JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY OF PLASTICITY vol.49 no.572 September 2008 ---CONTENTS--- Essay Forging Only. Half a Century―Recollection and Expectation for Shop-Floor （Monozukuri） Technologies Hyoji YOSHIMURA 1(829) Forums A Diversity of Industrial Development in Asia Yasushi ABE 3(831) Recent Industrial Situation in India and South East Asia Yoshio ENOMOTO 5(833) Key Points of Overseas Expansion of Auto-Body Stamping Process Masao SHIOKAWA 9(837) The Overseas Manufacturing Culture or "Monozukuri" of Automobile Industry in ASEAN, China, Iran and South-America Kazuki KIMURA 14(842) The Overseas Manufacturing Culture or "Monozukuri" of Automobile Industry in USA Yoshiharu SHIMPO 18(846) Review Factors Affecting Forming Limit of Sheet Metals Katsuhiko YAMAGUCHI 21(849) Explanations State of Art and Future Trend of Fine Blanking Masao MURAKAWA 28(856) Unsuccessfulness in My Career and Some Reflections I'd like to Convey to the Younger Engineers Kenji INOUE 33(861) Joint Properties of Three Dimensional FSW―Optimal Processing for Non-Linear Joints Masato TSUJIKAWA, Yuzo OKAWA, Sachio OKI and Kenji HIGASHI 38(866) Perspective for Tube Bending and Enhancement of Accuracy in Its Numerical Analysis Takashi KUBOKI and Kazuhito TAKAHASHI 44(872) Visit to Institution Materials and Environmental Systems Laboratory in Kanazawa University Takeshi YONEYAMA, Hiroyuki KAGAWA and Tetsuyou WATANABE 50(878) Report Report on Winners of the Excellent Paper-Presentation Award in the 2008 Japanese Spring Conference for the Technology of Plasticity Organizing Committee of the Conference 52(880) Papers Forming of Rotary-Cut Japanese Cedar Veneer by Taking Advantage of Its Fluidity Osamu YAMASHITA, Hideyuki YOKOCHI, Tsunehisa MIKI and Kozo KANAYAMA 53(881) Forming Limit Prediction in Bore Expansion by Combination of Finite Element Simulation and Ductile Fracture Criterion Hirohiko TAKUDA, Keisuke OZAWA, Takayuki HAMA, Tohru YOSHIDA and Jun NITTA 58(886) Considerations on Shock Wave and Its Definitions on the Basis of the Plate Impact Experiment Yasuhisa SATO, Masahide KATAYAMA, Tadashi ASHIKAGA and Kazuyoshi TAKAYAMA 63(891) Reduction in Flatness Using Axial Compressive Force in Rotary Draw Bending of Circular Tube Kazuhito TAKAHASHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takashi KUBOKI, Makoto MURATA, Kazuhiko ONO and Kouzou YANO 68(896) Investigation of Dynamic Friction Properties of Extruded AZ31 Magnesium Alloy by Ring-typed Compressive Testing Li-Fu CHAING, Hiroyuki HOSOKAWA, Jian-yih WANG, Tokuteru UESUGI, Yorinobu TAKIGAWA and Kenji HIGASHI 73(901) Evaluation Method of Workability in Cold Pilgering of Zirconium-based Alloy Tube Hideaki ABE and Munekatsu FURUGEN 78(906) Copyright (C)1997-2007 JSTP. All Rights Reserved.