Abbreviation | Full Name |
80STA | 1980 U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Agreement |
88STA | 1988 U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Agreement |
ABCC | Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission |
AEC | Atomic Energy Commission (U.S.) |
AIST | Agency for Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) |
AmEmb | U.S. Embassy in Tokyo |
ANRE | Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (Japan) |
A/S | Assistant Secretary |
AT&T | American Telephone and Telegraph |
CA | California |
CAD | Computer-aided Design |
CENTO | Central Treaty Organization |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CIM | Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
CISET | Committee on International Science, Engineering and Technology |
COCOM | Coordinating Committee of Export Controls (NATO) |
CRS | Congressional Reference Service, Library of Congress (U.S.) |
DAS | Deputy Assistant Secretary of State |
DC | District of Columbia |
DCM | Deputy Chief of Mission |
DOC | Department of Commerce (U.S.) |
DOD | Department of Defense (U.S.) |
DOE | Department of Energy (U.S.) |
EA | Environmental Agency (Japan) |
EAP | Bureau of East Asian & Pacific Affairs (State, U.S.) |
EC | European Commission |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) |
EPC | Economic Policy Council in the Reagan Administration |
ESCAP | Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (U.N.) |
ESS | Economic and Scientific Section in GHQ under SCAP in Tokyo, 1945-52 |
FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Committee on Science, Engineering & Technology |
FOI | Freedom of Information |
FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
FSX | Fighter Support Aircraft-Experimental (Japan) |
FY | Fiscal Year |
GAO | General Accounting Office (U.S.) |
GD | General Dynamics Corporation |
GE | General Electric |
GHQ | General Headquarters under SCAP |
GM | General Motors |
GNP | Gross National Product |
GOJ | Government of Japan |
HHS | Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.) |
IBM | International Business Machines |
ICOT | Institute for New Generation Computer Technology |
IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
ISA | Office of International Security Affairs, DOD (U.S.) |
ISAS | Institute for Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan) |
ITA | International Trade Administration (DOC, U.S.) |
JAERI | Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute |
JDA | Japan Self-Defense Agency |
JDC | Japan Documentation Center, Library of Congress (U.S.) |
JEI | Japan Economic Institute (Japan) |
JHLAP | Joint High Level Advisory Panel |
JHLC | Joint High Level Committee |
JOIS | Japan Online Information System |
JSC | Japan Science Council |
JSTI | Japanese Science and Technology Information |
JTEC | Japanese Technology Evaluation Center, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD |
JTECH | Japanese Technology (Science Applications International Corp) |
JTF | Joint Task Force (U.S.) |
JWLC | Joint Working Level Committee |
LDP | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |
MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) |
MHI | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
MHW | Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) |
MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MITI | Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) |
MOE | Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Japan) |
MOFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MPT | Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (Japan) |
MT | State of Montana |
NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
NASA | National Aeronautical and Space Administration (U.S.) |
NASDA | National Aeronautics and Space Development Agency (Japan) |
NBS | National Bureau of Standards (DOC, U.S.) |
NCI | National Cancer Institute (Japan) |
NEPL | National Public Employee Law (Japan) |
NIH | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) |
NIPR | National Institute of Polar Research (Japan) |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRC | National Research Council |
NSF | National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
NSC | National Security Council (U.S.) |
NTIS | National Technical Information Service (U.S.) |
NTT | Nippon Telegraph and Telegraph |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OES | Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State (U.S.) |