中国相关担忧升温、战后禁忌淡化，日本高校防务研究申请激增
Japan’s university defence bids surge as post-war taboo fades amid China concerns
日本高校及其他教育机构今年申请防卫省研究经费的项目增至291项，是去年的123项两倍多，创下纪录。防卫省今年共收到560项申请，其中47个项目获总额129亿日元（8200万美元）的资助，30项由大学研究人员主持；包括大阪大学、名古屋大学和庆应义塾大学在内的11所高校首次获资助。
Japanese universities and other educational institutions more than doubled their applications for defence ministry research funding this year to a record 291, up from 123 last year, as Tokyo moves to strengthen its defence capabilities.
The increase is the clearest sign yet that academia’s decades-long resistance to military-linked work is diminishing.
The bids accounted for more than half the record 560 applications received by the ministry this year, up from 340 last year, with the rest coming from public research institutes and companies.
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Of the 47 projects selected for funding under the 12.9 billion yen (US$82 million) programme, 30 will be led by university researchers, with 11 universities – including Osaka, Nagoya and Keio – winning grants for the first time.
来源：南华早报 · scmp.com