First place: America
Second place: Britain
Third place: Japan
In the number of patent applications filed by the National Patent Office of the United States, Japan is the second largest country after the United States itself, which has always been regarded as an important indicator of Japan's innovation ability. Japanese universities rank second only to the United States and Britain in the global university rankings and contribution to world science and technology.
Since World War II, the Japanese government has attached great importance to the investment in education, founded the country by science and technology, and its education level has been in the forefront of the world. Unfortunately, Japanese universities seem to have some congenital deficiencies, and their innovation ability and adventurous spirit are far behind those of the United States and Britain.
There are many large groups and companies in Japan, such as Dongzhi and Mitsubishi. These companies have strong scientific research strength. Japan's attention to details makes their products have a better user experience in the market (in contrast, American products are often rough, which may be the key reason for the decline of American manufacturing), thus occupying the market, which also gives them more R&D funds.
Through the technology sharing between the United States and Japan, Japan has obtained many key technologies (the technology sharing here does not represent the practical level, and it is impossible for GM to tell Honda its own automobile manufacturing technology), but it has to be said that many key technologies were invented by Americans, and then developed and occupied by the Japanese. From the initial imitation to the later technological innovation, the rise of Japan has become a myth in Asia.
In the 1990s, the United States, represented by Silicon Valley, took the lead in starting the information revolution and defeated Japan by taking advantage of its scientific and technological superiority. Since then, Japan has stepped up the research and development of top technology and made great progress (for example, the number of people who won the Nobel Prize has steadily increased). Compared with the United States and Britain, the Japanese lack the spirit of adventure and innovation (especially the American spirit of scientific adventure), which may be the achilles heel of the Japanese. However, the Japanese also have an advantage. They tend to work in one industry all their lives, while many people in the United States may change careers in countless ways (Americans don't seem to like working in a certain profession all their lives). As we all know, technology takes time to accumulate. An old engineer and professor with 30 years' experience can easily beat an excellent doctoral student with his own experience. Although he may not be as clever as the young doctor. For example, Qian Yongjian won the Nobel Prize, and his scientific research achievements cannot be separated from the support of another person. The man who provided Qian Yongjian with key information and scientific research achievements had already finished his scientific research work, and now he is a gas station oiler, although he may have won the Nobel Prize at that time. Compared with Britain, Japan has lost its language advantage, and there are not so many top universities in Britain. Although Waseda and Tokyo University are both top universities in the world, they are still a little tender compared with Oxford and Cambridge! Japan ranks very high in 20 key scientific and technological fields. Japan has a strong scientific research strength in materials science and cutting-edge robots.
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