有馬朗人氏死去、９０歳　元東大学長、文相

　元東大学長で文部相などを務めた物理学者の有馬朗人（ありま・あきと）氏が７日午前、東京都世田谷区の自宅で死去したことが関係者への取材で分かった。９０歳だった。大阪市出身。
　東大理卒。原子核構造の研究を専門とし、１９８９年に同大学長に就任。９３年から理化学研究所理事長を務めた。
　橋本龍太郎首相（当時）に請われ、９８年参院選に比例代表で出馬し初当選。当選直後に小渕内閣の文部相に起用され、「ゆとり教育」推進や高等教育の研究費拡充などに力を入れた。その後、科学技術庁長官を兼務。参院議員は１期で引退した。
　両親の影響で幼い頃から俳句に親しみ、自らの句集も出版。国際俳句交流協会の会長として、俳句の世界遺産登録を目指し活動した。２００４年に文化功労者に選ばれ、同年に旭日大綬章、１０年に文化勲章を受章した。（2020/12/07-19:18）

Akito Arima, former president of the University of Tokyo, died at his home in Tokyo on Monday, informed sources said. He was 90.
   Arima, an expert on nuclear structure and former education minister, became president of the university in 1989. He also served as head of research institute Riken from 1993.
   In 1998, Arima, a native of the western city of Osaka, ran for the House of Councillors at the request of then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and won a parliamentary seat for the first time.
   After the election, Arima was appointed education minister in the administration of then Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Arima worked for the "yutori" relaxed education policy and expansion of tertiary-education research funds.
   Later, Arima doubled as director-general of the now-defunct Science and Technology Agency. He served as an Upper House lawmaker for only one term.