Wikipedia tells us that on a per country basis, following the US and China, Japan is third in the world in research expenditures in terms of spending, with the US spending about 473 billion dollars, China spending 409 billion dollars and Japan 170 billion dollars. The list also has the European Union, which spending 334 billion dollars, though recent political developments with Brexit may impact that figure.[1] The same page reveals that Japan is also third when research spending is calculated a