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This chapter presents an evaluation of technology efforts in the broad area of digital image and video libraries in Japan. Major issues in this area are acquisition, storage, retrieval, manipulation, displays, interfaces, networking and providing protection to digital content. The study panel saw examples of competitive research and development in most of these areas and advances in display- and acquisition-related efforts.