抄録
Creative research and development and the resulting original business ares are necessitated in today's Japan, as never before, for economic growth, employment creation and contribution to the rest of the world. The government has recognized"risk"for the first time as a leading concept in official publications : Chapter 3 of the newest edition of the White Paper on Economy is entitled"For Creation of Ordered Risk". Innovation is the driving force of economic growth but never free from risk. Although legislative measures for promotion of venture capitals have been taken and the budget for science and technology have been increased, Japan suffers from shortage of persons with talent to lead the risky innovative developments, while the traditional education has produced a huge population for administration and control : there is a gap between supply and demand of talented people. The present work contains a survey of data and opinion related to this problem. The gap is reflected in technological trade balance(particularly the low level of patent applications to other countries), industry's view on capabilities of new employees and the present status of graduate students. The problem seems to lie in poor understanding of the competitive situation for the industry by the educational circle, as well as in the time lag between industrial innovation and academic reform. Mutual understanding of the industry and academia in a common platform is needed to fill the gap. The author states that creative people is the most important asset for Japan to obtain a status of an advanced country.
