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\95Dec02 Future of US-Japan Relations, 11/30/95 [Masakazu Toyota graduated Todai 1973, joined MITI, got a master's at Princeton. Worked in Paris for 3 years for IEA (under OECD). Secretary to MITI minister, member of task force for preparing for APEC. Director of tariff section for MITI, involved in negotiation in Geneva for Uruguay Round. Specialist on anti-dumping. Spent 1 year director of aircraft/ordinance section of MITI. Current position as head of US desk of MITI, held for 2.5 years.] The relationship between the two countries is at a crossroads.
Ending The Impasse On Autos Several people have asked me what, specifically, the US is asking for on the auto front. Thisquestion is understandable, given the level of rhetoric and the MITI disinformation campaign. Probalby the best, concise explanation is the one that Ron Bevaqua alluded to yesterday -- the piece that ran in the Japan Times and drafted by the US embassy econ team. (By the way, the piece was drafted by the Embassy, but the substance of what we are asking for is not an Embassy position but a US government position.)
The Japan That Can Say No by Akio Morita The New U.S.-Japan Relations Card with Introductory Note
Does America Say Yes To Japan? by Louis Leclerc There are many misconceptions about Japan and its success in the post-war era. While staying in Japan in mid 1992, I tried to look at Japan's seemingly miraculous success with the hope to understand it so that maybe we could apply some of their plan in our own country. "What makes Japan so good?", "How did they get from a third world country to be the richest in the world so quickly?" [Yen! p306] are common questions asked today in America. Today, I will try to answer with examples, at least partially, these questions.Also see Reply by Dr Andrew Jennings.
Japanese People And The Market Interesting article on recession, politics and Japan
3D Display Technology at Sanyo by Dr. David K. Kahaner US Office of Naval Research Asia.
Japanese Software Quality by Dr. David K. Kahaner US Office of Naval Research Asia. Several examples of 3D display technology in Japan from Sanyo, Matsushita, and Terumo.
Hong Kong's Industrial Technology Center by David Kahaner. Conceived in 1988 by the Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong Industrial Technology Center, (HKITCC, but usually referred to at the HK Tech Center) was designed to facilitate the promotion of technology innovation in Hong Kong by nurturing, building and championing of tech-based businesses. Hong Kong feels that it can achieve success in high tech, it also recognizes that the approach must be different from other Asian countries such as Singapore or Taiwan. It is clear that Hong Kongers believe that their own talents in capital investment, commercialization and design and development of marketable products will be complemented by human skill from China as a manufacturing base, and that China now holds the key to Hong Kong's success as a broker of relevant technologies.
MITI Program for Advanced Information InfrastructureMinistry of International Trade and Industry; May 1994 Summary of June 1993 Report by Information Industry Committee of Industrial Structure Council, and Subsequent Developments
Status Of Japanese Semiconductor IndustryDr. David K. Kahaner Asian Technology Information Program. (1) Summary report surveying the current status and future outlook for the Japanese semiconductor industry, from the Electronic Industries Association of Japan (EIJA), (2) Semiconductor Industry Research Institute Japan (SIRI), (3) Earthquake impact on semiconductor industry - update.
Summary of the NII debate in Japan ATIP: A collaboration between US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) University of New Mexico (UNM) My circulation of CRITO report abstracts (10 Mar 1995 File: crito.95) omitted some recent material. Joel West pointed out to me that a recent report of his on Japanese NII activities was not included, and he graciously sent me a complete copy. Much of the factual material has already been reported, but West's report synthesizes it very nicely.
Holding the Right Cards in Japan: Another view You state that: "I am unaware of any government-sponsored cartels that shield against foreign competition in pharmaceuticals and consumer nondurables." In March, 1988, I read a remarkable article in the Yomiuri that described Koseisho penalties imposed on Japanese companies for importing heart pacemakers without a license. Of course, import licenses would not have been granted in any case. The article stated that Japanese companies were in the process of trying to acquire the technology to make such devices, and imports from America would be banned during this catch-up period.