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Article: Engaging an independent Japan: new directions in Japanese policies will dramatically expand domestic R&D; if it adapts, the United States can benefit.
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- Issues in Science and Technology
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- June 22, 1997
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New directions in Japanese policies will dramatically expand domestic R&D; if it adapts, the United States can benefit.
Japan is at an historic watershed. The economic superpower is poised to fundamentally alter its science and technology (S&T) policy. Few Americans realize it, but the most forward-looking Japanese policymakers are engineering a profound shift in how the Japanese government funds R&D, the organization of university research, cooperation between corporations and academe, and international technological connections. Because the U.S. and Japanese economies are so intertwined, any major shift in Japan's technology policy has major consequences for U.S. ...