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 CIS NO: 82-H382-25
 TITLE: Government Decisionmaking in Japan: Implications for the U.S.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Print                     COLLATION: xiii+147 p.
 DATE: 1982
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 97-2              SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:G74/2
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 LC CARD NO: 82-603031               MC ENTRY NO: 83-8435

 Transcript of Mar. 16, 1982 workshop, sponsored by Subcom on Asian and
 Pacific Affairs, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and CRS,
 on the implications for the U.S. of Japanese Government economic and defense
 decisionmaking processes.
   Includes summary and workshop recommendations (p. vii-xi).
 Note: For revised transcript, see H382-29.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Govt economic and def decisionmaking,
     implications for US
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE; FOREIGN.RELATIONS;
     ECONOMIC.POLICY; FOREIGN.TRADE; JAPAN (Govt economic and def
     decisionmaking, implications for US); PUBLIC.ADMINISTRATION;
     NATIONAL.DEFENSE; WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

 82-H382-25 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Mar. 16, 1982 p. 1-55
 MODERATOR:
     SUTTER, Robert G., CRS.
 PANELISTS:
     OKAZAKI, Hisahiko, Minister, Japanese Embassy, DC.
     CURRAN, Timothy J., research assoc, East Asia Inst, Columbia Univ.
     PATRICK, Hugh, prof, Far Eastern economics, Yale Univ.
     KOMORI, Yoshihisa, DC correspondent, Mainichi Newspapers.
     ENDICOTT, John (Col.), assoc dean, Natl War Coll.
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Description of Japanese defense and economic
     decisionmaking system; examination of Japanese political and
     bureaucratic response to 1977-78 U.S. pressure for citrus and beef
     imports policy liberalization; role of domestic Japanese organizations
     and interest groups in Japan-U.S. agricultural negotiations.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Govt economic and def decisionmaking,
     implications for US
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): AGRICULTURE IN FOREIGN TRADE;
     CITRUS FRUITS (Japanese import policy, response to US liberalization
     pressure); MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (Japanese import policy for beef,
     response to US liberalization pressure); NEGOTIATIONS (Japan-US agric
     negotiations, Japanese domestic interest groups role); LOBBYING
     (Japan-US agric negotiations, Japanese domestic interest groups role);
     SUTTER, ROBERT G.; CURRAN, TIMOTHY J.; PATRICK, HUGH; KOMORI,
     YOSHIHISA; ENDICOTT, JOHN; OKAZAKI, HISAHIKO; IMPORT RESTRICTIONS

 82-H382-25 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Mar. 16, 1982 p. 55-108
 MODERATOR:
     SUTTER, Robert G., CRS.
 PANELISTS:
     MORSE, Ronald A., sec, East Asia program, Woodrow Wilson Intl Center
        for Scholars.
     DESTLER, I. M., sr assoc, exec congressional relations, Carnegie
        Endowment for Intl Peace.
     GINN, William H., Jr. (Lt. Gen., ret.), former Cmdr, US Forces, Japan.
     WEIL, Frank, atty; former Asst Sec, Industry and Trade, Commerce Dept.
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Suggested ways for U.S. to better influence
     Japanese economic decisionmaking; criticism of U.S. diplomacy in trade
     liberalization negotiations with Japan; need for improved Japan-U.S.
     mutual understanding; suggestion for creation of Federal Industrial
     Coordination Board to facilitate U.S. response to foreign industrial
     challenges (draft bill, p. 98-105).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Govt economic and def decisionmaking,
     implications for US
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUTTER, ROBERT G.; MORSE,
     RONALD A.; DESTLER, I. M.; GINN, WILLIAM H., JR.; WEIL, FRANK A.;
     FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL COORDINATION BOARD (Estab);
     GOVERNMENT.REORGANIZATION (Fed Industrial Coordination Bd, estab);
     FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL COORDINATION ACT (Fed Industrial Coordination Bd,
     estab); NEGOTIATIONS (Japan-US trade liberalization negotiations);
     TRADE REGULATION (Japan-US trade liberalization negotiations);
     GOVERNMENT.AND.BUSINESS (Fed Industrial Coordination Bd, estab)

 82-H382-25 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Mar. 16, 1982 p. 109-147
 MODERATOR:
     MORSE, Ronald A., sec, East Asia program, Woodrow Wilson Intl Center
        for Scholars.
 PANELISTS:
     SOLARZ, Stephen J., (Rep, D-NY); Chm, Subcom on Asian and Pacific Aff.
     MIZOGUCHI, Michio, Dep Chief of Mission, Japanese Embassy, DC.
     MURPHY, James M., Dep Asst US Trade Rep.
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Perspectives on Japan-U.S. trade relations;
     defense of Japanese trade policy; overview of and implications for U.S.
     of viewed trade problems caused by Japanese import restrictions; extent
     of U.S. access to Japanese market.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Govt economic and def decisionmaking,
     implications for US
 DESCRIPTORS: MORSE, RONALD A.; SOLARZ, STEPHEN J.; MIZOGUCHI, MICHIO;
     MURPHY, JAMES M.; IMPORT RESTRICTIONS