The publications of the Japan Information Access Project are aimed at helping researchers and policymakers find, use, and understand Japanese and Northeast Asian information efficiently and effectively. Nearly all the Project's programs are accompanied by complete briefing materials and resource guides; most of which can be found on the Project's website.

NEWSLETTERS

Current

Asia Policy Calendar (Formerly the Japan Washington Watch: A, June 1997-Present), a weekly Monday E-mail report of upcoming hearings, events, and conferences relevant to the Japan/Asia-interested U.S. policy community.
Japan Information Access Project 6 Asia Policy Weekly (Formerly the Japan Washington Watch: B; June 1997-Present), a weekly E-ail on the news, reports, and opinion relevant to the Japan/Asia-interested U.S. policy community; occasional special reports; occasional reports.

Past

• Japan Access Alert Bulletin (September 1991-June 1997, discontinued), occasional guide to information resources from and on Japanese science, technology, economics, politics, and security (originally bi-monthly)
• Tracking Japan: A Washington Report on Trade, Technology & Security (January 1994 to January 1997, discontinued), bimonthly review of political issues affecting the U.S.-Japan trade, technology, and security relationships, includes listings of relevant congressional hearings and reports. Annual publication of the Morse Targets, a review of those who influence U.S. Japan policy in Washington and Japan’s U.S. policy in Tokyo.


WORKING PAPERS

• The Future Evolution of Japanese-US Competition in Software: Policy Challenges and Strategic Prospects, August 1995, JIAP Report Submitted to the Japan-US Friendship Commission. Project Directed by Dr. Bill Rapp, University of Victoria; and Dr. Hugh Patrick, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University.
• Asia’s Financial Crisis and Japan, December 1997, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Thomas F. Cargill, Department of Economics, University of Nevada.
• Comparisons of US and Japanese R&D Policies, March 1998, A JIAP Special Report by Dr. Gregory Tassey, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• Competition Policy and International Trade: How Different is Japan from Germany and Does It Matter? March 1998, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Mark Tilton, Purdue University.
• Japan’s Science and Technology Policy: Retooling for the Future, March 1998, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. William A. Blanpied, National Science Foundation.
• Japanese Government Information: New Rules of Access; The Proposed Information Disclosure Law, Status and US FOIA Comparison, June 1998, a JIAP Special Report by Lawrence Repeta, University of Washington Law; and Jody Chafee, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP.
• 1998 Morse Target©: Movers and Shakers on Japan, July 1998, a JIAP Special Report by Dr. Ronald A. Morse, Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Reitaku University in Tokyo.
• Japan’s Steel Cartel and the 1998 Steel Export Surge, October 1998, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Mark Tilton, Chair of the Asian Studies Program, Purdue University.
• Japan’s Next Big Bang: Health Care Reform Implications for U.S. Policy, February 1999, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Paul Talcott, Political Science Department, Harvard University.
Japan Information Access Project 7 • Lessons From Japan for U.S. Patent Reform: Policy Implications Of A Pre-Grant Disclosure System, April 1999, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Keith Maskus and Ms. Christine McDaniel, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
• Japan’s Science and Technology Policy: Retooling for the Future, June 1999, JIAP Working Paper by William Blanpied, National Science Foundation
• Chinese Perspectives on Theater Missile Defense, July 1999, JIAP Working Paper by Bonnie Glaser, Consultant on Asian Affairs
• Japan’s Flawed Antitrust Regime, October 1999, JIAP Working Paper by Michael Beeman, Ph.D., Reischauer Center, Harvard University.
• Cyber-Attacks In Asia: A Cheap War, March 2000, JIAP Working Paper by Mindy Kotler and Ian Hillman, Japan Information Access Project.
• Creating Competition in Japan’s Telecommunications Market, May 2000, JIAP Working Paper by Professor Steven K. Vogel, University of California, Berkeley.
• Japanese Nuclear Energy Policy and Public Opinion, May 2000 by Mindy L. Kotler and Ian T. Hillman, Japan Information Access Project.
• Morse Target 2001: Washington’s Movers and Shakers on Japan, March 2001, Ronald A. Morse, Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Reitaku University in Tokyo
• Changing the Guard in the Provinces, A New Platform for Hard Times, April 2001, JIAP Working Paper by Larry Repeta, Founding Director, Information Clearinghouse, Japan.
• Civil Society and Its Regulators, Non-Profit Organizations in Japan, April 2001, JIAP Working Paper by Robert Pekkannen, Ph.D. candidate in political science and Academy Scholar at Harvard University.
• New Tools for Public Participation in the Japanese Regulatory System, April 2001, JIAP Working Paper by Jean Grier (International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce).
• Is Japan Changing? ‘Permeable Insulation’ In Japan’s Political Economy: How Politics Undermine Economic Reform in Japan, July 2001, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Ulrike Schaede, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California at San Diego
• Under-Regulated Japan: Telecommunications and the New Economy, July 2001, JIAP Working Paper by Mark Tilton, Purdue University
• Japan Digest Article, August 2001, an opinion piece by Ms. Mindy L. Kotler, JIAP Director.
• American and the Chinese: Contrasting Communications Styles, October 2001, JIAP Working Paper by Drs. Yuling Pan, Georgetown University and Barbara Craig Georgetown University and Bridges Across Cultures.
• US Domestic Debate Over the Appropriate Balance in US Policy toward Mainland China and Taiwan, October 2001, a JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Robert Sutter, Georgetown University.
• Generational Change And The Japan-U.S. Security Relationship: Returning To The Future, December 2001, a JIAP Working Paper.
Japan Information Access Project 8 • Materials for Understanding the Armitage Report, January 2002, by Ms. Mindy Kotler, Mr. Seth D. Drewry and Mr. Daisuke Okuyama, JIAP Director and Research Assistants. A JIAP Research Report for a book edited by Dr. Ronald Morse, entitled Unconditional Success: America and Japan’s Choices
• Japan’s Global Ambivalence, May 2002, an article by Ms. Mindy L. Kotler and Mr. Daisuke Okuyama, JIAP Director and Research Assistant, in the May/June 2002 issue of Foreign Policy Magazine, p96-7.
• Steels Divided Market’s: Japan & Europe, June 2002, JIAP Working Paper by Dr. Mark Tilton, Purdue University


