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'{{Infobox Government agency |agency_name = Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |nativename = {{lang|ja|文部科学省}} |nativename_a = |nativename_r = Monbu-kagaku-shō |logo = Symbol of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.svg |logo_width = 200px |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |picture = Kasumigaseki-Common-Gate-01.jpg |picture_width = 200px |picture_caption = MEXT Headquarters |formed = {{start_date|2001|01|}} |date1 = |date1_name = |date2 = |date2_name = |preceding1 = Ministry of Education |preceding2 = Science and Technology Agency |dissolved = |superseding = |jurisdiction = {{JPN}} |headquarters = 3-2-2 [[Kasumigaseki]], [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda-ku]], [[Tokyo]] 100-8959, [[Japan]] |employees = |budget = |minister1_name = [[Masahiko Shibayama]], [[Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]] |minister2_name = [[Keiko Nagaoka]], State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |minister3_name = [[Tomoko Ukishima]], State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |parent_agency = [[Government of Japan]] |child1_agency = [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |child2_agency = Japan Sports Agency |website = [http://www.mext.go.jp www.mext.go.jp] |footnotes = }} The {{Nihongo|'''Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology'''|文部科学省|Monbu-kagaku-shō}}, also known as '''MEXT''', '''Monka-shō''', is one of the ministries of the [[Government of Japan|Japanese government]]. == History == The [[Meiji period|Meiji]] government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871.<ref>Reischauer, Edwin O. ''et al.'' (2005), ''The Japanese Today'', p.187.</ref> In January 2001, the former {{Nihongo|'''[[Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture]]'''|文部省|Monbu-shō}} and the former {{nihongo|{{ill|Science and Technology Agency|ja|科学技術庁}}|科学技術庁|Kagaku-gijutsu-chō}} merged to become the present MEXT.I SUCK DICK FOR A LIVING was a secret language they used for they needed help with stuff to move the museum. == Brief == MEXT is led by the [[Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]], who is a member of the [[Cabinet of Japan|Cabinet]] and is chosen by the [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]], typically from the members of the [[National Diet|Diet]]. The Japanese government centralises education, and it is managed by a state [[bureaucracy]] that regulates almost every aspect of the [[Education in Japan|education process]]. The School Education Law requires schools around the country to use textbooks that follow the [[curriculum guideline]] set by the ministry, although there are some exceptions. == Activities== {{expand section|date=April 2015}} MEXT is one of three ministries that run the [[JET Programme]]. It also offers the [[Monbukagakusho Scholarship]], also known as the MEXT or Monbu-shō scholarship. The Ministry also sets standards for the [[romanization of Japanese]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/nc/k19541209001/k19541209001.html|work=文部科学省|publisher=Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:ローマ字のつづり方|accessdate=2013-05-21}}</ref> MEXT provides the Children Living Abroad and Returnees Internet (CLARINET) which provides information to Japanese families living abroad.<ref>"[http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarinet/main7_a2.htm CLARINETへようこそ]." MEXT. Retrieved on April 17, 2015.</ref> MEXT sends teachers around the world to serve in ''[[nihonjin gakkō]]'', full-time Japanese international schools in foreign countries.<ref>Pang, Ching Lin (彭靜蓮, Pinyin: ''Péng Jìnglián''<!-- * Chinese name established from page which says she is a part of the Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Centre (IMMRC): "[http://pe.nsysu.edu.tw/files/16-1121-49207.php?Lang=zh-tw 歐洲求學趣—比利時魯汶大學彭靜蓮教授跨文化求學及研究經驗分享]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6XsAz0g4q?url=http://pe.nsysu.edu.tw/files/16-1121-49207.php?Lang%3Dzh-tw Archive]). [[National Sun Yat-sen University]]. * IMMRC profile: http://soc.kuleuven.be/web/memberitem/3/7/eng/176 - https://www.webcitation.org/6XsBW5xKv?url=http://soc.kuleuven.be/web/memberitem/3/7/eng/176 * Her list of publications from IMMRC: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/cv?u=u0016570 - https://www.webcitation.org/6XsBQtvtX?url=https://lirias.kuleuven.be/cv?u%3Du0016570 -->; [[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven|Catholic University of Leuven]] Department of Anthropology). "[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0883035595935343# Controlled internationalization: The case of ''kikokushijo'' from Belgium]." ''[[International Journal of Educational Research]]''. Volume 23, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 45–56. Available online 20 January 2000. [[Digital object identifier|DOI]] [[doi:10.1016/0883-0355(95)93534-3|10.1016/0883-0355(95)93534-3]]. CITED: p. 48. "The majority of teachers are sent from Japan by the Ministry of Education."</ref> The Japanese government also sends full-time teachers to ''[[hoshū jugyō kō]]'' supplementary schools that offer lessons that are similar to those of ''nihonjin gakkō'' or those which each have student bodies of 100 students or greater.<ref name="MOFASection4">"[http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/other/bluebook/1987/1987-8-4.htm Section 4. Well-Being of Japanese Nationals Overseas]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6WrtizlFU?url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/other/bluebook/1987/1987-8-4.htm Archive]). ''Diplomatic Bluebook 1987 Japan's Diplomatic Activities''. [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.</ref> In addition, MEXT subsidizes weekend schools which each have over 100 students.<ref name="DoerrandLeep426">Doerr, Musha Neriko ([[Brookdale Community College]]) and Kiri Lee ([[Lehigh University]]). "[http://sites.miis.edu/comparativeeducation/files/2013/01/Contesting-heritage-Japan.pdf Contesting heritage: language, legitimacy, and schooling at a weekend Japanese-language school in the United States]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6XR4BvQIM?url=http://sites.miis.edu/comparativeeducation/files/2013/01/Contesting-heritage-Japan.pdf Archive]). ''[[Language and Education]]''. Vol. 23, No. 5, September 2009, 425–441. CITED: p. 426.</ref> ==See also== * [[National Spiritual Mobilization Movement]] * [[Education in Japan]] ** [[Fundamental Law of Education]] ** [[History of education in Japan]] * [[Japanese history textbook controversies]] * [[Monbukagakusho Scholarship]] {{Portal bar|Japan|Education|Culture|Science|Sports|Technology}} ==Notes== {{reflist|30em}} ==References== * [[Edwin O. Reischauer|Reischauer, Edwin O.]] and [[Marius Jansen]] (2005). ''The Japanese Today''. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. == External links == {{Commons category|Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology}} * {{official website|http://www.mext.go.jp/english/}} * {{official website|http://www.mext.go.jp}} {{ja icon}} * [https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.monbu.go.jp/emindex.html Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture website (pre-merger)] (Archive) * [https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.monbu.go.jp/ Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture website (pre-merger)] (Archive) {{ja icon}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041205165247/http://www.mext.go.jp/english/news/2003/07/03120301.htm Press release on Legislation of "the National University Corporation Law"] {{Ministries_of_Japan}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|35.680|N|139.763|E|display=title|source:dewiki}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Education, Culture, Sports, Science And Technology (Japan)}} [[Category:1871 establishments in Japan]] [[Category:Culture ministries|Japan]] [[Category:Education laws and guidelines in Japan]] [[Category:Education ministries|Japan]] [[Category:Government ministries of Japan|Education, Culture, Sports, Science And Technology]] [[Category:Ministries established in 1871|Japan, Education, Culture, Sports, Science And Technology]] [[Category:Science and technology in Japan]] [[Category:Science and technology ministries|Japan]] [[Category:Sports ministries|Japan]]'