Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan: Report of the Defense Task Force (1995) / Chapter Skim
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6 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: U.S. AND JAPANESE NEEDS, OBSTACLES . . .
6 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: U.S. AND JAPANESE NEEDS, OBSTACLES . . .
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See Michael Green, The Japanese Defense Industry's Views of U.S.-Japan Defense Technology Cooperation: Findings of the MIT Japan Program Survey, MIT Japan Program, January 1994.
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interests, the most preferred scenario for the future is expanded U.S.Japan defense technology collaboration featuring reciprocal technology flows within the context of a strengthened U.S.-Japan alliance. If both governments an(l industries make a focused, longterm effort to overcome the barriers to cooperation described in this report and summarized below, expanded reciprocal defense technology interaction that helps to meet U.S.
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interests is limited U.S.-Japan defense technology collaboration in the context of continued Japanese off-the-shelf purchases from the United States of major systems and a continued strong security alliance. Particularly if the security environment remains favorable and Japan's defense budget remains constrained, Japan may opt to fill most future defense needs through indigenous development and off-the-shelf purchases.
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However, as discussed in Chapter 5, the United States is moving in the direction of greater utilization of the commercial technology base, particularly in areas where Japanese industry possesses acIvanced capabilities. If this trend continues, it should serve to somewhat ameliorate the basic U.S.-lapan asymmetry in dedicated defense technology.
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Changes in Japanese policies related to international defense technology cooperation, including the export control policies, are under active discussion in Japanese business and policy circles.2 Japanese Government and Industry Attitudes Obstacle: Unwillingness of Japanese incrusts and government to cooperate technologically on reciprocal terms. The Defense Task Force believes that this is a real ant!
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The second imperative is to ensure effective coordination and management of specific collaborative programs, with technology recicrocitv issues receiving focused attention from an early stage. _ Option: To ensure that the U.S.-Japan security relationship is maintained and strengthened, establish a U.S.-Japan comprehensive security dialogue thatfeatures an integrated cliscussion of the political-military, economic, technological, and other aspects of the alliance.
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Although the specifics of security cooperation in areas such as ensuring host nation support and resolving issues related to U.S. military bases in Japan are important and deserve focus, the long term importance of the alliance goes beyond the particulars of security cooperation, including the defense technology issues that are the focus of this report.
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In the late 1970s, President Carter and Prime Minister Ohira established the "Wisemen's Group" as a forum for enhanced discussion of economic issues at a time when bilateral frictions were growing, and this forum made important contributions over the time it was in existence. The Defense Task Force believes that the alliance stands at a more critical juncture now than it did at that time, and that even the modest achievements that might be expected from a comprehensive security dialogue could be important and very timely.
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However, a single point of coordination would ensure consideration of all the relevant issues at an early date and would help to ensure a common front in discussions with Japan and other allies. A third alternative, which might become necessary in the fixture if the level of activity in international defense technology cooperation rises, would be a formal coordinating mechanism better linking current organizational structures.
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