International Journal of Japan Architectural Review for Engineering and Design: Dawn of open science

[...]Japan may be unprepared for international discussions on the future framework of Open Science and the international visibility of Japan's science, technology, and art may be decreasing. Japan is a country with poor natural resources. [...]to continue the sustainable development of Japan, it is vital to keep creating new values by combining science, technology, and innovation. In a conventional system of scientific research activities, we subscribe to journals, and only the researchers belonging to the subscribing universities or academic agencies can read the included papers. [...]the number of researchers who can read papers is limited, and the scientific results are not used effectively.