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IBM vs Fujitsu over computer software, Honeywell vs Minolta over automatic focusing, Corning Glass vs Sumitomo Electric over fiber optics, these are only some of the best-publicized complaints that Japan has stolen American technology. As in the broader case of equal access to each other's domestic markets, building a two-way street isn't easy. For one thing, much US basic research is done at universities or government centers--and so is generally in the public domain; because Japanese universities have neglected basic research, much of it is done by corporations and so is proprietary.

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