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  According to the survey,the Business enterprises that engaged in research in FY2001 numbered17,900companies,with the manufacturing industry accounting for the vast majority of these,at almost76%of all industry types.Within the manufacturing sector,the machinery,electrical machinery,and food industries held the largest shares.

  Also,the total of R&D expenses incurred by companies in FY2001rose by5.4%from the previous fiscal year to11.451trillion yen,accounting for about69%of Japan's total R&D expenditure.

  By source of funding for R&D expenditures,companies accounted for almost all of the total,dwarfing the government funding at about1%of the total. Moreover,for R&D expenses incurred by companies excluding public corporations and in-dependent administrative institutions,classified by company capitalization,those with capitalization of10billion yen or more accounted for about73%of the total,a result that showed R&D expenditure was concentrated in larger corporations.Further-more,growth rates since FY2000 show that companies with capitalization of1billion yen or more have experienced increases while companies with capitalization of less than1billion yen have witnessed year-on-year declines (Table2-1-22).

Figure2-1-21Manufacturing industry research expenditures in selected countries,by industry

Table2-1-22 Comparison of R&D expense growth rates,by size of company capitalization