Japan has long been trying to follow the examples set by Europe and the United States. However, what we need now is a leader who is willing to explore his own creativity and take the risk of taking on the unknown. On the other hand, followers tend to defer to their teachers, be cautious and avoid taking risks. There is a great difference between creativity and the ability to be judicious, or to judge what is already in existence. Followers are judicious, but what scientists need is creativity.
Creativity plays a decisive role in science.
You will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. I was able to win the Nobel Prize by entering the semiconductor field, and abandoning my study of vacuum tubes, which most people were researching then.