Science and technology in Japan

Science and technology in Japan has helped fuel the rapid industrial and economic development of the country.

High levels of support for research and development have enabled Japan to produce advances in automotive engines, television display technology, videogames, optical clocks, and many other fields.

Japan is also advanced and a global leader in the robotics, natural sciences, aerospace exploration and biomedical research areas.

Japan also sends several astronauts to work in the ISS and help other international collaborators with space research and technology transfers.

[2] In recent years, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has been used to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid called Ryugu and back to Earth for research and analysis.

Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Sharp, NEC, Nintendo, Epson and Toshiba are among the best-known electronics companies in the world.

It is estimated that compared to the amount of known reserves still in the ground, 16% of the world's gold and 22% of silver is contained in electronic technology in Japan.