Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the third meeting of the Council for Science and Technology Policy in 2014 (119th in total) at the Prime Minister’s Office.
During the meeting, discussion took place on "building an environment for the creation of science and technology innovation,” and “the compilation of a revised version of the Comprehensive Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation (draft).” The meeting concluded with a presentation on “Recent Science and Technology Trends: Advanced Radiation Therapy Project – Real-time Tumor-tracking with Molecular Imaging Technique –”
Based on the discussion, the Prime Minister said in his address,
 “Today, there has been passionate discussion on the reform of the system for creating innovation. We just heard some remarks from Dr. Shirato. I believe that Dr. Shirato’s achievements have allowed us to reaffirm the fact that we can lend tremendous momentum to this kind of innovation when the Government makes grand decisions and implements new policies like ‘FIRST’ and ‘Super Special Zone.’ If we hesitate now on efforts toward the creation of a ‘country that is best suited for innovation in the world,’ we will not be able to achieve sustainable development in the future. Today I have come to appreciate that fact once again.
In particular, the reform strategy reported on by Minister Amari is extremely important for the construction of a system that will fully ensure that Japanese innovation leads to the strengthening of our industrial competitiveness. I would like the Council for Science and Technology Policy to give shape to that reform.
I request that this be reflected in the revised version of the Comprehensive Strategy, together with the direction for the reform and strengthening of innovation in Japan as proposed by the expert members.
Lastly, on the issue of research misconduct, in the midst of initiatives to promote science and technology innovation as a national strategy, the recent, frequent instances of misconduct undermine the basis of our country’s strength in research and development, and are extremely regrettable. 
It is not enough to respond to each instance of misconduct on an individual basis. I would like the Council for Science and Technology Policy to discuss how this issue should be dealt with, taking the actual situation in research laboratories fully into account, and addressing the issue from a broad perspective that extends beyond individual cases.”