The thesis discusses the restrictions of photovoltaic industrial market and technical characteristics, and the reactions of Japanese government and photovoltaic industry. Furthermore, this thesis studies what are the Japanese government industrial policies and Japanese photovoltaic enterprises¡¦ global strategies for the correction of photovoltaic market failure status. First of all, the thesis discusses the limitations of photovoltaic industrial market and technical characteristics. After realizing the market and technical characteristics of photovoltaic industry, the dissertation discovers the corrections that Japanese government and Japanese enterprises made to response the market and technical characteristics of photovoltaic industry. To realize the corrections that Japanese government and Japanese enterprises made, the thesis discusses the Japanese government photovoltaic industrial policies from 1970s and the worldwide strategies of Japanese photovoltaic enterprises. Under the market failure status of photovoltaic industry, how do the policies of public sectors and the strategies of private sectors interact in addition.

This study examines Hawaiʻi government's role in Japanese ownership of Hawaiʻi hotel, 1970 through 1990. In particular, two questions are analyzed. The two questions are: (1) were Hawaii's government policies immaterial in motivating Japanese hotel investment and (2) were Hawaii's government policies counterproductive to Hawaii's overall economy. With the vast number of state-sponsored studies and with the State Plan becoming law, it would appear that the State was very active in promoting tourism development and the Hawaiʻi economy. However, the research indicates that the Japanese investors were motivated by other factors than by the actions of the State of Hawaiʻi. Although the state's economy grew, the individual tourism worker's income was less than the income in other industries in the state. Thus, the study addresses the effect of tourism on the residents of Hawaiʻi. Even though the State Plan mentioned the importance of the residents, the growth of tourism in the State had negative consequences on many residents. These problems were seen not only in income levels but also in the sociocultural and environmental impacts on the residents. In sum, this study found that the State's policies were inconsequential to Japanese hotel investment, and while the State promoted positive consequences from tourism, there were negative consequences, especially in the long run. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-264). / Also available by subscription via World Wide Web / x, 264 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

This study is a treatment of the conflicts between politics and militarism in Japan from the promulgation of the Constitution in 1889 to December 7, 1941, in four major divisions: (1) organization of the government; (2) the Elder Statesmen in power, 1889-1918; (3) the party politicians in power, 1918-1932; and (4) the militarists in power, 1932-1941.