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themselves (private universities) is more substantial. Industry shouldersrelatively little of the burden. Research funding from abroad is also limitedcompared to European countries for which there are statistics.France(FY1996)Million FFGermany(FY1998)Million DMJapan(FY1996)100 million yenUK(FY1996)Million Stg US(FY1996)Breakdown of university R&D funding by sectorGovernment Industry UniversitiesPrivateresearchinstitu-Foreign27,668(4,211)90.0%14,090(7,010)91.3%1,026(6,181)49.1%1,856(2,882)66.5%16,01967.5%980(149)3.2%1,200(597)7.8%49(295)2.3%188(292)6.7%1,6557.0%1,180(179)3.8%1,010(6,084)48.3%116(180)4.2%4,37518.4%tions162(25)0.5%757(115)2.5%- - 150(75)1.0%3(18)0.1%406(630)14.5%1,6727.0%0.37(2)0.0%226(351)8.1%Total30,747(4,680)100.0%15,440(7,682)100.0%2,089(12,584)100.0%2,792(4,335)100.0%- 23,721100.0%Million US$(National Science and Engineering Indicators 2000 National Science Board, U.S.A.)Note: Figures within brackets are values derived through conversion on thebasis of OECD purchasing power parity (converted by JSPS).The Japanese government’s spending is divided between the general andspecial accounts. The general account is the income and expenditurehandled as part of national finances, while the special account comprisesincome and expenditure deriving from special income sources and thereforehandled separately. Government assistance for private universities drawsfrom the general account only, but in the case of national universities,income from university hospitals and tuition fees paid to the government,etc., provide income to allow expenditure not only from the general ac countbut also from the special account. (However, because tuition fees, incomefrom university hospitals and other sources of income are not sufficient tocover all spending, more than half the university expenditure budget comesfrom the general account.)The FY2000 special account budget for national educational institutions was2.7028 trillion yen, of which 989.1 billion yen was allocated for science and80