Abstract
About the regional science & technology policy which is one of the most important policy in Japan, many policy measures are taken by the third phase of the science & technology basic plan. And recently some regional S & T policy strategy and proposal are published by government, such as the council of S & T policy. In this article, we reviewed the transition of regional S & T policy according to the every phase of S & T basic plan from the period before S & T basic law and analyzed recent regional S & T policy strategy and proposal. As a result, we consider issues and prospects of the regional S & T policy toward the 4th phase of the S & T basic plan.
