Japan's industry hiring more foreign researchers

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Japanese companies are employing foreign researchers in the 90s to provide for an expected shortage of Japanese researchers and perpetuate Japanese economic development. Fifty per cent of the researchers are from Europe and the US and the rest from Asian countries. It is expected that companies will increase the amount of foreign researchers tenfold. Some countries have long-term visit programmes for foreigners. The UK Department of Trade and Industry is operating a system whereby engineers are able to spend up to 12 months in Japan. Fifty per cent of their salary is covered and expenses.

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Internet fever arrives in Japan, worries China

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The Internet's development has finally boomed in Japan. The country's government has spent large amounts of money to upgrade the capacity of computer links between research institutes and universities, including high-capacity overseas links. On the other hand, China is still behind countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of the Internet because of inferior telecommunications infrastructure and the government's policy of controlling information flow.

Telegraph & other communications, Specialized Telecom Services, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, China, Usage, Internet, Internet services, Telecommunications systems

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NTT pushing mobile communications R & D

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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp agreed to form the research-oriented NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc as a compromise to the complete split up of the telecommunications giant. The government recommended the split to promote fairer competition in the domestic market. The mobile communications market is the fastest growing sector of the telecommunications industry and NTT has retained researchers assigned to the company on-site.

COMMUNICATION, Regulation misc. commercial sectors, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Wireless communications, Economic policy, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp., Mobile communication systems, Japan. Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications

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