An Overview of Various Reports by the Science Council of Japan

― On Global Environment and Control Engineering ―

Abstract

The Science Council of Japan is a national academy organized by outstanding scientists. According to its statutes, its mission is to contribute to the peaceful reconstruction of the country and the welfare of human society, and to contribute to academic progress in partnership with the world academic community. The aim of this article is to overview the statements and reports issued by the Science Council of Japan over the past three decades, which are related to the global environment and control engineering. Many of those references concern the possibility that individual disciplines may be taking a narrow perspective on the relationship between science and technology, and between the social and natural environment. It is hoped that we will take a long-term, broad-based perspective.