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No Japanese company on the list. I thought Toyota is doing well.

This is something of a surprise actually, and it’s also an interesting indicator of just how fast economic growth can be. Average wages in South Korea are now higher than they are in Japan. Underneath this is the slightly surprising detail that GDP per capita is still significantly lower in...

HAARP may have caused the Japan quake On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced a 9.0 earthquake with an ensuing tsunami which devastated the coast of the north of Japan. Japan’s stringent building codes were credited with saving many lives but nothing could prepare them for the power of the...

But that thread is so dated and relies on information available in 2012. Now that a lot more information is available, new updated analysis.

This thread is dedicated to technical aspects of the Mitsubishi ATD-X, its performance comparison against other aircrafts and its roles. Please bring up no territorial claims or any off-topic discussion. I believe the current ATD-X prototype is nothing close to a fifth generation fighter...

I think Japan can make a 5th gen fighter but right now they lack technology, experience and infrastructure but they have the potential and capability but it takes time to get experience and develop the needed technologies. This is why they are going for 2040 to make it operational. The project...

One strange thing in the report is that Japan's life expectancy is stated 83.6 but according official estimates it's 84.6 and GNI per capita in PPP terms for Japan is 38k but in the report it's 36 k.

Now South Korean citizens enjoy higher quality of life than the Japanese. Considering that since 90s Japan has been falling in the ranking and Korea climbing we can assume that the gap is only going to get bigger Search for "South Korea Tops Japan in U.N. Human Development Ranking wsj" (Sorry I...

@Red Mahura I guess KIDA has a valid point.They estimate that KFX would cost north of $150bil for the government. Currently Korea's social security and welfare are not in good position and tax base is not that strong. The chaebol dominated economy doesn't help either. I think I've heard that...

Two good articles about atd-x: 1. Search google for: ATD-X Emerges Amid Japanese Fighter Choices aviationweek 2. Search for: Enter the Asian Stealth Fighters wallstreetjournal Sorry I'm new here so I can't post links.

ATD-X is clearly not viable. Everybody knows how much ahead of Japan US is and they spent $50 bil on R&D and China invested around $25 bil just on engine (source: J-20's Wikipedia page) meanwhile Japan has spent under $1 bil on ATD-X. How on earth do they think their fighter will be comparable...

I'm going to correct myself. There are not many but there are a few who are so loud and comment many many times and refuse anybody's opinion. I just checked an article on bloomberg with around 50 comments and like 150 comments were by one Chinese person.

Here, you see them talking about how they are going to dominate the whole Asia and then US also about how China is progressing and stuff. On bloomberg they are on any article commenting about how bad Japan is same goes with Yahoo Answers and any other place on the internet. Seems like they are...

I want to clarify a point. ATD-X is not supposed to be a fifth generation fighter but a technology demonstrator. feasibility of the project will be evaluated by 2016-17 if they decide to go on with the project the development of F-3 will start in 2017. F-3's will enter service in early 2030s but...

I guess KF-X would play a much more important role than ATD-X. ATD-X seems to be just concept which will never be made. It has so many gimmicky features which seem to be from movies. The leaked picture of ATD-X which doesn't have radar cone didn't show an AESA radar. The weapon system seems to...