, seems to have led to the research cooperation between the two countries.
Manufacturing site fluctuations, the number of paper which is one of the evaluation of research fields sluggish. Perhaps this is a situation in Japan. Come see the possibility to become the following countries: developing countries have found the cause, and do not hit your hand soon. That place responsibility on education alone would not be, feels like a clear negative effects of education have lost a large negative impact on Japan. Should I go with more focused education and therefore make it clear, or raise any talent, but no one is Japan. And I want you to give more to higher education budget is.