Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga faced backlash Friday after he decided not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to a science council that makes policy recommendations to the government.Prime ministers have been naming members of the Science Council of Japan, an organization under the jurisdiction of the premier but operated independently from the state, as recommended by the council since 2004 based on the law on the organization.But Suga did not name six of the 105 people recommended on Thursday and gave no specific reasons why.…READ FULL ARTICLE
