Some people say that Japan is the second strongest country in the world. What do you think of this?

what do you think? Treat it as a joke! As long as China and Russia are there, it will not rank second!

Since we only mentioned a powerful country and said nothing, we can only compare the comprehensive national strength! According to my understanding, comprehensive national strength is nothing more than the sum of political influence, military strength and economic strength! Let's compare them one by one and see what Japan is like.

Article 1 Political influence

There is nothing wrong with America being the first. There is nothing to say! So the second one is Japan? Obviously not! Because the most politically influential organization in the world is the United Nations, and its position in the United Nations just confirms the order of international influence. In the United Nations, the five permanent members have absolute authority, followed by non-permanent members. Among the non-permanent members, Japan has been elected many times, which shows that it is still influential, but no matter how influential it is, it is also five places short! This Japan doesn't match!

Article 2 Military forces

The military strength of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces should not be underestimated. Both the air force and the navy are equipped with many advanced equipment. However, subject to the peace constitution, the number of Japanese self-defense forces is obviously low, which is naturally not the same as that of China and Russia, which have millions of soldiers! In terms of conventional weapons, Japan once had certain advantages over us, but today, with the explosion of various main battle equipment in China, it is obviously not an opponent. What's more, China and Russia still have nuclear weapons, and all Japanese weapons are zero in front of nuclear weapons. There is none in Japan!

Article 3 Economic strength

This time, the most powerful Japanese competed for the second place in the world, and once occupied the second place. Unfortunately, China drove them down from behind! Can it be recovered in the future? I think it's terrible! Although Abe's economic policy seems to have some effect, Japan's population and resources have made it further. I find it difficult, because there is not much potential to tap! So this seems to have a great chance, in fact, it is difficult to return to the second position. Do not match!

Article 4 the level of science and technology

Japan's scientific and technological level is still quite high! However, it is mainly civilian, and military technology is obviously not good, which is also the result of being bound by the peace constitution. Weapons and equipment can't be exported, and they are not used much, which leads to the high cost of a single weapon and makes it impossible to spend more money on research. With the lifting of the arms export ban, military technology will be upgraded in the future. As for whether it will reach the second level of science and technology in the world, it is hard to say! But at present, we are ahead of Japan in key scientific and technological fields, such as manned space flight, high-speed rail, naval and air force equipment and so on. So this is still not very good, at least it is not the second place in essence!