By Tomoko Kito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
The government-established Japan University Fund posted an investment income surplus of 315.8 billion yen in fiscal 2025, the Japan Science and Technology Agency announced Friday.
Due to factors such as significant rises in stock prices throughout the fiscal year, the surplus increased by 59.8 billion yen from the previous fiscal year. The total investment assets of the fund, previously set at 10 trillion yen, stood at 12.25 trillion yen as of the March end of fiscal 2025.
Investment gains were used for such purposes as grants for designated Universities for International Research Excellence. Such grants totaled about 46.6 billion yen in fiscal 2025.
The amount included 16.9 billion yen granted to Tohoku University, the first designee, and 12.4 billion yen to Science Tokyo, the second designee. It also included 16.8 billion yen allocated to support doctoral students, and 400 million yen used to support the hosting of outstanding early-career researchers from overseas.
The amount allocated for grants for this fiscal year will be determined in the near future; its total cap of 226 billion yen is based on factors such as the amount of investment gains in the past.
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