The Recent History of
Japanese Investment in the UK.

Aisin Seiki, 32
Albaisa, Alfonso, 35
Alps Electric, 27
Animal Liberation Front, 37
Apricot, 10
Aquascutum, 11
ARM Holdings, 30
Astellas, 37
Audio technologies, 32
ball bearings, 6
Barcelona, 23, 43
Basingstoke, 28, 33
BBC, 28, 30
Birmingham, 33
Blair, Tony, 16, 19
BMW, 16, 17, 47, 51
Bonfield, Peter, 10
Brackley, 36
Bradley, Clive, 34
Brawn, Ross, 36
Bridgend Plant, 22, 27
Bristol, 24, 28, 35, 36, 37
British Aerospace, 10, 16, 17
British American Racing team, 36
British Embassy, Tokyo, 34
British Leyland, 6, 10, 11, 16
British Leyland/Rover, 6
British Nuclear Fuels, 29
British share of Japanese Investment, 17
British Sky Broadcasting, 23
Broadcasting sector, 23, 28, 30, 33
Burnaston, 12, 18, 20, 35
Cambridge, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 51
Cambridge Display Technology, 29
Canon, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35
Canon Research Centre Europe, 34
Cardiff, 23
Cavendish Laboratory, 32, 34
Chambers, Stuart, 14
Charles, Prince, 22, 51
Christou, Richard, 26
City of London, 6
Cogent programme, 13
Cogent Programme, 13
Component issues, 9, 13, 18, 19, 27, 29, 33
component suppliers, 18
consumer electronic, 6, 22, 27
Conte-Helm, Marie, 4
Cortazzi, Sir Hugh, 4
Cowley Plant, 17, 47
Cranfield, 13, 33, 35
Criterion Software, 34
Czech Republic, Japanese Investments, 18, 23
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 4, 38
Darling, Alistair, 36
Department of Trade and Industry, 9, 13, 32
Design issues, 6, 13, 18, 20, 28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 42, 46, 49, 51
Diana, Princess, 51
Dimond, Paul, 4
DoCoMo, 28, 30
East Kilbride Plant, 24
East of England, 51
Eastern Europe, Japanese investment issues, 23
Eisai, 34, 35, 37, 38, 46
Elizabeth, Queen, 51
ESPRIT programme, 34
Euro Debate, 7, 15, 16, 19, 24, 45, 51
European Headquarters issues, 19, 38
European protectionism, 12, 17, 22
European Single Market, 9, 12, 15
Flins plant, 43
Ford Motor, 13, 47
Formula 1, 7, 35
France, Japanese Investment, 44
France, Japanese Investment issues, 18, 19, 44, 45
Fraser, Andrew, 4, 9, 24, 45
Fujisawa Institute for Neuroscience, 32
Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals, 37
Fujitsu, 6, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 36, 49, 51
Fujitsu EMEA, 26
Fujitsu Group, 26
Fujitsu Services, 26, 27
Gallaher, 51
Games software, 28, 30
GEC, 22
General Motors, 47
Germany, Japanese investment issues, 18
Germany, Japanese investments in, 19, 35, 44, 45
Ghosn, Carlos, 14, 16, 19, 42
Guildford, 32, 34
Guy, Robert, 4
Hatfield, 37, 46
Headquarter issues, 26, 28, 30
Headquarter Issues
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), 26, 28, 39, 46, 48
Herron, Colin, 43
Hirwaun Plant, 23
Hitachi, 6, 22, 23, 28, 29, 32, 34, 35
Hitachi Software Europe, 29
Honda, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 35, 36, 39, 47, 51
Formula 1, 35
Honda Motor Europe, 36
Hutchison, 28
ICL, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 33, 51
Imperial College, 33, 51
Imperial Innovations, 38
Independent Broadcasting Authority, 33
Innovative Manufacturing Initiative, 13
Invest in Britain Bureau, 9
Isis Innovation, 38
Japan Tobacco, 51
Japanese Investment - Statistics, 42
Japanese Investment, Statistics, 44
JETRO, 32
Jones, Dan, 13, 17, 47
Kobe Steel, 32, 33, 34, 35
Komatsu, 45, 49, 50
Kowa Research, 37
labour relations, 6, 12, 50
Lean Management, 47, 48
Livingston Plant, 24, 25
local content standards, 15
London, 10, 23, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42, 50
London Centre for Nanotechnology, 38
London Stock Exchange, 10, 23, 26
Longbridge Plant, 17
Luxembourg, 44
machine tools, 6
Maidenhead, 29
Major, John, 9
Manchester, 33
Matsushita, 6, 22, 23, 25, 28
Matsushita Mobile Communications Development, 25
McEnally, Stephen, 4
McGeehan, Joe, 36
Micron, 24
Microwave ovens, 22, 34, 50
Milan, 35
Milton Keynes, 27
Ministry of Defence, 26
Mitsubishi Electric, 10, 23
Mitsubishi Power Systems, 43, 45, 50
Mitsui & Co, 38
Mobile communications sector, 28
Mobile Communications sector, 30
Morita, Akio, 22
Nakamura, Kunio, 25
