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Dear Colleagues, The Japanese government recently created the "Government Revitalization Unit", chaired by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to re-evaluate government-funded programs, including many prominent science projects. The IPMU (Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe) has a news release titled "Japan reversing its globalization effort in science" with an overview of this process and some of the initial recommendations. You can read this online at: http://www.ipmu.jp/node/555 Nature also has a news item titled "Japanese science faces deep cuts" with additional information. That article can be found online at: http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091117/full/462258a.html The Japanese Ministry of Education is soliciting input from the worldwide scientific community about the committee's recommendations, at the email address nak-got_at_mext.go.jp Put the subject line as follows: No. 14, WPI Sincerely, Norman Graf