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China | Competition Policy | Cyberwar | Deregulation | Energy |
Intellectual Property Rights | Japan-Economy | Japan-Politics
Japan-Science & Technology | JIAP Observations | Korea | Morse Target
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China


Competition Policy


Cyberwar
  • Cyberjapan: Technology, Policy & Society (May 1996), JIAP Conference Proceedings from the Third Annual Japan Documentation Center Library of Congress workshop, May 31, 1996. Topics covered include: Ministerial Politics and Telecommunications Policy; New Markets and International Competition; Japan and the Global Information Infrastructure; Business Plans, Technology Policy and Deregulation; Japan's New InfoSociety and "Netizens." See Events Page.


Deregulation
  • Japanese Deregulation: What You Should Know (April 1997), full conference proceedings, 4/4/02. Includes: scholarly papers with keynote addresses by Stuart Chemtob (Justice Department) and Alan Larsen (State Department). Chapters include: Politics and International Implications of Japanese Deregulation, Will Deregulation Open Japan's Markets? Financial Market and Consumers Goods, Deregulating Japan's Health Care Industries: Focus on the Pharmaceutical Industry, How Deregulation Will Affect Japanese Corporate Governance, Deregulating Japan's High Technology Industries: Software and Telecommunications, and a Directory of Information Sources on Japanese Deregulation and Financial Reform. See Events Page.


Energy
  • Japanese Nuclear Energy Policy And Public Opinion, by Mindy L. Kotler and Ian T. Hillman (Japan Information Access Project), 05/2000. A JIAP Working paper produced for the Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute's program on "East Asian Energy Markets and Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia."


Intellectual Property Rights
  • A Guide to Japan's Patent System (Preface and Table of Contents), 6/95, Detailed overview of Japan's patent system and recent changes to Japanese patent law. Chapters include: Characteristics of Japanese Patent Documents, Differences Between the U.S. and Japanese Patent Systems, Difficulties in Working with the Japanese Patent System, Commissioning and Evaluating a Patent Translation, Searching and Retrieving Japanese Patent Information, and a Directory of Information Sources and Contacts on Japanese Intellectual Property.
  • Patent Politics Between the U.S. and Japan - Symposium Proceedings, 10/93. Selected documents include the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office Commissioner Bruce Lehman's speech, the Executive Summary of the General Accounting Offices' Intellectual Property Rights--U.S. Companies Patent Experiences in Japan, Comments of the Japan Patent Association on the GAO Report, Software Patents in Japan by Dr. David Kahaner (ONR), and Backgrounders on the Japan Patent Association, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association, the Institute of Intellectual Property, and the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation. Also includes comparison charts of patent document delivery services and databases and a 30-page directory of resources. .


Japan-Economy
  • Fixing Japan's Economy, Proceedings for JIAP Symposium in cooperation with Japan-US Friendship Commission, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, and The European Institute of Japanese Studies, 4/08/2002. See Events page
    With Following Contributions:
    Japan's Financial Crisis: Priorities for Policymakers by Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business)
    Economic Reform in Japan: Why It Happens, Why It Doesn't by Sumner La Croix (University of Hawaii, East-West Center)
    What Can Japan Learn from the Swedish Crisis in the 1990s? by Magnus Blomström (Stockholm School of Economics, European Institute of Japanese Studies)
    Japanese Labor Market Reform, Why Is It So Difficult? by Hiroshi Ono (Stockholm School of Economics, European Institute of Japanese Studies)
    Japan's Industry Associations: Reconsidering Business Relations by Jay Tate (University of California, Berkeley)
    Impediments to Growth in Japan, by R. Glenn Hubbard (Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers), 4/08/02. Keynote address
  • Asia's Financial Crisis and Japan by Professor Thomas F. Cargill (Department of Economics, University of Nevada) 10/15/97. JIAP Working for a Japan-US Friendship Commission sponsored forum. See Events page.


Japan-Politics
  • Japan's Flawed Antitrust Regime by Dr. Michael Beeman (Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University) 10/28/99. JIAP Working Paper for Japan-US Friendship Commission sponsored program. See Events Page.
  • Japanese Public Policy Perspectives and Resources Proceedings from the Second Annual Japan Documentation Center workshop, 04/1995. Topics covered include: Introduction to the Importance and Art of Understanding Japanese Public Policy Information and Documentation; International Relations, Global Partnership and Security Policy; Trade and Economic Policies; and The Role of the Ministries and Agencies, Trade Associations, Nonprofits and Cartels; and Politicians and Journalists in Policymaking.


Japan-Science & Technology
  • Technical Requirements for Accessing Japanese Information: Problems and Solutions Proceedings from the First Annual Japan Documentation Center workshop, 03/1994. Topics discussed include: Understanding the Needs for Japanese-language Information; Japanese Programming Solutions: Coding & Character Sets; Japanese Electronic Media; Japanese Software Solutions; and Networking
  • How to Locate and Acquire Japanese Scientific and Technical Information. Proceedings of 03/1993 JICST/NTIS conference. Complete papers of Japanese and American government officials, information experts, and industry experts. Includes 20-page directory of information sources.


JIAP Observations


Korea


Morse Target
  • Morse Target 2001: Washington's Movers and Shakers on Japan
    (Click here for Report, Click here for Target) by Dr. Ronald A Morse (Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Reitaku University in Tokyo), 3/15/01. Identifies the key Japanese players shaping Tokyo's policy toward America in the new Bush Administration.
  • 1998 Morse Target©: Movers and Shakers on Japan (Click here for report text) by Ronald A. Morse (Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Reitaku University in Tokyo), 6/98. A JIAP Special Report identifying the key Japanese players shaping Tokyo's policy toward America in the Clinton Administration.


Steel


Telecom


US-Japan Relations


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