Publisher's Synopsis
This study is an in-depth analysis of the interactions between the U.S. and Japanese governments concerning their S&T relations. It depicts the collisions, rivalries, outright distrust, suspicions and cooperation among the officials inside the U.S. government when it was formulating an S&T policy vis-à-vis Japan and the bilateral negotiations leading to the conclusion of this agreement in 1988 and the subsequent implementation, renewal in 1993 and again in 1999. It is a major contribution to the study of U.S. ? Japanese relations in general but in particular the S&T relationship, to the study of the political process and decision-making approaches of both governments and a unique handbook for those responsible for governmental negotiations. It is the FIRST integrated study from conception to negotiation to implementation of the U.S. ? Japan S&T agreement; it is the FIRST policy study of the broadest, deepest and most - intense S&T relationship between the U.S. and any other country; it is the FIRST study based on over 2500 pages of government documents on the internal decision-making process in the U.S. government concerning U.S. ? J apanese S&T relations, many others documents and studies and on interviews with over 50 Japanese and U.S. governmental officials involved in the bilateral S&T relationship. - -
