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Japan and CS

4 points by p4lto ↗ HN
I've had a short conversation with a friend about Japan's position in CS recently. Japan has always been known to be on the bleeding edge of technology, after doing a little reading it's clear that they basically just focus on electronics, AI, aeronautics, among others.

Japan has the fastest super computer right now as far as I know, that says SOMETHING about their intentions for CS but I don't see much else coming from them. My prediction is that they're just not focused on improving it as much as other technologies. Any thoughts?

EDIT: relevant links... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Japan

http://www.economist.com/node/18958643

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newlog
Well, I think that improving IA techniques are a great work related to computer science. Is not a small field, and I think that, among others, it will be the future of CS.
staunch
Because they don't have startups they're limited to working on things that the big companies are interested in. That tends to be flashy-but-useless things executives get excited about (Asimo) or money-making things that executives get excited about.