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special report The island country's economy is undergoing historic changes to realize a long-awaited recovery, led by technology and other industries.
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America Invented the Digital Camera

In spite of the comment in the article...

"The digital camera was invented in Japan," said Shyam Nagrani, an analyst at iSuppli. "They jumped on it early."

The actuall historic fact is that this is an American invention.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldigitalcamera.htm

And yes, so is the CCD.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blccd.htm

Well, guys...

This link points to the first digital still shot camera developed in the world. It was sold by apple... And developed by Kodak...Japan

http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9403cdi.html

[Earl Benser]

Japan is very interesting...

We totally defeated them in WWII, and no one had ever done that
to the Japanese before. Therefore, we must be better than Japan
in economics, society, technology, etc. And thus Japan must
change its ways.

But, Japan didn't understand our ways.So all they could do is
copy the surface effects. Underneath, the historic Japanese
processes still controlled things. That's still the way it is. So
Japanese Banking does not work, Japanese Real Estate does not
work. Japanese corporations do not work, Japanese Government
does not work, and Japanese diplomacy does not work, except
as supported by the historic Japanese culture, et.al.

But when the Japanese want some element of their system to
work, they do it in spades. They're good. They're very good. And
we just don't see the corporate Shoguns involved.

The Gai-JIn may have a level playing field, but no one has told
them what the real game is, or what the real rules of the game
are.

No wonder we tend to get screwed in dealing with the Japanese.

LOL!

Ahhh Earl, you got me!

For a couple of seconds I thought you were serious!

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you are wrong

what an attitude! just because a country wins a war, doesn't mean its superior. That's like saying the bully who beats up the most kids is the brightest kid in school. Might isn't always right. Have you even been to Japan? You would do well to respect the millenia old traditions and appreciate that not everyone wants to be an American.

[treet007]

Americans Screw Themselves, as usual

It is not the Japanese screwing the United States, but it is the Americans screwing themselves. Who initiates outsourcing of manufacturing and IT to other countries? Who exports technology to so-called allied countries who resells them to "axis" countries? Who doesn't learn from history, from their own mistakes, and just tend to repeat them like deja vu? The Americans.

Example: General Motors just keep making large cars and make lots of profit, despite the late 1970s and early 1980s gas crunch. Toyota and Honda are kicking GM's butt with hybrids and innovative, consumer-seeking vehicles. GM's excuse: the CEO believes the gas crisis is not a crisis, consumers are all looking for large, gas guzzling SUVs, and hydrogen-fuel cells are the answer. It would take almost 20 years for fuel cells to be effective, and hydrogen is extracted from coal (causing more pollution).

Look in the mirror next time when you read your article.