Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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2 | (1) |
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Population and Ethnic Groups |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (20) |
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Philosophy of Economic Policy |
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7 | (1) |
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Current Economic Conditions |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (6) |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (2) |
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Public Spending and Restructuring |
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15 | (3) |
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Impetus for Restructuring |
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16 | (2) |
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Program to Stimulate Foreign Imports in to Japan |
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18 | (1) |
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Expanding Japan's Imports |
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19 | (1) |
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Fostering Industrial Cooperation |
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19 | (1) |
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Openness for Trade and Investment |
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19 | (2) |
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International Communication |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Uotward Expansion of Offshore Facilities |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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WTO Requirements to Deregulate the Financial Services Industry |
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23 | (2) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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Japan's Trade Balance with the USA |
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25 | (2) |
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History of the Japanese Electronics Industry |
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Basis for Growth After World War II |
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27 | (3) |
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Entrepreneurial Thrusts in Consumer Electronics |
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30 | (11) |
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SONY and Transistor Radios |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (4) |
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The Government and Large Companies |
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41 | (6) |
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41 | (2) |
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MITI and the VLSI Project |
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43 | (4) |
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47 | (3) |
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Synopsis of history to the End of the 1980s |
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50 | (5) |
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The Japanese Electronics Industry Today |
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Maturity of the Japanese Electronics Market |
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56 | (1) |
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Japan's Electronics Market Position |
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57 | (1) |
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The Micro-electronics Industry Structure |
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58 | (2) |
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Miniaturization of Electronic Products |
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60 | (6) |
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Electronic Packaging Technologies |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (18) |
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67 | (4) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (1) |
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Materials and Process Equipment |
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80 | (1) |
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Electronic Manufacturing Services |
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81 | (2) |
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EMS Production Technology |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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Packaging Portable Computers -- An Example from Toshiba Libretto |
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84 | (4) |
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Metrics for Future Electronics Products |
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What are the Overall Size and Weight Requirements of the End Product? |
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What Functionality and Performance is Required of the End Product? |
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89 | (1) |
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What are the Shape Requirements of the Consumer Products? |
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90 | (1) |
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What are the Cost Requirements of the End Product? |
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90 | (1) |
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Research, Development, and Education |
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97 | (5) |
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Dynamics of Technology Development |
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102 | (5) |
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Investments in the Electronics Industry |
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107 | (8) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (2) |
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Japanese Research and Development Corporation |
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113 | (2) |
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National Research Institutes and Cooperative Research |
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115 | (1) |
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University Research and Education |
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115 | (6) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (1) |
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A Vision of Miniaturization |
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121 | (10) |
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Downsizing Electronic Products |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (3) |
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Packaging Technologies for the 21st Century |
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126 | (5) |
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131 | (2) |
References |
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133 | (4) |
Index |
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