Current Status of Japanese Manufacturing Industry

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Current Status of Japanese Manufacturing Industry

• Reinosuke Hara

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GDP Growth
(billion)
Brazil China India Japan USA Germany France
2005 882 2,244 781 4,561 12,434 2,796 2,138
2020 1,870 11,716 2,970 4,978 18,269 3,239 2,646
2050 4,979 38,010 9,407 6,105 37,748 4,474 4,216
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GDP Growth
trillion
China
USA
India
Japan
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Ranking in Competitive StrengthInternational
Institute for Management Development
1993 2007
Japan No.1 No.24
USA No.1 No.1
China No.27 No.18
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Global Share

• 1985 2005
• EU 33 23
• USA 27 28
• Japan 22 17
• China 3 15

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Global Share of Manufacturing Industry
USA

• EU

Japan
China
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Share of Exports

• 1985 2005
• EU 22 13
• USA 13 10
• Japan 12 8
• China 5 13

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Share of Export - Manufacturing
Industry
EU
China

• USA

Japan
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RD Expense
(?trillion)
2006
USA \42.8 EU(27) \31.0
Japan \18.5 China \17.9
Germany \8.3 France \6.3
Korea \4.6 UK \4.5
Russia \2.3 India \1.9
Japan 1 USA 2.3 Germany 0.45
France 0.3 EU 1.6 UK 0.25
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RD Expenses
?trillion
USA
EU-27
EU-15
Japan
China
Germany
France
Korea
UK
Russia
India
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RD Expense vs GDP
No.1 Japan 3.61
No.2 Korea 3.23
No.3 USA 2.62
No.4 Germany 2.30
No.5 France 2.00
No.6 EU(15) 1.91
No.7 China 1.43
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RD Expense VS GDP
Japan

• Korea

USA
Germany
France
EU-15
EU-27
UK
China
Russia
India
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RD Expense Government Subsidies

(?trillion)
Japan ? 3.5 18.5
USA ?17.1 42.8
EU(27) ?12.1 31.0
China ?10.1 17.9
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Government Subsidies
?trillion
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Number of Researchers
Unit 10,000
USA
EU-27
China
EU-15
Japan
Germany
France
Korea
UK
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Number of Students from China
Unit 10,000
Number of Students from China
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Strategy

• 1.Promotion of Basic Sciences
• 2.Promotion of Specific Projects
• 2-1 Life Sciences
• 2-2 Information/telecommunication
• Electronic tag
• 2-3 Environment
• Filters Biomass
• 2-4 Nano-technology Nanomaterials
• 2-5 Energies
• Breeder reactor
• Alternative energy sources -
  solar energy, fuel cell
• 2-6 Production technology
• 2-7 Social infrastructure
• Safety
• 2-8 Frontier field
• Space development

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Creation of Innovative Researchers

• Cooperative research
• Projects among universities,
• government research institutions and
• industry
• Technology Licensing
• Organization (TLO) 46 TLOs
• High-tech clusters

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Features

• 1. Wide coverage
• From materials industry to assembling
• industry
• 2. Close cooperation
• Supplier/customer tie-up
• 3. High-level ability
• Ability for problem solving
• 4. Multiple skill
• Skill to cover RD, design and production
• 5. Royalty
• Strong royalty feeling to organization

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Sectors in Manufacturing Industry
Basic Sciences Machine tool/Production
equipment Environment/energy saving Software/IT
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Pharmaceuticals
?billion
1,600
1,400

• 1,200

1,000
800
600
400
200
0
Export
Import
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Software
?billion
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0

• Export

Import
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Comparison

• USA EU
• Japan

• Systemic technology
• Aircraft industry
• Systematic technology
• KAIZEN
• (Step-by-step improvement)
• Automobile industry

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Japanese Products in Global Market

• Materials/Components

• Carbon fiber
• Toray Mitsubishi Rayon
• Super-conductiving cable
• Sumitomo Electric
• Carbon nano-tube?

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Machine Tools/Production Equipment

• Solar energy
• Semiconductor
• Instant noodle

• Thin film
• ULVAC
• Ion beam
• SII NanoTech
• Automation
• Fuji Mfg

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Smallest Wine Glass
Diameter 2.75 ?m, Height 12 ?m
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Smallest Wine Glass
Red blood cell
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F8.5µm
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F2.75µm
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Customer/Manufacturers Cooperation

• Damaged automobile main shaft
• Manufacturer of shaft
• Steel manufacturer
• X-ray analysis broken shaft
• SII NanoTechnology

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Fluorescence X-ray
Element AB
Fluorescence X-ray
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• Cadmium

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Instrument
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Fabrication Process

• Hot press

• Impurities not distribute evenly
• Condensation of impurities
• In-line analysis of impurities

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In-line inspection of steel
SFT200
Measurement of Cobalt and Manganese in steel
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Trumpet

• Vienna Philharmonic
• Mild/soft sound
• Brass-Copper/Zinc alloy
• Iron, manganese, etc

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Trumpet

• Brass-Copper/Zinc alloy
• High purity brass Copper/zinc ratio
• Sharp/clear sound Copper 70
• Zinc
  30

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Verdi Aida

• Karajan Vienna Philharmonic
• R. Tebaldi 1959
• Traditional trumpet
• M. Freni 1979
• High-purity brass
• Yamaha trumpet

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Art Products

• Paintings
• Antique

• Chemical composition
• of pigment
• Element analysis
• Age determination

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Summary

• Research and development ? Enough funding
• Commercialization ? Lack of financing
• New business

Valley of death