２００１年是新世纪开元之年，世界主要国家和地区为迎接新世纪科学技术发展的挑战，纷纷推出促进科技发展的新举措。日本继续贯彻“科技创新立国”的方针，尽管经济低靡的阴影继续笼罩，但政府在一片经济改革声中新建立了文部科学省，制定了第二个《科技基本法》，重新规定了 2001 is the first year of the new century. The major countries and regions in the world have launched new measures to promote the development of science and technology in order to meet the challenge of science and technology development in the new century. Japan continues to implement the principle of “establishing a nation by science and technology”. Although the shadow of the economy continues to fall through the shadow of the economic reform, the government has newly established the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, formulated the second Science and Technology Basic Law,