JAPAN 1987 SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY

In 1987, the National Academy of Engineering reviewed thirty-four high technology areas "such as artificial intelligence, optoelectronics, and system engineering and control, and concluded Japan to be superior to the United States in twenty-five of the technologies" (Prestowitz, 1989: 100) Even more alarming for the U.S. is the increasing reliance of U.S. defense on Japanese high technology."