Strategies for Achieving U.S. Objectives in Science and Technology Relations with Japan Report of a Workshop (1996)

Summary: This report covers major insights from a one-day workshop on “U.S. Objectives in Science and Technology Relations with Japan” organized by the Committee on Japan (COJ) of the National Research Council (NRC) and held on March 15, 1996. The workshop is part of a series of meetings to identify U.S. national interests and policy approaches to resolving contentious issues emerging as a result of deeper U.S.-Japan competition and collaboration in science and technology. COJ believes that this is a particularly important time to consider long term U.S. objectives in science and technology relations with Japan, and alternative strategies for achieving them. The environment surrounding the U.S.-Japan science and technology relationship has clearly undergone significant changes in the past few years. U.S. domestic policies and funding prospects for science and engineering are also in flux, raising the need to reexamine a range of U.S. international relationships and explore options for the future.