日本新的《科学技术基本计划》已经出台,并定于1997财政年度开始生效。基本计划明确地提出了政府将增加科研拨款的具体目标,就是从1997年财政年度初开始,连续4年,政府对研究与发展的拨款每年增加12％。其目的是提高政府拨在总研究经费中的比例,使日本在下个世纪初能赶上其它国家。日本科学技术厅预测,到2000年,政府设定的4.3万亿日元(398亿美元)的拨 Japan's new “Basic Science and Technology Plan” has been introduced and is scheduled to come into effect in fiscal year 1997. The basic plan explicitly sets forth the specific target of the government to increase the funding for scientific research. That is, for the fourth year in a row since the beginning of the fiscal year of 1997, the government funding for research and development will increase by 12% annually. Its purpose is to increase the share of government funding in research funding so Japan can catch up with other nations by the turn of the century. Japan Science and Technology Agency predicts that by the year 2000, the government set 4.3 trillion yen (39.8 billion US dollars) to dial