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  • Q1. What does AITEC do?

    AITEC provides advice to help strengthen Japan's research and development capabilities and raise the competitiveness of related industries. AITEC therefore conducts surveys of Japan and developed countries such as the U.S. to investigate the development of most advanced information technologies and new information policies.

  • Q2. What kinds of survey does AITEC conduct?

    1. Investigation of trends of advanced technologies in a wide range of information technology (including software, contents creation such as computerization of multimedia information, as well as traditional computer and communications technologies)

    2. Investigation of optimal structures and systems of Japan, to support research and development of advanced technologies and will connect these results to the market

  • Q3. What information is available on the Internet home page?

    • Trend of research and development of most advanced information technologies in developed countries
    • Analysis of problems on Japan's structures and systems of information technology development, and reorganization measures
    • Results of investigations on:
      1. super-parallel processing and
      2. software using intelligent processing and networks, which will be the core of information technology in the future
    • Distribution of software related to the Fifth Generation Computer System Project

  • Q4. What is the purpose of AITEC's investigation?

    The current development capabilities of Japan's information technology lag behind those of developed countries such as the U.S..

    Information technology, including the Internet, has made the world a borderless, single market and revolutionized distribution by directly linking producers with consumers.

    In the U.S., for example, many industries use new information technologies to provide products and services to meet consumer demand more quickly and cheaply, thus revolutionizing corporate structure and business methods. Also, expansion of the information industry has spawned new industries, generated employment and boosted profits.

    Japan has not caught up with this "Second Industrial Revolution (dubbed the Information Revolution)". The whole nation has just started to create new industries to provide jobs for those who have lost them due to recession.

    AITEC has investigated and analyzed how the U.S. has created many and new information technologies, and how it has succeeded in revolutionizing industry and creating new industries.

    AITEC also provides advice on "How Japan should revolutionize its outdated structures and systems", by comparing the results of investigating the Japanese government's structures and systems for promoting development of information technology and new industries.

    AITEC thus aims to strengthen the competitiveness of Japanese industries and promote the creation of new businesses.

    With the world becoming a single market, companies may not survive without market share, and must be among the top five companies in the world. In such a highly competitive marketplace, AITEC is investigating the role of the Japanese government in technology development and priority areas for investment.

  • Q5. What results have investigations yielded so far?

    There are two main results (click for details):

    1. Investigation and analysis of the structures and systems of U.S. technology development

    2. Analysis of Japan's technological development trends and industry promotion policies, and issues facing the country