rick@cs.arizona.edu (Rick Schlichting) (02/26/91)
[Dr. David Kahaner is a numerical analyst visiting Japan for two-years under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research-Asia (ONR/Asia). The following is the professional opinion of David Kahaner and in no way has the blessing of the US Government or any agency of it. All information is dated and of limited life time. This disclaimer should be noted on ANY attribution.] [Copies of previous reports written by Kahaner can be obtained from host cs.arizona.edu using anonymous FTP.] To: Distribution From: David K. Kahaner ONR Asia [kahaner@xroads.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp] Re: Japan's Economic Challenge: Study Papers 20 Feb 1991 ABSTRACT. Titles of papers printed for use by the Joint Economic Committee (US Congress). While primarily about economic issues there are several interesting papers on Japanese science and technology. Other topics include economic policy, government/business relations, finance and investment, human resources (population, women, etc.), national security and foreign aid, and international economic relations. JAPAN'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGE STUDY PAPERS: SUBMITTED TO THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, OCTOBER 1990 Order this document from the US Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402. Topic: Science and Technology Asymmetries and Potential Complementarities: Scientific and Technological Relations Between Japan and the United States Martha Caldwell Harris (Director of the Office of Japan Affairs of the National Research Council) Appraising Japanese Science and Technology Cecil H. Uyehara (President of Uyehara International ASssociates, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Senior Advisor to the Japanese Technical Evaluation Center in Loyola College, Baltimore, MD) Science Policy in Japan and the United States as It Affects Scientific and Economic Development David M. Flynn (Associate Professor of Management at Hofstra University) Japan's Basic Research: Evolution From "Manufacturer" to "Laboratory" for the World Genevieve J. Knezo (Specialist in Science and Technology, Science Policy Research Division, Congressional Resarch Service) Japan and the Global Environment: Problem Solver or Problem Maker? Asan S. Miller, Curtis Moore (Center for Global Change of the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland) Topic: Framework of Economic Policy Recent Trends and Outlook for the Japanese Economy Craig Elwell (Specialist in Macroeconomics, Economics Division, Congressional Research Service) Framework of Monetary Policy in Japan Shinji Takagi (Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Osaka in Osaka, Japan) Outline of Public Finance in Japan Shinji Takagi (Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Osaka in Osaka, Japan) Topic: Government and Business Japanese Government-Business Relations Phyllis A. Genther (Director of the Japan Technology Program, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce) Business-Business Relations: Auto Parts Sourcing in Japan Michael J. Smitka (Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University) Japan's Industrial Groups, the Keiretsu Dick K. Nanto (Specialist in Industry and Trade, the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress) Productivity of Japanese Manufacturing Industries and Their Market Competition Tetsuji Yamada (Employee of National Bureau of Economic Research; teaches at Rutgers University's Camden Campus) Tadashi Yamada (Employee of National Bureau of Economic Research; teaches at College of International Relations of the University of Tsukuba) Guoen Liu (Instructor in Economics at the Graduate School of the City University of New York) Topic: Finance and Investment The Cost of Capital in Japan and the United States Douglas Ostrom (Economic Analyst at the Japan Economic Institute) Financial Reform, Inflation, and Monetary Policy in Japan: Lessons for U.S. Policy Thomas F. Cargill (Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Reno) Foreign Access to Japan's Capital Markets James K. Jackson (Analyst in International Trade and Finance, Economics Division, Congressional Research Service) Japan's Foreign Investment Laws and the T. Boone Pickens Case Sung Yoon Cho (Assistant Chief of the Far Eastern Law Division, Law Library of Congress) Constance A. Johnson (Legal Research Analyst in the Divisio) Foreign Pressure and the Liberalization of Japan's Financial Markets Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies of the University of California, San Diego) Japan's Financial Stake in the United States: How Stable Is It? James K. Jackson (Analyst in International Trade and Finance, Economics Division, Congressional Research Service) Japan-U.S. Joint Manufacturing Ventures Dorothy B. Christelow (Former economics specialist in international trade and finance at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; now a consultant based in New Canaan, Connecticut) Topic: Human Resources Japan's Changing Population Structure: Projections and Implications Wayne M. Morrison (Analyst in International Trade and Finance in the Economics Division of the Congressional Research Service) Social Security Systems in Japan Robert L. Clark (Professor, Department of Economics and Business, North Carolina State University; Senior Research Associate, Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University; Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University) The Japanese Labor Market Robert Evans, Jr. (Atran Professor of Labor Economics at Brandeis University) Women in the Japanese Labor Force M. Anne Hill (Associate Professor of Economics at Queens College; Senior Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Business and Government, Baruch College) The Recent Decline of Unionization in Postwar Japan: A Comparative Appraisal Carl Mosk (Professor, Department of Economics and Centre for Asia- Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) Topic: National Security and Foreign Aid Defense Policy Larry Niksch (Specialist in Asian Affairs in the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service) The Japanese Defense Sector in Perspective Richard F. Kaufman (General Counsel, Joint Economic Committee) Japan's Defense Industry Steven K. Vogel (Research Fellow at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), University of California, Berkeley) Japan's Foreign Aid Program: Adjusting to the Role of the World's Leading Donor Larry Q. Nowels (Specialist in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division, Congressional Research Service) Topic: International Economic Relations Market Opening in Japan: Challenges for U.S. Policy Raymond J. Ahearn (Specialist in Trade Relations, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division, Congressional Research Service) U.S.-Japanese Economic Relations in the 1980s and the Challenges That Lie Ahead William H. Cooper (Specialist in International Trade and Finance in the Economics Division of the Congressional Research Service) U.S. Trade Friction With Japan Alan Wm. Wolff (Law partner at Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood; formerly U.S. Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations and General Counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative) An Analysis of Japan's 1990 Import-Expansion Measures Stephen V. Marks (Visiting Senior Economist, Planning and Economic Analysis Staff, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Associate Professor, Pomona College) Opening of Japanese Markets to Agricultural Imports Donna U. Vogt (Analyst in Agricultural Policy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Congressional Research Service) Capital Flows and Trade Imbalances: The U.S.-Japanese Interaction Robert Z. Aliber (Professor of International Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago) A Japan-Dominated Asia-Pacific Region? Richard P. Cronin (Specialist in Asian Affairs in the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service) ----------------END OF REPORT------------------------------------------------