the effect these conditions have on management accounting practice in Japan. The papers contained in this issue show how … demands of economic and social conditions both within Japan and in relation to globalization …

Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan -- Copyright -- OFFICE OF JAPAN AFFAIRS … -- STAFF -- Contents -- A Framework for Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan -- CONTEXT AND … Considerable Impact on Economic Performance -- The U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Relationship Is Changing -- But Important …

U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy … Technology Transfer -- TRENDS IN U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCES -- 4 Forces Driving the Formation of Strategic Alliances -- GENERIC FORCES … -- HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FACTORS -- U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCES -- BUSINESS CYCLES, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, AND POLITICAL FACTORS …

New Strategies for New Challenges: Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments … -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- OVERVIEW -- MAJOR AREAS OF U.S.-JAPAN CONVERGENCE AND CONTINUED DISPARITY -- Growing …

Japan's Growing Technological Capability -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Japan's Growing Technological … OF U.S. AND JAPANESE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES -- Technology Assessment in the U.S.-Japan Context -- INTRODUCTION …

-- Encouraging Mutually Beneficial Interaction with Japan -- Ensuring a Level Playing Field for International Competition … JAPANESE POLICIES -- 3 Current Status Of U.S.-Japan Linkages -- AIRFRAMES -- Linkages in Commercial Airframes -- Japanese … -- Japanese Capabilities and U.S.-Japan Linkages in Composites -- ENGINES -- AVIONICS -- OTHER COMPONENTS AND SUBSYSTEMS …

Northeast Asia - Transition from Japan (1978 Daqing Crude Trade) to Russian Oil Relations (Sino-Russian Oil Communiqués 2002 … Chinese Oil Diplomacy Refocused from Japan to Russia? -- Chinese Domestic Factors -- Domestic Japanese Factors -- Why Russia … -- SPORADIC TENSIONS TO NAVAL CONFLICT? -- NAVAL ARMS RACE? -- JAPAN'S DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS -- MARITIME DISPUTES WITH SOUTHEAST …

Embassy to Japan -- Japanese Embassy to the United States. …