Science and technology in Japan
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Japan is renowned country for its electronics and Japanese electronics accounts for very large share in the world market compared to majority of countries. Since the country didn't go into space race like countries like Soviet Union and the United States, its development slowed compared to those countries, but since has began number of projects in space such as the Hayabusa aircraft, Japanese Experiment Module, and future plans to go to the moon.
Japan is one of leading nations in the fields of scientific research, technology, machinery and medical research with the world's third largest budget for research and development at US$130 billion, and over 677,000 researchers. [24]
Some of Japan's more important technological contributions are found in the fields of electronics, machinery, industrial robotics, optics, chemicals, semiconductors and metals. Japan leads the world in robotics, possessing more than half (402,200 of 742,500) of the world's industrial robots used for manufacturing.[25] It also produced QRIO, ASIMO, and Aibo. Japan is also home to six of the world's 15 largest automobile manufacturers and seven of the world 20 largest semiconductor sales leaders.
Japan has also made headway into aerospace research and space exploration. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducts space and planetary research, aviation research, and development of rockets and satellites. It also built the Japanese Experiment Module, which is slated to be launched and added to the International Space Station during Space Shuttle assembly flights in 2007 and 2008.
Major brands and multinational companies:
Advantest • Akai • Alps • Alpine • Anritsu • Aplix • Brother • Canon • Copal • Casio • Citizen Watch • Denon • Denso • DNP • Eizo • Elpida • Epson • Fanuc • Fostex • Fuji Xerox • Fujifilm • Fujitsu • Fukuda • Funai • Futaba • Hamamatsu Photonics • Hitachi • Horiba • HOYA • Icom • Iwatsu • JEOL • JRC • JVC • Kaga • Kawai • Kenwood • Keyence • Konica Minolta • Korg • Kyocera • Logitec • Luxman • Mabuchi Motor • Marantz • Maspro • Matsushita • Maxell • Melco • Mitsubishi • Mitsumi • Mitutoyo • Nakamichi • National • NEC • Nichia • Nidec • Nikon • Nintendo • Nitto Denko • Oki • Olympus • Omron • Onkyo • Oriental Motor • Panasonic • Pentax • Pioneer • Plextor • Renesas • Ricoh • Rohm • Roland • Sansui • Sanyo • Seiko • Sega * Sharp • Shimadzu • SII • Sony • Star Micronics • Sumitomo Electric • Taiyo Yuden • TEAC • TDK • Technics • Tiger • Toppan • Toshiba • Uniden • Ushio • Yagi • Yamaha • Yaskawa • Yokogawa • Zojirushi
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