Japan was in a position to receive records management from the US. In reality, the reception has not occurred. After the Hoover Commission Report, information carriers for records management existed in Japan, however, desseminators did not. At present, Japan has not recognized records management. Many do not know the term "records management" and the life cycle concept. What brought this situation about? With reference to Stephens essay, this article reviews Japan's preconditions and infrastructure for records management. Japan's reception of Roman law but incorporating Jananese ethics, customs, and traditions took place after the Meiji Restoration from France and Germany. As Japan's legal systems cannot exist without a global context, records management cannot stand alone without a global theory. The development of records management infrastructure in Japan will contribute to the global context of records management.

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INFOSCOPE is an information tool for supporting a user to get knowledge by structurizing and systematizing document information, create value and generate information. All personal computers adopting MS-WINDOWS as OS are avaiable. The main function of INFOSCOPE are graphical user interface (GUI), overlapping multiple windows, linkage of related documents (hyper document), data transfer by cut-and-paste method. The idea and the functions of INFOSCOPE are shown wiht an actual example.

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