[TOKYO] The Japanese government is to review the activities of the Japan Key Technology Centre (Japan Key-TEC), which funds more than 60 semi-private research institutes, after public criticism of the effectiveness with which the research funds are being used. A total of ￥220 billion (US l.78 billion dollar) has been spent by the organization since 1985. But the Ministry of Finance is said to be among those concerned that this investment has produced very little return, and that the return is unlikely to increase significantly in the future. Some see the ministry as attempting to r aise a question mark over the government's promise to make a massive increase in research spending.
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