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The Frontiers of Japanese Science and Commerce

In: Innovation Nation

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  • Carin Holroyd

    (Asia Pacific Foundation
    Centre for International Governance Innovation)

  • Ken Coates

    (University of Waterloo)

Abstract

Only science-fiction writers and the most prescient experts in science and technology have been able to forecast the rapid pace of change along the frontiers of science over the past decade. The explosive development of the internet and digital communications, improvements in genetically modified organisms, the advent of commercially viable cloning, improvements in energy storage and collection and major innovations in the manufacture and use of materials have significantly transformed commercial and political expectations about the future. Only the Sputnik-driven scientific and arms race of the 1960s compares to the extent and sweep of the current commitment to science and technology, although the modern age lacks a comparable emphasis on militarization and space.

Suggested Citation

  • Carin Holroyd & Ken Coates, 2007. "The Frontiers of Japanese Science and Commerce," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Innovation Nation, chapter 6, pages 126-154, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59945-1_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230599451_7
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