Japanese and American Innovation in a Global Age
Channel: Carnegie Live
Date: 2018-12-03

Both the United States and Japan have long taken pride in their robust scientific research communities’ contributions to economic growth and human welfare. But the slowing pace and rising costs of state-sponsored research, along with strong competition from China and India, have challenged both governments to rethink their approaches to science and technology policy and set agendas that encourage innovation toward solving big social problems.