Highlighting History: Japan’s Accelerated Innovations

Ask anyone in the life sciences field to list today’s global titans of industry and you’ll see Japan on every list. Over the past 25 years, Japan has grown to be one of the top producers of scientific knowledge in the world. With the second largest individual pharmaceutical and medical devices market, Japan spends over 10% of its annual GDP on healthcare. Further, the country has among the greatest business expenditures on R&D in the world. According to Scientific America’s