Abstract
The management of technology (MOT) in Japan is on the brink of an overall shift in paradigm: creation of original targets and leadership in the effort to realize them is a prerequisite for survival. How to create original targets is now the central task of the MOT, which is different in nature from the traditional "catch up" management. While the American industry has resumed growth by management innovation which overcame the management Japanese style they absorbed themselves, Japan is now urged to establish a new management methodology that surpasses the traditional style. This methodology should focus on the linkage of technology to management and higher integration of the industry, academy and government. In addition, a new metrics is needed for dynamic, high-quality management of R&D activities that form a typical complex system. This requires naturally education of MOT specialists skilled in those new methods and techniques. Strategic planning for creation of new industries is the most important task of the present Japan. For this purpose we propose creation of a new type of science/technology specialists that may be called "science & technology producers", and of a "techno-flow market" to promote technology transfer on the basis of the market mechanism. Establishing social infrastructure for R&D including these elements is an important task for Japan to live on its originality in science and technology.
