[en] The history of IFMFC (International Forum on Magnetic Force Control) shows the usefulness of the magnetic force control in the fields of the environment and material resource in Japan, Korea and China. The IFMFC started in 2010 and has been organized in every year. This paper shows the application of the magnetic force control in each countries with the accumulated knowledge and experience of the magnetic force control with IFMFC

[en] This article addresses the need of the USSR and Czechoslovakia for technical assistance in improving their power generation and distribution systems and the potential impacts to their societies and the environment of increased power generation, reliability and availability. The improvements needed range from new equipment design and operational techniques to improved dispatching and general management techniques

[en] In the next few years when the NPT has to be extended, the comprehensive test ban and weapon grade fissile material cut-off are to be discussed, and agreements on them are to be reached, such an initiative for an Asian regional forum for nuclear issues will be useful to balance the disproportionate weight of the US on nuclear issues. In the Indo-US official dialogue there have been suggestions for the nuclear issue in Asia to be discussed in a forum larger than the five powers named in proposals advanced by the US and Pakistan. But these proposals envisaged discussions within the conventional non-proliferation framework. The suggestion here is to initiate a discussion among the relevant Asian nations in a framework of approach of nuclear restraint already in evidence, and to build further confidence building measures on them. (author)

[en] The progress of world nuclear and conventional disarmament is discussed in relation to Third World countries. Subjects covered include, the Test Ban Treaty, demiliterisation of the sea-bed, chemical and biological weapons, strategic arms limitation, the arms race, disarmament and development, and the attitudes of specific countries - France, China, Israel, Latin America, Southern Asia and Southern Africa towards disarmament. (U.K.)

[en] This book introduces science and technology promotion related law, industrial technology related law, resources and energy related law, nuclear energy related law, information and communication related law, intellectual property right related law, and environment related law. It explains process of development of 7 laws in threes countries and relations of three countries exchanges. It also covers special law for science and technology innovation, electric utility law, petroleum enterprise law, telecommunication related law, law of settlement of digital divide, and information-oriented law.

[en] This book gives descriptions of summary of nano technology with meaning, character and field, trend of technical development in domestic, current condition of nano basic research in domestic, trend of technical development in foreign country such as summary, trend of technology by industrial field, machine and metronics, material and process, standard of nano mechanism, scale of market and trend, competitiveness of nano technology of major country and research development system in Japan, Korean company and major countries.

[en] Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana. The local communities on the South African side, the Khomani San (Bushmen) and Mier living adjacent to the park have land rights inside and outside the park. The path from a history of land dispossession to being land owners has created conservation challenges manifested through heightened inter- and intra-community conflicts. The contestations for land and tourism development opportunities in and outside the park have drawn in powerful institutions such as the governments, South African National Parks, private safari companies, local interest groups and NGOs against relatively powerless local communities. This has consequently attracted national and international interest since it may result in further marginalization of the communities who lack the power to negotiate resource access. Moreover, the social and political system of the San is romanticized while little is reported about the Mier, who are an integral part of the park management system. To make these issues more accessible to a growing audience of interested parties and to better understand present conservation and development challenges and opportunities, this paper synthesizes information on the pre- and post-land restitution history of the park and the adjacent communities.

[en] The planned new utility to supply piped gas along the 726 km route of the nearly completed gas distribution pipeline is discussed. The reduction in oil consumption, planned development of gas reserves, and possible export of gas to Thailand are considered. (UK)

[en] The threat is from the Czechoslovakian nuclear power plants. The author criticizes the policy of the Austrian government vis-a-vis the nuclear power program of the neighbouring state, in particular he blames it for passivity. (Quittner)

[en] This paper examines the relative comparative advantage, focusing on energy prices, of an energy producing developing country (Indonesia) and a non-energy producing developed country (Japan). For energy producing developing countries, it is strategically important to increase the competitiveness of energy dependent industries, and encourage the development of value-added industries. Much work has been done on relative advantage analysis, but the effects of the energy price formation mechanisms on price competitiveness have not been analysed. In this paper a comprehensive approach, using production and cost functions and synchronized price formation by means of principal component analysis, is introduced. (Author)