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From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 19:06:25 -0400
From: "Harry J. Saal" <HSaal () svi org> To: smartschools () smart1 svi org The most surprising tidbit I gleaned from a Stanford conference yesterday on "The Future of the Japanese NII": According to Mr. Izumi Aizu: MITI (the Ministry of International Trade and Industry -- sort of parallel to our Department of Commerce) offered to connect 100 primary schools anywhere in Japan to the Internet to explore the new frontiers. They were not able to find a total of 100 schools which were interested in participating. Quite the opposite of the USA status today. =
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