Japan have been achieved good economic performane. In addition, she had especially succeed in changing the structure of industry in accordance with the wave of micro-electronics. Keeping in mind that historical evidence, in this paper I analyzed the i...
Japan have been achieved good economic performane. In addition, she had especially succeed in changing the structure of industry in accordance with the wave of micro-electronics. Keeping in mind that historical evidence, in this paper I analyzed the industrial development strategy of Japan focusing on the industrial structure and technology policies. The conclusions derived from this study are as follows: 1) The industrial structure policy of Japan was aiming at the promotion of strategic industries represented by high-tech industries. The philosophy of forming the industrial structure was to aim at a self-sustained full set economy. 2) The industrial technology policy of Japan had been focused on high-tech industries, and MITI had established various institutioal devices. The most typical one is the introduction of research consortia for large scale joint-research projects. However, those policies are indirect and guidance-oriented, and provided 'ax ante coordination mechanism'. 3) The typical characteristics of Japanese technology accumulation process are information sharing, and the harmony of competition and cooperation. 4) Japanese industrial and/or technological patterns involve both capital investment and linkage & interaction type. The latter type lead to enhaunce the level of Japanese high-tech capabilities.