From: rick@cs.arizona.edu (Rick Schlichting)
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Subject: Kahaner Report: MITI Machinery & Infor Bureau Budget 1992
Date: 27 Sep 92 03:35:13 GMT


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Re: MITI Machinery & Information Industries Bureau Budget 1992
25 Sept 1992
This file is named "mitiinfo.92"

ABSTRACT. A summary of MITI's Machinery and Information Bureau Budget
for the period 1 April 1992 through 31 March 1993.

This Bureau supports computing (the information industry) but also
machinery related activities including automobiles, aircraft, machine
tools, semiconductors, etc. Their budget document is large and
complicated. What follows is an outlined summary. In sections related to
computing, subsections are broken down to the finest level available to
me; other sections stop at a coarser level. I have included just enough
detail to keep the summary understandable (almost) by humans. (I think
it is easier to absorb after printing.) Budget figures are kept brief,
90B means 90 billion Yen, etc. In some categories figures are omitted
because I am not interested in this topic, was unable to sort out the
details, or I have no information.  Some budget figures are for several
categories; usually I did not break these down. For example, 103B Yen is
associated with Japan Development Bank loans and these fund many of the
programs. To the extent I know them, these are marked as JDB.  Another
category, R&D of large-scale industrial technology also funds many
programs, marked LIT. Similary TFI marks Technology for Future
Industries.   The outline and budget numbers are the ones available to
me, but may be in error, and should only be used as an indication of the
direction of funding activities.  In some categories I do have more
details, both financial and textual. Please contact me if you are
interested in these.


                MITI Machinery & Information Industries Bureau 
                        Budget, 1 April 1992--31 March 1993


I   : PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
    1. Promote International Exchange in the Industrial Sector
        (1) Promote Global Business Partnerships 
        (2) Support EC & US Auto Indus Efforts to Increase Exports to Jpn 1.4B
        (3) Financing Aircraft Imports  16B in loans
        (4) Financial Guarantee for Import Mach Tool & Semicond Mfg Facility
    2. Promote International Cooperation in Research
        (1) Develop New Data Processing Technology [RWC] 884M (Includes AIST)
        (2) Support International Joint Development of Aircraft 4.3B, JDB
        (3) Intelligent Manufacturing System, Internat Research Project 764M
    3. Promote Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
        (1) Cooperation in Data Processing [see II-1 (8)]
        (2) Constructing Economically Self-supporting Plants, etc 324M
        (3) Thermal Decomposition/Gasification for Wood Burning Wastes 188M
II  : SECURE FOUNDATION FOR LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    1. Accelerate the Development of an Information-Oriented Society
        (1) Promote Open Systems 
            1. Promote OSI [part of II-1 (1)] 33M
            2. Promote EDI 45M
            3. Evaluation Project for Open, Basic Software 371M
            4. Models of SW Develop Envirmnt, Production 922M (investments)
        (2) Promote Development of Information-Related Basic Technology
            1. Fifth Generation Computers 3.6B
            2. New Data Proc Technology [see I-2 (1)] 884M (Includes AIST)
            3. Atomic and Molecular Scale Manipulation 29M LIT
            4. R&D of Biodevices 279M TFI
            5. R&D of Quantized Functional Devices 514M TFI
            6. R&D of Superconducting Materials and Devices 2.9B TFI
            7. New Software Structure Models 235M TFI
        (3) Promote Information-Oriented Regional Development
            1. New Media Community 
            2. Future Information Oriented Cities
            3. Data Centers for Shopping Centers
            4. Maintenance of Basic Data Facilities
            5. High Vision Communities
             All section (3) is associated with about 400B in loans, etc.
        (4) Policies for the Age of Media Integration
            1. Utilizing Multimedia Networks 6.8M
            2. High Definition Graphic Data Processing Systems 14.5M
        (5) Promote Security Measures
            1. Viruses
            2. Maintence According to Security Standards
        (6) Training of Comprehensive Data Processing Personnel
            1. Information University 143M
            2. Regional Software Distribution Systems 
            3. Computer Aided Instruction 915M
            4. General Purpose Programs 62B loans, investments, grants
            5. System Integration Services 507M
        (7) Maintain Databases 560M
        (8) International Development of Information Utilization
            1. Machine Translation Systems with Neighboring Countries 1B
            2. Comprehensive Information Utilization in Asia 171M
    2. Promote Technology Development
        (1) Space Science 12B
        (2) Aircraft Industry 9B plus parts of loans 103B
        (3) Information-Related [see II 1-(2)]
        (4) Basic Technology [spread out in other categories, 50B, LIT etc]
    3. Basic Maintenance for Development of Advanced Industries
        (1) Weights and Measures Administration 68M
        (2) Semiconductors 16M
        (3) Radio Interference and Illegal Wireless Activities 16M + loans
        (4) Concept of Raw Formed Materials Town 3.5M
        (5) Nuclear Power Generating Equipment 666M + JDB
        (6) Venture Business Survey 6M
        (7) R&D of Micromachine Technology 855M LIT
        (8) Very Adv Processing Syst [Lasers, Ion Beams, etc.] 2.6B LIT
        (9) R&D Technology to Manufacture Raw Formed Materials 1.6B
III : CREATE A LIFESTYLE WITH LEISURE AND ABUNDANCE
    1. Response to the Arrival of an Aging Society 
        (1) Concept of a Mellow Graying Society 204M
        (2) Future Distributed Data Processing Environments (FRIEND21) 171M
    2. Technology Development for Senior and Disabled Citizens
        (1) Survey and Study Equipment for the Disabled 6M
        (2) Accelerate the Distribution of Welfare-Related Equipment  1.3B
        (3) Technical Evaluation of Medical Equipment 3M
    3. Promote Shorter Working Hours
    4. Promote Environmental Protection
        (1) Automobile-Related Environmental Problems 2B (+ loans 200B)
        (2) Environmental Protection and Electric Equipment 12M
        (3) Promote Environmental Weights and Measures Administration 61M
        (4) Transfer of Environmental Equipment to Developing Countries 33M
    5. Promote Recycling Measures
        (1) Low Temperature Recovery Program for Plastics 39M
    6. Safety Measures
        (1) Develop & Distribute Industrial Safety Machines 8M (+ loans 70B)   


INFORMATION RELATED ITEMS MERGED 
  (Items marked as 0 signify that this budget item has no allocation for
         computing related activities)

1 : Basic technologies for computers            3B
2 : New data processing technologies            96M
3 : Future distributed processing environment   189M
4 : Info systems for greying society            85M
5 : Regional information systems                73M
6 : Info Proc Promotion Association             461M
    Data on regional industries                 131M
    Evaluate R&D of open basis sw               0
7 : Information university                      143M
8 : Interoperable environment                   29K
9 : EDI pilot models                            0
10: Utilizing SW development environment        0
11: Survey trends in foreign semiconductors     0

AIRCRAFT RELATED
12: International joint develop of aircraft     3.7B
13: Next generation aircraft                    281M

SPACE RELATED
14: Unmanned space station                      400M
15: Independently recoverable unmanned sp stat  25M
16: Space robot                                 0

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY RELATED
17: Internat joint res on adv mfg tech          123M

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES RELATED
18: SI unit promotion                           3M
19: Internationalization of wts measures        2M

ECONOMIC COOPERATION RELATED
20: Coop projects to build independ plants      62M
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Total for MITI's Machinery & Info Bureau        9B
From small and medium enterprise agency         22B
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Grand Total                                     30.8B

                        

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