The following is the professional opinion of David Kahaner and in no way has the blessing of the US Government or any agency of it.
All information is dated and of limited life time.
In several reports during the past year I have described specifics of the Japanese government's plans to upgrade high performance capabilities in public institutions. During the current fiscal year the purchase or lease of additional systems has been continuing. What follows is as up to date a summary as I have available. As new information becomes available I will update this list, and will always be grateful for any corrections. In the past, researchers at Japanese universities and public institutes have not had access to sufficient state of the art computing facilities.