Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
文部科学省
Monbu-kagaku-shō

Headquarters
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 6, 2001 (2001-01-06)
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of Japan
Headquarters3–2–2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959, Japan
35°40′48″N 139°45′47″E / 35.680°N 139.763°E / 35.680; 139.763
Minister responsible
Child agencies
Websitemext.go.jp

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省, Monbu-kagaku-shō, lit. 'Ministry of Letters and Science') is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the government of Japan.[1] Its goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community.[2][3] The ministry is responsible for funding research under its 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] neutrino detection which contributes to the study of supernovas around the world, and other general research for the future.[7]

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  3. ^ Swinbanks, David (September 1996). "Postdoctoral positions galore in Japan". Nature. 383 (6596): 200. Bibcode:1996Natur.383..200S. doi:10.1038/383200a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 34050569.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Swinbanks, David (1996-09-01). "Japan to double university project grants". Nature. 383 (6597): 206. Bibcode:1996Natur.383Q.206S. doi:10.1038/383206a0. ISSN 1476-4687.

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