Takaaki Kajita, center, president of the Science Council of Japan, and other executives hold a news conference on Dec. 16 to explain the interim report submitted to the science and technology policy minister. (Tetsuya Ishikura)
The Science Council of Japan issued an interim report Dec. 16 that stopped short of proposing it sever all ties with the government following a high-profile row with the Suga administration.
The Science Council has been discussing how it could change as an advisory body to the central government in the aftermath of an unprecedented decision by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to block the appointments of six scholars recommended by the body.