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July/August 1999 Issue

July/August 1999 Issue

Japan’s International Competitiveness in Technology

Cover Story : Japan's International Competitiveness
Competitive Power of Japanese Industry – The Present Situation and Future Prospects
by Karatsu Hajime
Cover Story : Japan's International Competitiveness
Japan's Technology Development –Strategy for the Future
by Matsui Konomu
Cover Story : Japan's International Competitiveness
Small Business Research and Development: The Key Factor in Japan's Future Economic Development
by Hashimoto Hisayoshi
SPECIAL REPORT
The 1999 Report on the WTO Consistency of Trade Policies by Major Trading Partners –A Comparison with the "Japan" Sectio
by Ishiguro Kazunori
SPECIAL REPORT
Toward Desirable Industrial Property Systems –First Informal Meeting of the Heads of Patent Office in Certain Developed
by Nakazawa Norio
JAPAN AT HEART
Grassroots Change?
by Elizabeth Kiritani (article) and Kiritani Itsuo (illustrations)
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Strategy for Revitalizing the Japanese Economy
by Aoki Masahiro
OBSERVER
Tokyo: An Essay in Sound
by Laurel Colless
FINANCE
Initiative for Internationalization of the Yen Begins
by Sakamoto Sakae
GALLERY
The Madonna from Florence
by Okabe Masayuki
JAPANOMICS
What is behind the increasing focus on customers and citizens?
by Hamano Takayoshi
CLOSE-UP
The Year 2000 Computer Problem and Japan
by Yoshikai Masanori
CLOSE-UP
Ideals and Reality
by Iwasaki Ieo
UNKNOWN JAPAN
The Publishing Culture of the Edo Period
by Suzuki Toshiyuki
FEATURE: The Japanese Garden and Impressions of Na
Diverse Development
by Amasaki Hiromasa
OUTING
Okinawa: Of Kings, Stones and Abaca
by Bill Tingey
ON THE ROAD
How the "Second Isolation" Made Japan a Better Place to Tour
by Margaret Price
TOPICS
Japanese Economy Stops Downward Movement but Momentum toward Recovery Is Weak
TOPICS
Nationalistic Politician Ishihara Is New Tokyo Governor
TOPICS
Equal Employment Opportunity Law Enacted
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
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