The technological giant of the micron world: A video history of Japan's electronic industry (Part 4)

[@utopialabsvideos9408]

Excellent 4-part documentary! I watched at afternoon and enjoyed very very much! Thank you! I really LOVE all this technology!

[@dl8cy]

This documentary was made 1992 by NHK International Inc and presented by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

[@deathdoor]

This dubbed version, right? Because the original is six episodes long, each with a one hour and a half length! This version here is heavily abridged! It focus only on the story as fast as possible, the original goes very in-depth actually trying to make the viewer understand how each technology shown works.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

@@deathdoor Is there a place to find the original?

[@deathdoor]

@@gregorymalchuk272 Just search on youtube for "電子立国 日本の自叙伝"

[@michaelboyko5024]

About some 7 years ago I saw a Japanese wire cutter automatic CNC machine made in 1996! It was operating without any troubles at all, and the stuff was amazed by the quality. It didn't even demand sealing shift for the water reservoir

[@weirdo8435]

"we can't expect any further progress with people that are satisfied with things as they are"

[@campkohler9131]

Note that at 13:06 the machine nameplate says "Automatic Scriber - Diser." I think this is simply a typo, because it doesn't seem to be an alternate spelling for dicer. This documentary should be seen by all those interested in computers and electronics, because of its rich historical detail.

[@samuellourenco1050]

This is a great documentary series, and it should be preserved.

[@peterbradbury784]

It should be remade with good photography.

[@letsnotplaywithelectricity9346]

That was a really comfy series. Thanks for sharing :)

[@ZsomborZsombibi]

The last sentence is the words of a prophet. Amazing that he already knew the environmental issue is the next key subject in the mass semiconductor production.

[@RWBHere]

Thanks. I really enjoyed this series, despite the inevitable VHS video quality losses.

[@WallaceRoseVincent]

40s and 50s it was USA, 60s 70s and 80s it was Japan ... 90s, 00s 10s it's China. Who will be the next king of the manufacturing? Robots? Artificial Intelligence? It's been interesting to follow the entire history of the semiconductor industry from Bell Labs (Bill Shockley John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain) to Japan in the 1990s. And I've watched the whole thing on a device I make phone calls with that's made in China. Looking forward to someone documenting the history of the semiconductor industry in China. But there might be more robots than people in that Documentary!

[@miketm8200]

China!!

[@oakspines7171]

Semitech machines not come from China. They are the hub for products manufacturing and build from components up to systems level. Outsourcing is one of the biggest decisions in the business history. Quality and vendors management are big and important for companies but usually not visible to people in the other departments.

[@mithril333]

strange colours @1:07 but then i realized the corporate dress code must have been "Black costume or Grey costume"

[@johneygd]

Holy shit, those story's & machines are mind blowing.

[@RCAvhstape]

Outstanding documentary.

[@borincod]

Outstanding overview of technology development history. Haven't seen modern docs dealing with such details. Thanks, RC286. When has the film been shot?

[@RC-nq7mg]

I have no Idea, I found this at the local Japanese cultural centre on a VHS that was copied off of TV or other. I made a copy for myself and figured I would share it. I have never been able to find any information about these documentaries. Based on the music and camerawork etc. I would place it somewhere mid 80's maybe.

[@borincod]

RC286 I've also made some search and have found that these docs are from 1992 as you could find here: archive.today/SInp If you are from US you can even borrow these tapes from embassy archives.

[@mehdan2]

physmann Is there a non-sub Japanese version? Since it seems made by NHK.

[@borincod]

mehdan2 I don't know, sorry. You can try to ask consulate for that as described here: www.atlanta.us.emb-japan.go.jp/video.html

[@0MoTheG]

+ZarV "modern documentaries" are worthless entertainment for the idiotic masses. The US documentaries are just about biggest, smallest, extreme, dangerous, "any failure now would would ...", fastest ... You watch them and afterwards you think "have I learned anything, have they more than hinted at anything interesting?"

[@douro20]

Disco still leads the market in dicing equipment. I would imagine there are still 30- or 40-year old Disco machines doing this work in labs.

