| Sumario: | The article focuses on the progress in the field of information technology (IT) in Japan. In a country Packed with electronics firms, Japanese workers of course have lots of computers on their desks. But many of these are still connected to old main-frames, run outdated software, and pro- vide only inconvenient--if any--access to the Internet. Obviously, in an economy as big and diverse as Japan's, not all companies are making such dreadful use of IT. The firms that export cars and electronics tend to be much more savvy, partly because they face more competition and partly because they must deal with companies all over the world.
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