Analysis Of The Evolution Of Japanese Information Industry

Since the1970s, the third technological revolution has greatly affected a widespectrum of human life. Especially, Twenty years later, the new technologicalrevolution, which characterized by information technology moved into a moreeffective way. With the continuously developing of technologies, informatizationbecomes one of the most crucial features of modern societies, which usually calledinformation society.The terrific success of Japanese economy is partly due to the booming of theinformation industry. But the leading position of Japanese information industry wasthreatened from1980s, as the companies only emphasized the technologies andapplications with commercialization potentiality. On the contrary, the lack ofawareness of investing in researches and researching on fundamental theory, leads tothe shortages of relevant technologies support. These weakened the advantages ofJapanese information industry, since the fundamental technology researches is thefoundation of applied technology.In2000, to fulfill the requirements of information industry development and tomeet the challenges of21st century, Japanese government adopts ‘National strategyon Information-Technology’. In contrast with the participated achievement, theimplementation of the strategy regained the vitality of Japanese economy slightly.The principal reason why the Japanese information industry places littleimportance on fundamental theory researches is the majority of information industrygroups are private enterprises. Typically, the private enterprises are self-interest,which purse the profit maximization, anxiety to obtain quick success, despisetechnical innovations and fundamental theory researches. The phenomenon of Japanese information industry contributes to it lags behind American informationindustry in a long period.These theory researches regarding the development history of Japaneseinformation industry could be used as a vital reference by China. In21th century,many countries aware the national core competitiveness is the ComprehensiveNational Strength, and science and technology are the vital components of it. Duringthe past few years, it is obvious that Chinese economy attains fantastic success. Butthe Chinese information industry reminds, relatively speaking, backwardness. Inorder to maintain the leading position and accomplish better goals, China has tostrengthen the foundation of the information industry, to improve the technologyinnovation, and to enhance the competitiveness of information industry ultimately.In the thesis, it researches on the Japanese information industry, and it aims atseeking suggestion for the development of Chinese information industry. Based onthe analysis of the strength and weakness of Japanese information industry, it revealsthe particular characteristics and development patterns of Japanese informationindustry, and it also afford inspirations for the development of Chinese informationindustry. Furthermore, it gives the suggestions according to the reality of Chineseinformation industry.