• all recombinant DNA activities be registered with the Steering 
Committee while in the planning stages so that the safety aspects 
of the activity can be evaluated before its inititiation; 
• no government agency or foundation support a recombinant DNA 
activity until the Steering Committee has ruled on the safety of 
the proposal; 
• the government subsidize laboratory safety equipment; 
• the government establish an educational system, including overseas 
training in the safety techniques of genetic experimentation; 
• the government construct a national laboratory to conduct experi- 
ments at moderate and maximum physical containment levels (no 
such facility currently exists in Japan); and 
• a specific council, composed of experts in the field and nonexpert 
intellectuals, be created in the Science Council for the purpose 
of advising the Steering Committee. 
The Science Council has acted upon at least one of the Subcommit- 
tee's recommendations and has created a Special Committee on Science 
and Society to study the impact of research activities on man and 
society from a broad point of view. The first meeting, convened 
on June 10, focused on genetic engineering. It was decided to appoint 
an interdisciplinary subcommittee to study all the problems involved 
in recombinant DNA research. 
In addition, an interagency study group composed of representatives 
from eight government ministries has been established. The group will 
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