Japan was so rampant in WWII, how is its comprehensive national power now?

Japan's comprehensive national strength can be ranked in the world's top five, if located in Western Europe, Japan will replace Germany, become the European Union leader, but Japan is crowded in East Asia, despite the strength of Japan, in the United States, China and Russia in front of the, but there appears to be very weak, able to allow Japan to continue to maintain the great power of the self-confidence of Japan can only rely on South Korea.

Japan's territorial area of 378,000 square kilometers, slightly smaller than the area of China's Yunnan Province (394,000 square kilometers), if compared with the neighboring China, Russia, Japan is like a small caterpillar, it is not worth mentioning, but if you put in Europe, Japan's area is only smaller than France, larger than Germany, Poland, Britain. In addition Japan has an exclusive economic zone of 4.47 million square kilometers of sea, which is an advantage that Germany, Poland and other countries do not have.

Japan's territory is not small, but Russia's area of 17 million square kilometers, China's area of more than 9.6 million square kilometers, Japan's small almost negligible, especially Japan's terrain is narrow and long, there is no strategic depth, in the face of a large-scale war there is no way back.

Japan's resources are scarce, only a small amount of coal, natural gas, sulfur and other resources, industrial raw materials and fuel almost all rely on imports.

After the end of World War II, Japan's economy gradually recovered, and the United States participated in two successive wars in East Asia, and Japan became a U.S. rear base after it was occupied by the United States alone. During the war, Japan received a large number of orders from the U.S. military, including clothing, food, and pharmaceuticals, which led to the rapid development of Japan's economy.

Japan attaches importance to education, the implementation of free compulsory education for all began in 1957, the education expenditure accounted for 8% of GDP, the quality of the national and ability to rise rapidly, in order to accelerate economic development, Japan also purchased European and American patented technology at a high price, to strengthen scientific research, and gradually formed a technological monopoly, in 1968, Japan surpassed Germany and became the world's second-largest economy until it was surpassed by China in 2010. In 1968, Japan surpassed Germany and became the second largest economy in the world until 2010 when it was surpassed by China. Japan's total GDP ranks third in the world and will not be surpassed by Germany in the short term.

Japan attaches importance to education, science and technology at the forefront of the world, the early 21st century, the Japanese government set a goal: 30 Nobel Prizes in 50 years. This goal was even mocked by Japanese scholars as unrealistic and should be down-to-earth, but Japan has already won 18 Nobel Prizes, and accomplishing the goal is just around the corner. Moreover, Japan's Nobel prizes are concentrated in the categories of physics, chemistry and medicine, which are much more gold-rich.

Japan's real estate bubble was pricked in 1995, countless Japanese people went bankrupt and the economy came to a standstill, which made the Japanese realize that it is difficult to improve economic strength by relying only on real estate and finance, and that science and technology is the hard power.

Japanese scientists and educators have a high social status, and the government has invested a high amount of money in scientific research and education, so science and technology are developing rapidly. In the semiconductor industry, Japanese companies have almost reached a monopoly, so they can easily sanction the Korean semiconductor industry. In addition, Japan in the field of precision instruments, machine tools, medical equipment, etc., are located in the world's forefront.

Japan as a defeated country in World War II, military power has been suppressed, under the jurisdiction of the United States, Japan is not allowed to have offensive weapons, such as ballistic missiles, aircraft carriers, but Japan is also the United States in East Asia's most important ally, with the rise of the great powers, the United States team the expansion of Japan's military power to turn a blind eye.

Japan has two helicopter carriers, 163 various types of warships, including 58 destroyers and frigates, Japan's warships use vertical launch technology, carrying the U.S. missile system, the combat power. Japan also purchased 145 F-35 fighter jets from the United States, the total number is second only to the United States, Japan's overall military strength ranks among the world's top.

Japan's overall strength is strong, but the weakness is also very obvious, one is the lack of resources, dependent on imports, once the sea transportation line is cut off, Japan's stored resources are difficult to maintain the operation of the huge economic and military machine, can only sit and wait for death.

The second is that Japan has territorial disputes with a number of countries, including China, Russia, South Korea, two of which have nuclear weapons, and military strength exceeds that of Japan, in the U.S. blessing, Japan does not need to worry about security, but the U.S. is unlikely to fight for Japan, so the outbreak of a large-scale war, Japan's national strength will appear very weak.

Japan's advanced science and technology, public information shows that Japan has the ability to develop nuclear weapons in six months, shipyards can also be transformed in a short period of time to produce warships, but really the outbreak of war, who will not give Japan six months time.

No strong military power as a guarantee, Japan is difficult to continue to be strong, despite the economic and scientific and technological strength of more than the United Kingdom, France and Germany and other countries, but the dangers faced by far more than the United Kingdom, France and Germany.