A record high 137,251 Japanese researchers were dispatched abroad to foreign institutions in fiscal 2005, according to a survey conducted by the Education, Science and Technology Ministry.
Foreign researchers coming to Japan also hit a record high of 34,939 in fiscal 2005, highlighting growth in international exchanges for research, the ministry said.
The ministry sent a questionnaire to 855 national, prefectural, municipal and private universities, research institutes and experiment centers.
It asked how many researchers the institutions sent abroad and the number of foreign researchers they accepted between April 2005 and March 2006, and received responses from 765 institutions.
Researchers dispatched abroad increased 12,130, or 9.7 percent, from fiscal 2004, and foreign researchers at Japanese institutions increased by 3,567, or 11.4 percent.
Asia was the most common destination for researchers, followed by Europe and North America. Though Africa came in sixth, the number grew rapidly with 1,639 researchers being dispatched, an increase 35.9 percent from the previous fiscal year.
Asia was also where most visiting researchers in Japan came from, followed by Europe and North America.
A ministry spokesman said: "The number of researchers going abroad for less than a month is increasing, as well as foreign researchers coming to Japan."
"We believe that joint international research projects are increasing and researchers belonging to the same teams are exchanging visits between Japan and foreign countries," the spokesman said.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20080115TDY02309.htm
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