Introduction Part I. The Tokugawa Heritage 1603-1867: 2. Society and technology in Tokugawa, Japan 3. Opening of doors Part II. Technology in Industrialising Japan 1868-1945: 4. Technology and the Meiji State 1868-1912 5. Systems-building and science-based industry 1912-1937 6. A war of science and technology 1937-1945 Part III. The Making of a Technological Superpower Since 1945: 7. Technology and the 'economic miracle' 1945-1973 8. High-tech Japan Notes Chronology Bibliography Index.
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Hideto et al. (1997) studied this question.