Economic Power / Technological Power
Japan is still one of the world's strongest economic powers even though its market share relatively decreased due to foreign countries economic development in the 21st century. Japan, a country with scarce natural resources, has achieved high economic growth through “craftsmanship”. Technology capability that supported the high value-added craftsmanship is still highly praised by the world as one of the features of Japan’s manufacturing industry.
GDP
GDP (gross domestic product) is the value created through the production of goods and services in a country during a certain period. It is used as an indicator to measure a country’s economic strength. According to 2020 data disclosed in 2021, Japan has the third largest GDP in the world.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Statistic 2020 World Nominal GDP
Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel Prize is an international prize which has been awarded from 1901 based on the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. Nobel Prizes are awarded to those who made prominent achievement in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economy,“5 fields +1 field”. Regarding numbers of winners by country, Japan has the 6th most winners with 28 winners as of 2020. In detail, 11 winners for Physics, 8 winners for Chemistry, 5 winners for Physiology or Medicine, 3 winners for Literature, and 1 winner for Peace.
The Nobel Prize in Physics
Bullet Trains
The Shinkansen, or bullet train, first came into service in 1964 as the world’s first high-speed rail that operated at speed faster than 200km/h. Compared to high-speed rail developed in other countries, the Shinkansen is extremely punctual and runs on short intervals, enabling large traffic volume. Since 1964, there have been no passenger fatalities due to train accidents which the train companies are held accountable for. ATC (Automatic Train Control) and centralized traffic control manages all train operations, enabling a safe and punctual operation.
Super Computer
A supercomputer is a computer with hundreds of thousands of times higher level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. It plays an important role in fields such as scientific and engineering calculations and computer simulation. Supercomputer “Fugaku”, jointly developed by RIKEN Center for Computational Science and Fujitsu, has attained first place in all categories of “TOP500”, “HPCG”, “HPL-AI”, and “Graph500”, world supercomputer performance rankings, for three consecutive terms from June 2020.
