aoki@postgres.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki) (12/17/90)
I recently subscribed to this publication, prompted by a blurb in the IEEE
Spectrum. Published by an office of the US Department of Commerce, it
consists primarily of extremely terse summaries of Japanese technical
documents (some translated, some not) and reports by US researchers on
Japanese technical developments. The summaries are one or two sentence
teasers for items recently received by the office; ordering information
and/or points of contact are provided when applicable. There are also
some articles on other sources for information (newsletters and such).
The content of the Bulletin ranges from time-late (August '90 was the
latest date mentioned in the October '90 issue that I received yesterday)
to very time-late (late '88), although most of the items were dated in
early '90. Not bad, I suppose, given the delays in publication, mailing,
copyright tangles, translation, etc., etc. The October issue was 16 pages,
with articles on many different areas in engineering and research (including
a blurb on ETL's Josephson junction computer, ETL-JC1).
In any case, the quarterly Bulletin is ***free*** for the asking from
the JTP (address below) and has a lot of pointer information for following
up on the teasers (the actual reports are not free).
>From the Bulletin:
The Japan Technology Program (JTP) is in the Office of International
Technology Policy of the Technology Administration of the US
Department of Commerce. Our mandate is to provide US industry and
researchers with information on, and access to, scientific and
technical developments in Japan. Our current address is:
JTP
Room 4817 HCHB
14th and Constitution Ave.
Washington, DC 20230
Tel: 202-377-1288
FAX: 202-377-4498
This Office works very closely with National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) from which a selection of Japanese technical
literature is available, including most of the reports mentioned
in this bulletin.
The phone number of the NTIS sales desk is 703-487-4650. I don't know
how you can get an NTIS catalog (you have to use order numbers for the
items you want to buy).
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