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• How to Locate and Acquire Japanese Scientific and Technical Information, March 1992 proceedings from a conference sponsored by JICST/NTIS
• How to Locate and Acquire Japanese Scientific and Technical Information, March 1993 proceedings from a conference sponsored by JICST/NTIS
• Technical Requirements for Accessing Japanese Information: Problems and Solutions, April 1994 proceedings from a symposium sponsored by the Japan Documentation Center of the Library of Congress
• Acquiring and Understanding Japanese Patent Information, 1994 JICST/NTIS conference seminar proceedings (July 1994)
• Understanding the Needs for Japanese Information with a Special Emphasis on Science and Technology, Symposium Report (July 1994)
• Japanese Public Policy Perspectives and Resources, April 1995 proceedings from a symposium sponsored by the Japan Documentation Center
• Strategies and Methods for Accessing Japanese Technical Information, May 1995, prepared for a symposium sponsored by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
• 4th International Conference on Japanese Information in Science, Technology, Industry and Business, September 4-8, 1995, held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne; conference report and analysis sponsored by NASA Langley Research Center
• CyberJapan: Technology, Policy and Society, May 1996 proceedings from a symposium sponsored by the Japan Documentation Center of the Library of Congress
• Asia’s New Competitors: The Manufacturing Advantage, December 1996 proceedings from a workshop sponsored by the U.S.-Japan Center, University City Science Center
• Japanese Deregulation: What You Should Know, April 1997 proceedings from a symposium sponsored by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
• Intellectual Property: Japan and the New Asia, October 1997 proceedings from two-day symposium co-sponsored with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, and the Asia-Technology Program, US Department of Commerce
• Japan’s June 25 Elections Understanding the Results, June 2000, with Ray Christensen, Brigham Young University (Author: Ending the LDP Hegemony: Party
Japan Information Access Project 9 Cooperation in Japan, University of Hawaii Press, 2000); Mike Mochizuki, George Washington University; Mike Green, Council on Foreign Relations, Yoichi Kato, Asahi Shimbun
• Fixing Japan’s Economy: Conference Proceedings, April 2002, JIAP Symposium in cooperation with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, The East-West Center, the European Institute of Japanese Studies, and the University of Hawaii.


RESOURCE GUIDES

• Japanese Information: Where Can You Find It and What Does It Mean? Trade and Technology (February 1992)
• Japanese Financial Information (February 1992)
• Japanese Patent Information (February 1992, updated December 1994)
• Japanese Information in Computers, Electronics & Semiconductors (September 1992)
• Japanese Information in Computers, Electronics & Semiconductors (February 1993)
• Japanese Intellectual Property: The Japanese Patent System and Strategies for Competitiveness (July 1993)
• The View from Japan: Selected Articles from the Japanese Press on the “Patent War” and Japanese R&D (July 1993)
• Patent Politics Between the U.S. and Japan (October 1993)
• Clinton Administration Japan Experts and Offices (updated regularly)
• Japan-U.S. Trade & Technology: A Primer (October 1994)
• Competitiveness: A Source Book, funded by a grant from the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences; completed August 1994
• Resource Guide on International Competition and Trade Policy, March 1995, prepared for the University of Washington, Seattle Asian Law Program symposium on Antitrust: A New International Trade Remedy?
• A Guide to Japan’s Patent System, completed June 1995, funded by a grant from the Asia-Pacific Technology Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Accessing Japanese S&T Information Without Leaving Home (August 1995)
• Directory: Japanese Information Sources in Business, Science, & Technology, August 1996, prepared for the East Asia Business Program, Michigan Business School at the University of Michigan
• Resources on Japan and the 1998 East Asia Strategic Report (December 1998)
• Japanese Health Care Reform (February 1999)
• Resources on U.S. and Japanese Steel Industry (October 1998, updated February 1999)
• Information Resources on Japan’s Patent System (April 1999, Revised June 1999)
• Information Resources on Japanese Healthcare Reform (February 1999, Revisied June 1999)
• Critical Websites for the Asia Policy Watcher (May 1999)
• Resources on CyberBusiness in Japan (June 1999)
• Tracking Japan: Business and Policy Resources (July 1999)
• Resources on Japanese Law (June 1999)
• Resources on Japanese Science & Technology (April 1999, updated February 2000)
Japan Information Access Project 10 • Resources on Chinese Regional Security Issues (July 1999)
• Information Resource Guide to Japanese Antitrust Legal Issues (October 1999)
• Information Resource Guide: North Korean Security Interests (October 1999)