Why Nature needs to cover politics now more than ever
▻https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02797-1
And just last week, in Japan, incoming Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga rejected the nomination of six academics, who have previously been critical of government science policy, to the Science Council of Japan. This is an independent organization meant to represent the voice of Japanese scientists. It is the first time that this has happened since prime ministers started approving nominations in 2004.
Le premier ministre japonais, Yoshihide Suga, en guerre avec le monde intellectuel
▻https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/10/06/le-premier-ministre-japonais-yoshihide-suga-en-guerre-avec-le-monde-intellec