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JAPAN BUDGET: Science Ministry Puts In for Big Increases
Dennis Normile
TOKYO--Operating on the principle that it doesn't hurt to ask, Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology has submitted requests for sizable spending increases in next year's budget.