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Zusatztext 'Business! economics! communications! and politics are among the disciplines represented by scholars from Japan and Europe who analyze the current Japanese telecommunications market and regulations within an internationally grounded framework and conceptual structures. Among their topics are the broadband market! changing satellite systems! spectrum policy! policy network for network policy! and the difficult role of the Japanese negotiator in the access charge negotiations with the US.'- Reference & Research Book News'Ruth Taplin and Masako Wakui have produced a comprehensive and much-needed book spotlighting the Japanese telecommunications industry...[It] is certainly worth reading.' - japansociety'While some chapters are fairly specialized! taken as a whole this book is an extremely useful reference work which illuminates an increasingly important part of the Japanese economy and its impact on the global market. It is not only comprehensive! but its Japanese and European contributors cover the topic from a broad spectrum of perspectives! conceptual frameworks and viewpoints.' - japansociety'Overall this work makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emerging Japanese telecommunications industry and is certainly worth reading.' - japansociety Informationen zum Autor Ruth Taplin is the Director of the Centre for Japanese and East Asian Studies. The Centre won Exporter of the Year in Partnership in Trading/Pathfinder for the UK in the year 2000. She received her doctorate from the London School of Economics and is the author/editor of 11 books. The most recent are an edited series, Exploiting Patent Rights and a New Climate for Innovation in Japan (2003 Intellectual Property Institute); Valuing Intellectual Property in Japan, Britain and the United States (2004 RoutledgeCurzon); Risk Management and Innovation in Japan, Britain, and the United States (2005 Routledge/Curzon). She has been Editor of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics for 10 years, is the author of numerous articles and is on the Editorial Board of Managerial Accounting Journal. Masako Wakui is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law, Osaka City University, Japan. She has been conducting research on the information communication industry and IPR related matters from competition policy perspectives which resulted in works such as ‘Standardisation and Patent Pools in Japan' in Ruth Taplin (ed) Valuing Intellectual Property in Japan, Britain and the United States (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004); Economic Law Basics (Yuhikaku, 2003)(co-author, Japanese); ‘Standard setting and Antimonopoly Law’ Hokkaido Law Review Vol. 53, pp. 1048-1103 (2002)(Japanese). Klappentext This book presents a comprehensive survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan. It covers the different sectors of the industry - including mobile, broadband and satellite - and considers key questions such as the structure and economics of the industry, government policy, and international relations issues connected to the industry. The volume brings together unique analysis by renowned experts in the telecommunications field. One major overall problem is that, unlike many other industries, Japan has lagged behind other countries in telecommunications. The book considers why this should be so, showing how far this is attributable to an un-modernized industry structure, and assessing the measures being taken to address the problem. After over a decade of struggle, Japan has recorded rapid uptake of broadband, and Japanese advanced mobile service shave become increasingly successful on a global scale. Japan has also undergone regulatory reform, and competition policy is now given top priority by government. This book examines the most recent developments and provides signposts for the future. Zusammenfassung Bringing together unique analysis by renowned exper...
