Arthur J. Alexander Arthur J. Alexander is president of the Japan Economic Institute of America. 1000 Connecticut Ave.
Japanese science is weak in a global comparison.
In 1995, the United States produced 33 percent of the world's scientific and technical articles. Japan's share was second, at 9 percent. In 1994, citations per Japanese paper were half the U.S. number, and 18th in international rankings. These figures arguably may be irrelevant. The comparable U.S. figures were 52.5 percent and 34.5 percent, respectively.