The two volumes of the proceedings of the 14th International National Thermal Spray Conference (22–26 May 1995, Kobe, Japan) contain 208 papers of which 78 were from Japanese authors. The proceedings (ISSN 1241-3074), entitled Thermal Spraying: Current Status and Future Trends, with Akira Ohmori as the editor, total 1226 pages and are available from the High Temperature Society of Japan, c/o Welding Research Institute of Osaka University, 11-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567, Japan. These abstracts present a unique snapshot of thermal spray research and development in Japan towards the end of the 20th century. The thirteen sections of the proceedings and corresponding breakdown of the Japanese contributors into these sections are presented in the table below.