Naruto, Michio, 25
National Health Service, 26, 37
National Supply Chain Programme, 13
NEC, 6, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 49
Netherlands, Japanese investment, 33, 44
New Labour, 7, 16, 24, 45
Newcastle, 43
News Corp, 23
Newton Aycliffe, 33
Nice, 35
Nikko Cordial, 38
Nippon Sheet Glass, 14, 15, 17, 46, 51
Nissan, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 33, 35, 39, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51
Juke, 20, 35, 42
Leaf, 42, 43, 46
Micra, 33, 42
Nissan Design Europe, 20
Qashquai, 20
Washington Plant, 14
Nissan Design Europe, 35
Nissan European Technical Centre, 35
Nissan European Technology Centre, 11, 33
Nissan Institute, 38
Nissan, battery investments, 19
Nomura, 46
Nomura Institute of Quantitative Finance, 38
North East, 6, 19, 22, 23, 43, 49, 50
NSK, 6, 10, 33, 48
NSK-RHP, 33
Oga, Norio, 25
Olympic Games, 14
One North East, 43
Oxford, 22, 28, 30, 34, 35, 37
Oxford Science Park, 34
Packard Bell, 23
Panasonic, 25, 28, 36
Panasonic Design Centre, 28
Pencoed, 22, 23, 27, 28, 34
Pepper, Michael, 34
Personal computers, 23
Peterlee, 33
Photonics sector, 27
Photovoltaic sector, 27, 50
Pilkington, 6, 14, 17, 46, 51
Plymouth, 25, 29
Poland, Japanese investments in, 18, 25
Portugal, Japanese investment in, 19
Profitability of Japanese Companies, 16
PSA, 18
Psygnosis, 23, 34
Railway Sector, 29
Rank, 22
RDA. See Regional Development Agencies
Renault, 16, 19, 43
Research and Development, 25, 28, 29, 32, 36, 37, 39, 43
Research and Development issues, 16, 20, 25, 32, 33, 37
RHP, 33
Rover Group, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 47, 51
Russia, Japanese investment issues, 19, 44, 46
Russia, Japanese investments in, 18
Samsung, 24
Scotland, Japanese investments in, 22, 23, 27, 49
Semiconductor Chip Design, 30
Semiconductot investments, 6, 9, 22, 23, 24, 25, 49
Sharp, 9, 22, 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 50
Sharp Laboratories of Europe, 34
Shotton, 12
Silicon Glen, 23, 49
Slovakia, Japanese Investments in, 23
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 13
Sofia Antipolis, 18
Sony, 6, 9, 10, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33, 49, 50
Sony Computer Entertainment, 30
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, 28
Sony Professional, 28
Sony Technology Centre, 22
Sony UK Technology Centre, 27
Sony-Ericsson, 28
Sourcing issues, 18
South East, 50
Spain, Japanese investments in, 18
St Pancras Station, 14
STC, 9, 23
Sterling, 6, 12, 15, 16, 19, 24, 50, 52
Stockley Park, 29, 33
Sumitomo Chemical, 29
Sumitomo Electric, 23
Sumitomo Precision, 23
Sumitomo Wiring, 24
Sumitomo/STS Professorial Chair, 38
Sunderland, 33, 43
Surface Technology Systems, 23
Surrey Research Park., 34
Swindon, 7, 12, 16, 19, 20
Takagi, Shigeru, 36
Takeda, 37
Takeda Europe R&D, 37
television, 6, 7, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 50
Thatcher, Margaret, 9, 50
Thorn, 22
Todd, Keith, 26
Toshiba, 6, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36
Toshiba Fellowships, 38
Toshiba Telecommunications Research Laboratory, 24, 28, 36
Toyama, 37
Toyota, 6, 7, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 35, 39, 47, 50
Burnaston Plant, 18, 42, 44
Toyota Motor Europe Marketing & Engineering, 18
Toyota, Design, 18
Trade Unions, 12
Transplant debate, 12, 15
Transplant factories, 9
Treasury Issues, 29
Turkey, Japanese Investments in, 18, 46
UK Trade and Investment, 46
Unite (Trade Union), 25
United Precision Industries, 10
University College London, 51
University College, London, 34
University of Cambridge, 37
University of Cranfield, 13
University of Edinburgh, 32, 37
University of Stanford, 32
University of Sussex, 32
Valenciennes Plant, 18
video recorder, 6, 50
video-recorder, 7
Vodafone, 30
Wales, Japanese investment, 12, 22, 23, 25, 27, 49, 50
Wales, Japanese investment issues, 22, 23, 29
Washington, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 35, 42
West Midlands, 50
Westinghouse,, 29
Wind Turbines, 43
Woodlands, Peter, 27, 28
Work permit issue, 45
Wrexham, 27, 34, 50
Wrexham plant, 27
Yamanouchi, 34, 35, 37
Yamazaki Mazak, 6
YKK, 6, 22