The Japanese model of research and development. Basic versus applied research: the role of corporate laboratories and universities -- Cooperation versus competition: national projects and Japan's science cities -- Science and technology for economic growth. Quality versus quantity: quality control and the automobile industry -- Technology versus commercial feasibility: nuclear power and electric utilities -- Consumerism and development versus the environment -- The international dimension. Domestic development versus importation of technology: the aerospace industry and the FS-X/F-2 fighter plane controversy -- Domestic technology versus the export of technology -- Science and technology for the people? Information society versus controlled society -- Science, technology, and gender -- National interest versus local interests: civil aviation and the construction of Narita Airport -- The patient versus the doctor: changes made in medical care and attitudes to the body.