dattab (Sep 16, 1991) A summary of the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems '91 conference (June 17-21 1991, Kobe Japan), and site visits in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and India by B.N. Datta. dbpcj (Jun 12, 1991) A proposal by Database Promotion Center, Japan for a joint research project on retrieval of Japanese databases is summarized. data.eng (May 30, 1991) Parallel processing research (mostly associated with dataflow model) and database research in Japan, based on visits to various labs and attendence at the IEEE Data Engineering Conference in Kobe (April 10-12, 1991) is summarized. database (Oct 11, 1990) We describe the activities of the Japan Database Promotion Center, and summarize the current state of affairs with respect to databases in Japan, especially those of interest to scientists. dataflow (Aug 16, 1990) Bulletin Board for DATAFLOW computing information from ETL. dynamics.92 (Dec 25, 1992) Titles and authors of papers presented at the Workshop on Dynamical Systems, Theory and its Applications, 2-4 Nov 1992, Kyoto Japan edr.92 (Mar 27, 1992) The Electronic Dictionary Research Institute is described and a potential new project on knowledge archives is discussed. etfa.92 (Sep 29, 1992) Titles of papers presented at the IEEE International Workshop on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (Technology for the Intelligent Factory), held in Melbourne, Australia 11-14 August 1992. eitc.91 (Jul 30, 1991) Japan Electronics Show 1991, and 28th Electronics Industry Technical Convention, Oct 1-5 1991 (announcement). elec-dev (May 20, 1991) Titles and authors of papers presented at "9th Symposium on Future Electron Devices, Nov 14-15 1990, at Chiba Japan are given. elec-svy (Feb 22, 1991) Summary information from a survey (by Tokyo Denshi Kogyo) of the outlook for nine areas of electronics technology is presented. etl (Jul 2, 1990) A visit to the Data Flow project at ETL is summarized. The Dataflow SIGMA-1 computer project is ending. The new project EM-4, will have 1,024 processors and is designed to have less overhead. EM-4 was originally proposed for symbolic rather than numeric computation, but the designers now feel that with the inclusion of floating point hardware it will also be used for numerical computation. Currently an 80 processor version of EM-4 is running at 997 MIPs. face-nn.92 (Dec 25, 1992) Report on an experiment using a neural network for sex descrimination based on facial classification, from Osaka University. fgcs (Sep 11, 1990) Announcement of report by T. Kurozumi on ICOT Fifth Generation Computer Systems Project. fgcs.93 (Jun 1, 1993) A summary of the Fifth Generation Computer System Project and planned follow on project. fgcs.toc (Jun 22, 1992) Titles of papers presented at the Fifth Generation Computing Systems (ICOT) Conference, May 1992. flexible (Jul 30, 1990) A summary of "1990 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation" 9-13 July in Kyoto, Japan is given. Plant visits to IBM's 3090 manufacturing plant, Sumitomo Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Matshushita Electric are described. fujitsu.3d (Apr 25, 1990) Fujitsu's 3D movie generated partially via CAP 256 parallel computer. fujitsu.lsi (Mar 22, 1992) Fujitsu's Director T.Hiraguri describes how LSI technology will evolve and its applications to large scale mainframe computers. funding.jp (Jan 27, 1992) Comments on Council for Science and Technology plan to increase S&T funding. Reference to EC's Directory of Sources of Japanese Information. fuzzy (Aug 24, 1990) A survey of recent developments is given, with particular emphasis on Japanese contributions. fuzzy-ds.91 (Nov 13, 1991) A survey and assessment of fuzzy systems and case-based reasoning research in Japan is given by D. Schwartz (FSU). fuzzy.92 (Dec 22, 1992) Overview of fuzzy-neural systems research based on examination of papers presented at three Asian conferences. A great deal of the current work is ad hoc and there is a need for more fundamental research to help explain and direct future activities. (Nguyen) fuzzy.gmd (Jan 21, 1991) A hardware practice seminar (15 Dec 1990) on building real time control devices using commercially available fuzzy chips is described by Dr. Thomas Hagemann, GMD Tokyo. fuzzy1.gmd (May 17, 1991) Visit to OMRON's Fuzzy Business Promotion Center, Kyoto Japan by T. Hagemann GMD. Some other references on fuzzy applications are also given. fuzzy5.93 (Jun 4, 1993) A variety of fuzzy systems research in Japan, as well as a large practical application to the Sendai Subway system.