文档介绍：TECHNOLOGY
Japan's Imports of Technology
by Jan Winiecki, Warsaw *
There are important reasons why Japan's policy regarding imports of technology should find its place
in the literature devoted to the economic development of Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is Japan
which mastered to a highest degree the ability to subordinate technology imports to development
requirements of the national economy, and even though the procedure and instruments of this policy,
as well as its effects, were applied and obtained in different socio-cultural and educational settings,
the possibility of drawing from Japan's experience by developing countries seems considerable.
he post-war imports of technology by Japan As a result of government policy the number of
T were caused by the "technological gap". The contracts for imports of technology, and their
aspiration to close the gap as a prerequisite to value, has been steadily increasing since 1950.
accelerate economic growth, to bring about in- Taking into account the so-called "category A"
tended transformations in the branch structure of contracts (with the period of transfer of technology
industry and to ensure petitiveness of ex- or the repayment period longer than one year),
port production on world markets, were the main their number has increased from 101 in 1951 to
motives behind the governmen