The document discusses efforts in Japan to promote science literacy and communication. It describes how interest in science and technology declined in the 1980s and 1990s but recent initiatives aim to boost education, understanding, and public interest in science. These include establishing an annual National Science and Technology Week starting in 1960, organizing youth science festivals since 1992, and launching the Science For All Japanese project in 2005 to promote science as useful knowledge for everyday life through public courses, science cafes, and other outreach activities.