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March/April 2001 Issue

March/April 2001 Issue

COVER STORY I: Analyzing the Society of the 21st Century, COVER STORY II: Japan’s Railway Technologies in the 21st Century

Cover Story I: Analyzing the Society of the 21st C
Portending the 21st Century
by Kawai Hayao
Cover Story I: Analyzing the Society of the 21st C
Science, Technology, and Society
by Murakami Yoichiro
Cover Story II: Japan's Railway Technologies in th
Railways in the 21st Century (Tokaido Shinkansen)
by Kimata Masataka
Cover Story II: Japan's Railway Technologies in th
Development of Superconducting Maglev in Japan
by Okumura Fuminao
Cover Story II: Japan's Railway Technologies in th
Shinkansen Technology for Export to Taiwan
by Nehashi Akira
Cover Story II: Japan's Railway Technologies in th
Japan's Shinkansen in Island-Spanning Rail Project
by Okada Takashi
TRENDS
Last and First Decades
by Kojima Akira
REFLECTIONS
Jomon
by Takashima Hatsuhisa
FINANCE
Japanese Economy Enters a Difficult Phase
by Tani Sadafumi
TOP DRAWER
Building an International Standard University
by Sakamoto Kazuichi
UNKNOWN JAPAN
Indigenous Japanese Mathematics, Wasan
by Murata Tamotsu
ON THE ROAD
Shirasu Masako: The Passing of Beauty
by Patricia Massy
TOPICS
\82.65 Trillion Budget for 2001
TOPICS
Mori Reorganizes Cabinet but Faces Uncertain Future
TOPICS
Basic IT Law Enacted
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
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