Today, in the 18 years since the 20th century, the Japanese have won 18 Nobel Prizes, which is half as much as the plan of "30 Nobel Prizes in 50 years" put forward by Japan in 200 1 year. This achievement is inseparable from Japan's emphasis on science and education with a serious aging population. Japan's investment in scientific research is even higher than that of the United States!
Why can the Japanese win the Nobel Prize many times? In addition to being good at self-reflection and hard work, Japanese society is also very important to the cultural atmosphere. This is a bit abstract. Let me give you an example. Generally speaking, the heads of the founding fathers or famous kings in history are printed on the banknotes of all countries. However, Japan is different, and the new version of the yen illustrates this point.
Fukuzawa Yukichi is a famous thinker in Japanese history. He bravely broke through the ideological shackles, criticized the Edo system in Japan at that time, systematically and deeply introduced new western knowledge and new thinking, and promoted and facilitated the Meiji Restoration. He was an advocate of Japan's strategy of "leaving Asia and entering Europe" and founded Keio University, the most famous private university in Japan.
Since 1984, Japanese yen banknotes have gone through several versions, but they are always printed on 10,000 yen. This is the only figure in Japan that uses female characters as the head of banknotes, and it is also rare in the world. She is a famous Japanese civilian writer in the19th century and one of the early pioneers of modern Japanese realistic literature. During her short 24-year life, she created a large number of excellent works that reflected the current social situation and paid attention to Japanese women, and became a pioneer in the transformation of women's social roles at that time.
This shows that Japan's recognized support for scientific research and attention to talents are the important reasons why Japan won many Nobel Prizes.