Topic: Asia/Pacific

A Relationship Restored: Trends in U.S.-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-1984 (1986) - In what The Wall Street Journal calls "the first comprehensive analysis of Sino-American educational exchanges," this volume provides information on...

Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes: Studies from India, China, and the United States (2001) - As the world’s population exceeds an incredible 6 billion people, governments—and scientists—everywhere are concerned about the prospects for...

Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China (1992) - This volume describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese...

Biotechnology in China (1989) - In the 1970s, China was in the throes of the Cultural Revolution, and Chinese scientists had little chance to participate in the development of...

China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration (1992) - Given China's current and potential impacts on the global environment and the contributions Chinese science can make to global change research,...

Cooperation in the Energy Futures of China and the United States (2000) - This paper is the work of a collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the US National Academy of...

Personal Cars and China (2003) - This report on the Chinese automotive industry and the future of personal cars in China addresses issues sur-rounding the rapid motorization...

The Future of Personal Transport in China: Summary of a Symposium, January 12, 2001 (2001) - In August 1999 a delegation from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) visited The National Academies in Washington to discuss opportunities for...

China Bound: A Guide to Academic Life and Work in the PRC (1987) - This comprehensive, highly readable handbook simplifies the sometimes complex aspects of day-to-day life in China. Based on the experience of...

Cooperation in the Energy Futures of China and the United States (Chinese version, 2000) - This paper is the work of a collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the US National Academy of...

International Transit Studies Program; Report on the Spring 1999 Mission-Technology and Joint Development of Cost-Effective Transit Systems in the Asian Pacific Region (2001) - This digest summarizes the Asian Pacific region mission performed under Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project J-3, "International...

Chinese-American Frontiers of Science (1998) - The first Chinese-American Frontiers of Science symposia are held each summer and are attended by approximately 70 scholars under 45 years of age, by...

Rapid Population Change in China, 1952-1982 (1984) - The remarkable changes in fertility, nuptiality, and mortality that have occurred in the People's Republic of China from the early 1950s to 1982 are...

Designer Seeds (Chinese Version, 2001-2002) - One of the earliest methods to help plants survive disease and insect infestation was to cross-breed plants that could survive these assaults with...

The Global Positioning System (Chinese version, 2000-2001) - For centuries, navigators and explorers have searched the heavens for a system that would enable them to locate their position on the globe with the...

Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making to Reduce Risks from Persistent Organic Pollutants - The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) of China, the U.S. National Academies, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration...

Energy Futures and Urban Air Pollution: Challenges for China and the United States - The United States and China are the top two energy consumers in the world. As a consequence, they are also the top two emitters of numerous air...

U.S. - Chinese Glossary of Nuclear Security Terms - Many of the nuclear safety and security issues the United States and China seek to address are highly technical and discussion of these issues is...

Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the 1998 US/Japan Conference (1998) - US-Japan meetings on laboratory animal science have been held virtually every year since 1980 under the US-Japan Cooperative Program on Science and...

U.S. - Japan Teacher Development Workshop - The Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) and the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) took advantage of a unique...

Approaches to Robotics in the United States and Japan: Report of a Bilateral Exchange (1990) - Growing consumer demand for individualized products is forcing many manufacturers to shift to smaller production runs of greater varieties of...

Intellectual Property Rights and U.S.-Japan Competition in Biotechnology: Report of a Workshop (1991) - This report covers major insights from a one-day workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and US-Japan Competition in Biotechnology” organized but...

Corporate Approaches to Protecting Intellectual Property Implications for U. S.-Japan High-Technology Competition: Report of a Workshop (1994) - On June 4, 1993, the National Research Council’s Committee on Japan (COJ) brought together a small group of experts to help define U.S. interests in...

Japanese Investment and Technology Transfer: An Exploration of its Impact Report of a Workshop (1992) - This report covers major insights from a one-day workshop on “Japanese Investment and Technology Transfer: An Exploration of its Impact” organized by...

Report of the Observer Panel for the U.S.-Japan Earthquake Policy Symposium (1997) - From September 16–18, 1996, a U.S.-Japan Earthquake Policy Symposium was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. Hosted by the...

Industrial Ecology: U.S.-Japan Perspectives (1994) - The US National Academy of Engineering convened a three-day US-Japan Workshop on Industrial Ecology in March 1993. The purpose was to exchange...

Japanese to English Machine Translation: Report of a Symposium (1990) - At the request of the US Department of Commerce, the Office of Japan Affairs and the Computer Science and Technology Board of the National Research...

U.S.-European-Japanese Workshop on Space Cooperation: Summary Report - A trilateral workshop on space cooperation hosted by the Space Research Committee (SRC) of the Science Council of Japan—and including representatives...

