100 Talents Program (China), 86

163.com, 201

21^st Century Frontier Research and Development National Project, 74

3D, 125

4G Internet, 65, 115

863 Program, 81

Academia Sinica, 146

Acer, 3, 17, 67, 216

Acer Iconia tablet, 15

AEAN-Japan Centre, 187

Aerospace, 59

Africa, 3

Ajigaura, 108

Akihabara (Electric Town), 17, 148

AKKY, 148

Al Jazeera, 158

Alibaba, 3, 88, 89

Alipay.com, 201

alternative energy, 34, 59

Amazon.com, 3, 24, 88, 168, 200, 203

Amazon Fire, 15

Ameba, 200

Ameblo, 199

Amperex, 124

Analog modems, 67

Anchordoguy, Marie, 46

Android, 123

Angry Birds, 170–171

animation, 2, 6, 17, 22, 174–175

animation parks, 144

anime, 6, 16, 64, 174–175, 186, 221

AOL, 3

Apple 3, 4, 16, 21, 94, 119, 123, 126, 150, 204, 219, 224, 229–230

Argentina, 36, 48

ArpNet, 104

Asahi Kasei Corp., 124

ASEAN-Japan Forum on the Development of the Contents Industry, 187

Asia Pacific Broadcasting Training Centre, 155

Asialics, 49

Asian Development State, 46

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), 187

Astro Boy, 174

Atari, 176

Austin, Texas, 35

Australia, 36

automakers, Japanese, 41

automobiles (hybrid), 34

AVartisan Ltd., 170

Baidu, 83, 8, 200, 201

Bandwidth, 106

Bandwidth First, Content Later (Taiwan), 68

Bangalore, 35, 36

base digital manufacturing, 121–122

Basic Research Promotion Law (Korea), 73

Beautiful Skin Family, 184

Beijing, 17, 85, 110