[@mozartjpn137]

These guys enjoyed their jobs, just like their hobbies.

[@saskiavanhoutert3190]

My father didn´t had electronical parts, to make his laptop during war-time, now we have, thanks for showing and kind regards. I still love computers and would like to work with those.

[@jatigre1]

The pragmatism or reality; "we have a problem with dust". Eliminate the problem by eliminating the dust.

[@zdzichus.3264]

WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! (and I've only seen one minute of this doc! Pls do not take it away...

[@lexloose2112]

I was born in 64, this was fascinating. Thank you

[@sergiodjf]

Thank you for sharing. This documentary series are awesome!

[@PacoOtis]

Excellent! Thanks for the educational video!!

[@MrCOPYPASTE]

great mind + great discovery = a better future. I'm so glad to be bestowed with the grace of knowledge. Be thoughtful because you are laying the ground for something great. Bless you Gaia

[@robertgift]

Thank you, RC, for sharing this well done film.

[@Sunnyvale877]

Wow Japan started with a few idea" from America, cool story from the ground up, they have my respect, thank:s for a view from the rising sun... !

[@craigroberts1670]

Long time ago I worked a temp job as a lead for a Korean firm who did repairs on high-end copiers (IBM). These guys also took a lot of pride in what they did and it showed. I also did my job better (back to owner shipping) due to a supervisor who was very nice but encouraged me to raise the bar on daily outgoing quota. At the end of the assingment they took me out for dinner and praised my work. I'd never seen that kind of appreciation for a "job well done". Good Stuff.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

Really amazing, an this is many years ago, I'd love to see what the industry is doing today. Must be all lasers today.

[@StephenMortimer]

this ends with a BAD CASE OF VICTORY DISEASE

[@miketoreno4969]

Thanks for the 4 videos.

[@YouTuber-lf3nx]

日本が輝いていた頃

[@RayR]

Fascinating and eye opening. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@Lion_McLionhead]

If Japanese made 3D printers, they'd be precise to the micron. They just don't make anything anymore. It was a short window from 1980-1995 when they peaked.

[@BobbyIronsights]

Thanks for the upload, great stuff!

[@Catcrumbs]

1:43 Just what the hell is going on here? I was told that the Japanese have an elaborate protocol for exchanging business cards, requiring them, amongst other things, to offer and receive the cards with both hands. I'm shocked and appalled to see that they only use one hand in the featured footage!

[@scottfawcus9231]

lol

[@mkvision]

lol. I thought the same thing.

[@campkohler9131]

Yes, this impropriety should be should be punished by the award of Ribbons of Shame (see WP article), or failing that, more nuclear weapons are in order, which seems to overcome the most stubborn of persons.

[@fonebones88]

To me, it looks like a very pragmatic way of preserving culture while elegantly swapping cards. Doing the exchange with both hands would be a lengthy process. Inefficiency doesn't seem to have been a big part of the personality of the people I've seen here.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

A lot of them went to school and spent considerable time in the US. No doubt that left impressions they took back with them.

[@Panj0]

Thanks for making this stuff available to everyone. You got a sub from me.

[@Soloist1983]

No part 5, what do I do with my life now? :D

[@ParthaDas-wy6ps]

Among the integrated chips connected with gold wire, I heard it and saw it for the first time today.

[@nurmohamednur3271]

tanks

[@deathdoor]

This documentary is heavily abridged! It focus only on the history as fast as possible, the original goes very in-depth actually trying to make the viewer understand how each technology shown works. The original is 6 episodes long, each with a 1:30h length!

[@ralphlouis2705]

How do I see the original

[@deathdoor]

@@ralphlouis2705 Search for "電子立国 日本の自叙伝", but it's all in japanese.

[@vvdvlas8397]

Вперше в житті дивлюся настільки докладний фільм про технології електронної промисловості. For the first time in my life I watch such a detailed film about the technologies of the electronic industry.

[@makeminefreedom]

Japanese technology is the best. The only reason Japan fell to China is because China manipulates their currency to the point that Japanese products are more expensive and cannot compete anymore. I loved the Betamax when it first came out. For the first time I could watch a movie at home and pause it to go to the bathroom. I will never forget the magic of that moment.

[@dedskin1]

Do you know why Japan has no fighter jets ? because that is why they have tech ,but jets are high tech, hmm

[@SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid]

Perhaps, Japan's shrinking population has something to do with its economic decline too, on the other hand China, at that time was trapped in its ideological mindset, which in the end has proven to be the best option, because first they developed strong institutions and after that jumped in capitalism.

[@tisjester]

@@dedskin1 Or it was because they were NOT allowed to develop military technology LOL.. Did you even watch this whole series? but that was then this is now.. They have created Their own Jet and developed much of the systems themselves in cooperation with the US. The Mitsubishi F-2.. Which was a deal they got double screwed over.. They had to give all the technology they developed (Intellectual Property)to the US yet still had to pay patent and licensing fee's for any US tech they used.

[@dedskin1]

@@tisjester exactly , not allowed, free world indeed

[@MrDingaling007]

@@dedskin1 Because they were not allowed to make any military hardware after the war. Instead they make a lot of the high tech components for American Jets, And the wings for Boeing etc.

[@mauriceupton1474]

Very cool docs, cheers from ZL1MPU

[@danielmichalski2436]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@commodoresixfour7478]

There must be something wrong with me, I love the sound of that punch press. The advancement in punch presses has speed up and now it sounds more like a mini gun. New hydraulic presses don't make full revolutions and instead swing back and forth.

[@neozeo25]

1 micrometer vs. 8 nanometer...

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Amazing but this video appears from early 90s and so much of the cutting edge tech seen here is now woefully obsolete in itself.

[@rogerk6180]

The history is still the same history.

[@Moronvideos1940]

I downloaded this Thank you

[@Great_Indian_Basturds]

Where do you get this video.

[@uzma_art_craft]

Thank you

[@SIC66SIC66]

Japan definitely lost its lead in semiconductor production after this was shot.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Where is semiconductor production centered now?

[@inzepinz]

@@gregorymalchuk272 taiwan/south-korea

[@josephanderson7237]

I bet Disco can really cut a rug.

[@TheHardcoreLegends]

nice

[@AgentOffice]

Lots of gifts for plant manager, lucky

[@7arp836]

今やホバークラフトの浮遊を利用したステッパーや露光装置に、深紫外線プロジェクターの時代ですね、

[@lucazsy]

Wise words starting at 28:12

[@murtw]

KZbin : take this i hope u enjoy it

[@gwharton68]

Very enjoyable and informative. Its to bad the video quality is so bad.

[@rogerk6180]

A better quality version of these vhs tapes has now been uploaded on this channel.

[@anchorbait6662]

Wow. Random nudity haha. 25:05

[@ryann8680]

The Japanese were/are a much more honorable industrial adversary than the chinese are

[@phabi0]

I think Chinese industry is not really about being honorable at all!

[@JA-pn4ji]

In the 1970's, that's not what they were saying about the Japanese.

[@antigen4]

SOME chinese maybe but perhaps it's smarter not to generalise ...

[@RONWOLPA]

Watch this Frontline: Coming From Japan [The Fall Of The US Television Industry] (1992) kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5bWe4epj9agbMU

[@ciprianpopa1503]

You seem to have dropped in the middle of the series. All the episodes up to now displayed anything but honorable behavior. I would call it industrial espionage at every step.

[@Funnygalsproductions]

JVC :japanese victory componant .

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

Disco cutters slice the human hair 10 times - length wise!!!!!

[@RWBHere]

Back in the late 1970's we used those cutters in England. The blades really were that good, if handled properly. But one careless operator could destroy a bank of a dozen or more blades in an instant. They were expensive, so novices didn't get to use a single bladed cutter until the blade had been used many thousands of times. One secret to using those diamond blades was to make sure that the rotational speed was kept high, and another was to be careful to maintain lubricant pressure within the correct range.

[@rogerk6180]

Crazy stuff.

[@joshjones3408]

So instead of paying a person the money there worth.....let's just replace said person with the 4004....sad

[@bingeltube]

Recommendable, but documentary is dated (1970s or early 1980s?)

[@RWBHere]

Late 1980's to early 1990's. A reference is made somewhere in the series to past progress 'during the 1980's'.

[@bingeltube]

@@RWBHere we are only 10 years or so apart! :-)

[@dip20000]

Released 1991, here the video quality is very bad. You can find original longer lasting video, but on Japanese.

[@siddharthsingh5169]

wow

[@ronaldjorgensen6839]

can not turn away RC286 thank you

[@MrSkipper13]

Whoever did the documentary, (or recording) did a very poor job of lighting. Other than that- eye opener.

[@judclark7376]

ball bonding ......

[@randomtux1234]

8:09 DISCO-prepAre to be AmAzed

[@GRZNGT]

20:40 - Why hello from 1990s! Shame noone listened to you back then

[@SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid]

What did they drink? Is it sake?

[@craigroberts1670]

Sake Bomb, to be accurate!! LOL.

[@sambaker3233]

Sake bomb. Yes, no jokes. It's called sake bomb

[@marin4311]

Japanese are the Germans of Asia. Arigatoo gozaimashita.

[@stevebez2767]

MARIN aah,enigma civi hiz bill leafs hang so much shits,eh!!?

[@SmoKeSome357]

2018?

[@paulj0557tonehead]

VLSI circuits in electronic organs began around 1980. Not as good sounding as discrete transistors.

[@campkohler9131]

Which is more important, the most faithful sound, or making reasonable-quality instruments affordable to the masses?

[@GB-rf4fu]

34:05 - now China is climbing and Japan felt down.

[@MrDingaling007]

Japan still makes quality.

[@sibalogh]

That's right, Long Live Japan and it's Technology! I heard critics who used to bitch about Japanese technological advances due to, like Motorola in the '90s, often falling behind in the race like the US that even used their last president, Barak Obumer, who went against TOYOTA on a false pretence about an accelerator Bowden Cabel. Interestingly, this problem occured only in the US. Why? Because, allegedly, that faulty Bowden Cable was developed and manufactured in the US also for TOYOTA. I presume this was for the pleasure of the BIG US car manufacturers who weren't suceeding on the market. Interestingly, just before this FAKE accelerator cable allegations against TOYOTA, all three US car manufacturers went to the white house to give their side of story about their market loss to the White house with a very black president in it, who was setout to trivialise good things and praise fools and charlatans.

[@Mark_Ocain]

lol 90 degree bows here and there ...love how feudalism found its way into modern Japan. Your company was as much your family as the one you have at home. Your company is most likely your cause of death as well....these guys were worked haaaaaaard. A job for life in return for dogged loyalty and hard work has long left the expectation of most Japanese workers now though.

[@sambaker3233]

Once china opened up, and countries de regulated, Japanese companies became disloyal to their workers- by making them redundant. As such, workers became untrusting of companies. Happened the world over.

[@peterbradbury784]

Someone needs to learn what White Balance is.

[@SuperScottCrawford]

25:12 wtf?!?

[@woodtv4658]

Hgmvbabarnjamggq

[@woodtv4658]

Whatttt

[@rogerk6180]

Whats wrong?

[@yolamontalvan9502]

You forgot to mention when GODZILLA was created.

[@stevebez2767]

Ju RAS ic?!...

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_%281954_film%29

[@wailandkarisma4279]

The people from America and Japan makes the the people from my country look like vegetable's. Especially Japan considering their loss and occupation after the war, look where they are and what they have achieved. There is definitely something in the water over there.

[@paranoidhumanoid]

Japanese culture is based on bushido or "warrior's code" so when things like war happen, they believe there can only be one winner and the loser must accept defeat and move on. This is why you never hear them complain incessantly about the war because they knew what the risks were and accepted their fate. In present day, whenever there is a conflict, they will deal with and simply move on -- this is the reason why ordinary folks never file lawsuits or whine about trivial things on social media or protests because it's disrespectful to one's own honor and image and to their family as well. This attitude is what allowed them to build back rapidly.

[@thoughtthinker9300]

If you take away this American Vs Japanese nonsense at the end. Mainly because it is nonsense. So few individuals from each country are represented in the bringing about of all this technology. It's obvious we are talking about INDIVIDUALS and not nationalities. INDIVIDUAL HUMANS. Lets remove the prejudices.

[@AaronSchwarz42]

Given scope & magnitude of problems facing Japan, ministry of science & technology should allocated R&D funding to solving water, air, clean electricity & affordable electricity production, new super safe higher efficiency nuclear, rare earth free magnets of good flux strength that are heat fade tolerant without any rare earth materials. Furthermore, Japan should focus on sustainable food production, especially with sea food & fish farming in biodynamic ways that are good for nature & the ocean to make sustainable long term yields possible. Energy efficient building optimization with super high efficiency HVAC & super efficient windows & walls & structural members insulating in nature from inside out with a focus on thermal retention for better heat maintenance or less temp drift to keep homes & buildings cooler & dryer in summer & warmer per properly humid in winter etc energy & heat storage technology with phase change materials & AI driven control of pumps fans & VFC motor controller for variable rate pumps & fans. Further optimization of microwave oven technology & efficient cooking techniques without burning carbon, all electric. Indoor air quality with HEPA & similar tech developed to keep semiconductor production facilities free of dust etc Plenty of work to keep everyone busy!

[@subhasarkar8823]

Because once upon time Americans focused on military markets and Japanese worked for the civilian benefits.

[@ashishbe7]

8.08

[@juliomoura6516]

PIXELS POR POLEGADA QUADRADA POLARIZAÇÃO

[@mrbanditoxyz]

Anybody recognize the voice of the translator? Yep .. Mr Sulu...

[@ab0032]

The outstanding progress is due to free markets. America has lipped and fallen. But it did not get up, instead it is doing more slipping to this day, more socialism, more state regulation. It will never recover from what it is doing now. Same for the EU.

[@KlausBahnhof]

This series makes it clear that Japan's progress was achieved through extremely hard work, dedication and innovation. Crediting only the free market is to belittle their success. Also, Japan has always had plenty of state regulation. Business needs regulation, otherwise it will inevitably pollute and exploit without consequence.

[@pencileraser101]

ab0032 not fallen just stagnant in everything exept influence and their technology is a little bit going up but not fast

[@scottfawcus9231]

The Space race (nasa) and Manhatten project gave SOOOO MUCH to the technology firms and it's clear that certain insiders profited vastly from this.

[@AlJay0032]

@@pencileraser101 Peter Thiel speaks about this great stagnation. The situation has gotten worse in the USA and the EU since I wrote this 6 years ago. 2% growth is a good year, most years not even that is reached. While China and the rest of the world have 7% growth. Hence the EU and the USA are losing global GDP share. 7% growth is a doubling in 10 years. I doubt communist ruled China will be able to keep up 7% growth, but in a little over a decade the Chinese economy will reach twice the size of the US economy and more than the USA and the EU combined. We will enter a new world order. And now the Democrats are pitting Russia against the EU in the Ukraine war to weaken the EU. This is extremely dumb. Trump correctly identified communist China as a problem. The USA should instead cooperate with the EU and work together with them. But they are too socialist and too green fascist. While China is building over 100 new coal plants plus some nuclear plants every year, the EU and the USA are shutting down fossil fuel power plants, stopping fracking, preventing pipelines etc. Where will the industrial production be in the future when the USA and the EU don't have cheap or reliable power and China has all the power plants? How are the USA going to finance the military bases around the world if their share of the world economy drops below 15%? The result of this stupid war that Biden and his buddies are pushing is about to end the dollar status as a reserve currency. The de-dollarization has begun, the end of the petro-dollar is near when even EU countries are now starting to buy fossil fuels dominated in Yuan. But hey, gender "affirming" operations for 11 year olds and an open southern border and mostly peaceful BLM protests have priority for liberals.

[@AlJay0032]

tripped, not lipped.

[@coloradostrong]

This technology most certainly was stolen from... afrikans. HAHAHAHAHAHA