Other than that loony High-School "Nostradamus", what signs do you see ? They have some core technologies in some niches, but they lag behind both the US & Chi

Other than that loony High-School "Nostradamus", what signs do you see ? They have some core technologies in some niches, but they lag behind both the US & China in Tech. This is esp. true in Robotics, and their academics/industrialists have massive egos & racial pride from a bygone era to ever be able to bridge this gap with immigration. They even removed the Phd scholarships for people moving to Japanese Universities (which have been falling in competitiveness for decades)!