New Strategies for New Challenges: Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan (1999) - Innovation, is vital for companies wishing to remain competitive in today's rapidly changing high technology industries. American and Japanese firms...

Engineering Tasks for the New Century: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives (1999) - The U.S.-Japan bilateral task force was tasked with addressing the following questions: (1) How do Japan and the United States educate and train...

Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations: Reports of a Joint Task Force of the National Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science on the Rights and Responsibilities of Multinational Corporations in an Age of Technological Interdependence (1998) - For this project, the US National Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science each formed a working group to comprise the...

Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan (1997) - The task force addressed two key questions. First, are there structural features of the U.S.- Japan science and technology relationship that affect...

Strategies for Achieving U.S. Objectives in Science and Technology Relations with Japan Report of a Workshop (1996) - This report covers major insights from a one-day workshop on “U.S. Objectives in Science and Technology Relations with Japan” organized by the...

Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan: Report of the Defense Task Force (1995) - The environment surrounding the U.S.-Japan alliance and defense technology cooperation has changed considerably. Most American and Japanese experts...

High-Stakes Aviation: U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Transport Aircraft (1994) - The third in a series of sector-specific assessments of U.S.-Japan technology linkages, this book examines U.S.-Japan relationships that develop or...

U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy - This book reviews the evolution of strategic alliances involving U.S. and Japanese companies in the semiconductor industry and analyzes whether...

R & D Consortia and U.S.-Japan Collaboration: Report of a Workshop (1991) - This report covers major insights from a one-day workshop on “R&D Consortia and US-Japan Collaboration” organized by the Committee on Japan and held...

Science, Technology, and the Future of the U.S.-Japan Relationship (1990) - The US-Japan relationship in science and technology is undergoing significant changes which present dilemmas for policymakers, business people, and...

Learning the R & D System: Industrial R & D in Japan and the United States (1990) - The Office of Japan Affairs of the National Research Council organized a series of workshops on the difference and similarities in the working...

Learning the R & D System: National Laboratories and Other Non-Academic, Non-Industrial Organizations in Japan and the United States (1989) - The Office of Japan Affairs of the National Research Council is organizing a series of workshops on the differences and similarities in the working...

Learning the R & D System: University Research in Japan and the United States (1989) - The Office of Japan Affairs of the National Research Council is organizing a series of workshops on the differences and similarities in the working...

The Working Environment for Research in U.S. and Japanese Universities Contrasts and Commonalities (1989) - This paper was presented by the Office of Japan Affairs as background for the first workshop in the series on “Coexistence in a Technological World:...

International Transit Studies Program; Report on the Spring 1999 Mission-Technology and Joint Development of Cost-Effective Transit Systems in the Asian Pacific Region (2001) - This digest summarizes the Asian Pacific region mission performed under Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project J-3, "International...

Japanese-American Frontiers of Science (1998) - The first Japanese-American Frontiers of Science symposia are held each Summer and are attended by approximately 70 scholars under 45 years of age,...

Assessment of the Benefits of Extending the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: A Perspective from the Research and Operations Communities, Interim Report - Launched jointly in 1997 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Tropical...

The Economics of Antimalarials - Malaria remains the leading killer of children in Africa and a significant cause of morbidity among adults and children in Africa, Asia, and focally,...

Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Final Report (2003) - From 1962 t o1971, US military forces sprayed over 19 million gallons of herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that helped conceal...

Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes: Studies from India, China, and the United States (2001) - As the world’s population exceeds an incredible 6 billion people, governments—and scientists—everywhere are concerned about the prospects for...

Report on the 1997 Scanning Review of Asian Bridge Structures (1998) - This digest describes the findings of an international scanning tour undertaken to obtain a broad overview of bridge design, materials technology,...

International Transit Studies Program: Report on the Fall 1998 Mission: Revitalizing Urban Public Transport in Australia and New Zealand (2000) - This digest presents an overview of the ninth International Transit Studies Program (ITSP) mission. The 2-week mission involved visits to and...

International Transit Studies Program; Report on the Spring 1999 Mission-Technology and Joint Development of Cost-Effective Transit Systems in the Asian Pacific Region (2001) - This digest summarizes the Asian Pacific region mission performed under Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project J-3, "International...

International Transit Studies Program; Report on the Spring 2001 Mission: Design-Build Transit Infrastructure Projects in Asia and Australia (2002) - The International Transit Studies Program is designed to assist in the professional development of transit managers, public officials, planners, and...

India's Changing Innovation System: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cooperation: Report of a Symposium - As part of its review of Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century, the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy...