IP: for Japanese IPers -- a talk DIVIDED SUN: MITI and the

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

ATIP Technology Seminar


Time & Date: 4-6PM, Thursday 4 April, 1996


Where: Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP)
       Harks Roppongi Building 1F
       6-15-21 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106
       Tel: +81 3 5411-6670; Fax: +81 3 5411-6671, Email: INFO () ATIP OR JP


Space is limited. Please confirm attendance by phone, fax, or email.


TITLE:     DIVIDED SUN: MITI and the Breakdown of Japanese
               High Tech Industrial Policy, 1975-1993
            (Dr. Scott Callon, BT Asia Securities, Tokyo)




ABSTRACT: We believe that the basis for Japan's post-war industrial policy
has disintegrated since the 1970s, and that the supposedly "cooperative"
nature of Japanese industrial policy is much overplayed. Japanese industrial
policy has long been deeply riven by conflicts between companies and
Japanese government ministries.  The argument here stands in contrast to
theories that suggest that policys of Japan's Ministry of International
Trade and Industry (MITI), plus the market, have outperformed the market alone.


In the current environment MITI faces heavy criticism and pressures both
from within and without. In many cases new cooperative projects are
unsuccessful and will continue to be so. We examine these topics by
considering four consortia, VLSI (1975-1980), Supercomputer (1981-1989),
Fifth Generation (1982-1993), and TRON (1984-on-going).


This talk draws upon material from the speaker's recently published book of
the same title (Stanford University Press, 1995, 240 pp.).




BIO: Dr Callon received his B.A. (summa cum laude & Phi Beta Kappa) from
Princeton University's Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in
1986, where he did coursework in computer science and worked as a consultant
at the university computer center.  After working as a systems engineer at a
financial services firm and as a technical software product manager at a
RISC microprocessor start-up, he did graduate work in political science at
Stanford University on a U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate
> Fellowship.  He received his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1993, and is now chief
market strategist at BT Asia Securities, Tokyo (Bankers Trust Group) and a
Distinguished Fellow at the Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.




Scott Callon, Ph.D.
Chief Market Strategist
BT Asia Securities, Tokyo
Bankers Trust Group
Marunouchi 1-3-1, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 176, JAPAN
 Tel. +81-3-3286-0733; Fax: +81-3-3216-2378
 Home Tel/FAX 81-3-5999-4939
 Email: SJCallon () aol com