OVERSEAS PROMOTION STRATEGY OF PORT TECHNICAL STANDARDS IN JAPAN—TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BASED ON CUSTOMIZATION CONCEPT—

Abstract

 For the construction of infrastructure in developing countries, technical standards of design, construction and maintenance are important to secure the quality of their infrastructure. It is expected that the transfer of Japanese technical standards to developing countries could promote exports of Japanese infrastructure system. Aiming to promote Japanese technical standards for port facilities overseas especially developing countries, this study summarizes the overseas promotion strategies of major international technical standards, and discusses the overseas promotion strategy of Japanese technical standards for port facilities. It is effective to customize the technical standards based on Japanese ones to conform with natural and construction conditions of the partner country. In Vietnam, a series of new design, construction and maintenance standards for port facilities has been developed to conform with Vietnamese local conditions based on Japanese technical standards. In addition, this study presents the basic concept of customization of technical standards for port facilities in Japan to conform with local conditions, the generalized customization methodology to apply to other developing countries, and the summary of important notices on the customization.