Abstract
Many literatures pointed out the fields of science and engineering tend to lose attractiveness for university applicants in Japan. To verify that it is true or not the data on the university entrance examination is empirically analyzed in this paper. The conclusion is as follows: Al-though there are many plausible evidences showed such a trend, it is possible to give another persuasive explanation to the respective ground considered of this. Moreover, it is not enough only to show many circumstantial evidences, if anyone wants to point out this kind of trend. It is necessary rather to show the framework to explain these evidences systematically as a whole.
