The history of technology is still a largely unresearched field in Japanese studies outside Japan. This Introduction, therefore, begins with some general remarks on the development of the history of technology in Japan. Do an internet search for ‘technology’ or ‘history of technology’ together with ‘East Asia’, and up pop lots of entries on China, with considerably fewer on Japan, and with Korea trailing along behind. But such numbers tell only half the story. The history of science, and to a lesser extent that of technology, have strong support in countries in the region, and are characterised by lively publishing
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