Divided Sun: MITI and the Breakdown of Japanese High-Tech Industrial Policy, 1975-1993

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Scott Callon

Divided Sun

MITI and the Breakdown of Japanese High-Tech Industrial Policy, 1975-1993

Scott Callon

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Stanford University Press
01 July 1997

International business; Hi-tech manufacturing industries

Series: Studies in International Policy

This is the story of the methods and machinations that have driven Japan's high tech industrial policies over the last two turbulent decades. It focuses on MITI and Japan's giant electronics firms in the context of the core of MITI's high tech strategy since the 1970s, the so-called 'cooperative' technology consortia. The author finds that despite widespread claims to the contrary, MITI's industrial policy in high technology has proved to be neither cooperative nor successful. He shows that the policymaking process is torn by conflict and competition: between MITI and other bureaucracies, between MITI and powerful Japanese companies, and between the different companies. MITI's task has become more difficult in the 1980s and 1990s as other Japanese ministries have blocked many of the new initiatives. The author argues that it will have to redefine itself to survive and carve out a new role in the Japanese political economy and the bureaucracy.

By: Scott Callon
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1st New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9780804731546
ISBN 10: 0804731543
Series: Studies in International Policy
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 July 1997
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for Divided Sun: MITI and the Breakdown of Japanese High-Tech Industrial Policy, 1975-1993

Callon has done his research with exemplary thoroughness... He draws extensively on Japanese-language documents, newspapers, and government papers. But what makes Callon's evaluation particularly worthwhile is that it is also based on interviews with some 100 Japanese researchers, managers, and bureaucrats... From this wealth of inside information, Callon concludes that it is companies, not government bureaucracies that have been at the heart of Japan's stunning postwar ascent. - The New Scientist Callon's findings are extraordinary... It is essential for anyone trying to get a little closer to the core of what makes Japan tick. - The Japan Times Both Japanese and Western readers can learn much from this gold mine of detailed information that sheds light on the workings of Japan's high-tech consortia. - Computing Japan