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Japan Go Global
For the last several weeks, I have travelled to several countries in Africa and the Middle East to talk with various governments about their S&T, innovation and entrepreneurial policy. Everywhere I go, everyone has the same comments about how Japan is mature, stable and a nation that has everything. People look to Japan as an innovative country with money, technology, global corporations and name brands. Many countries also recognize Japan as a leader in clean technology even before the word “green” became popular and fashionable. Unfortunately, over the last 20 years, Japan has been in a economic and political malaise. GDP has …