ABSTRACT
Japan has been a member of the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls since 1951. Since then, however, Japan has remained a loyal member of Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM), and the significance of its participation has grown with the tremendous technological advances in Japanese industry. The Japanese government has always maintained that full-fledged trade and investment links with the Soviet Union presuppose a peace treaty. The Japanese government responded quickly; it promised to have other companies fulfill the contract, to expedite the licensing procedure, and to prepare a list of decontrolled items. Toshiba redressed the balance somewhat, and Japanese companies began to recognize the necessity of controls over the export of certain strategic technologies and goods to the Eastern bloc. Tighter COCOM controls meant that some electronics companies refrained from exporting advanced computers to Europe. Japanese industry is frustrated by the scope of controls exercised by COCOM.
