Scholars decry Japan PM’s academic panel rejections

TOKYO (AP) — Scholars who had their membership to join Japan’s national academy denied by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga say the rejection was unconstitutional. Suga’s refusal to approve the appointments of six professors out of a slate of 105 to the state-funded Science Council of Japan has drawn accusations from some that it is an impingement on academic freedoms. The scholars who got their appointments denied by Suga included constitutional and law professors. They said Frida