Comment on “The chaos of Trump’s comeback: How the U.S. faces a scientific decline—A view from the editor-in-chief of Science” [in Japanese]
On March 17, 2025, a comment on the Asahi Shimbun article “The chaos of Trump’s comeback: How the U.S. faces a scientific decline—A view from the editor-in-chief of Science.” by Professor Maiko Ichihara (Graduate School of Law) was published. The article presents an interview with Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the American scientific journal Science, highlighting the instability of the United States’ leadership in the scientific community due to significant cuts in research funding and widespread dismissals of researchers under the Trump administration. Professor Ichihara suggested that the administration’s policies may be driven by goals such as reducing government spending to enable tax cuts, as well as removing liberal voices from academia and replacing them with conservative figures. She further pointed out that such actions are self-destructive for the United States and contradict the administration’s stated aim of enhancing competitiveness against China.
