Abstract
In recent years, data science education has been actively advocated around the world. Much of the education have involved deepening information processing education based on statistics and programming, which still gives the impression of being a high hurdle for non-STEM students. In Japan, it is recognized that nurturing human resources with knowledge of data science, regardless of their major in science, humanities, or social science, is important for the development of the country, and so it has been adopted as a national policy. In this paper, we look back on the history of ICT and data science education encouraged by the Japanese government, and examine its effectiveness. Then Some of examples and discussion of the state of data science education in several universities and junior colleges are provided.
