| Project/Area Number |
21KK0221
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| Research Category |
Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A))
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 06010:Politics-related
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
Croydon Silvia 大阪大学, 大学院人間科学研究科, 准教授 (00634643)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021 – 2023
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥15,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,510,000)
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| Keywords | human reproduction / eugenics / germline genome editing / in vitro gametogenesis / Japan / genetic enhancement / global governance / disability / gene editing / bioethics / life selection / state eugenics / grassroot eugenics / assisted reproduction / United Nations / reproductive rights / Bioethics / governance |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
Having previously examined Japan's hesitancy with regards modern eugenics, the PI will consider the question of how the trend towards citizen-driven eugenics will be governed globally and with what input from Japan. To place her work on Japan into context, she will first pursue case studies of the UK and Germany, before exploring the dynamics of the global machinery. Specifically, she will make progress on the following:
- Characterization of domestic PGT regulatory developments in the UK and Germany;
- Assessment of the global PGT machinery’s capability to incorporate state-level diversity.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The PI demonstrated that the reason why Japan is showing resistance towards new eugenics is predominantly the fact that state-sponsored eugenics vis-a-vis disabled people persisted here until as late as the 1990s. Unlike Germany, Italy and other countries which abolished their eugenic laws after World War II, Japan retained its law until 1996. It is the fresh memory of these enforced eugenics, and not "culture" in the abstract, that conditions Japan's stance towards embryo screening.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The PI refuted the conventional wisdom about Japan's resistance to new eugenics. Rather than using the abstract concept of culture, she has highlighted the long history of state eugenics of disabled.
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