The Japanese economy has had a major breakthrough after the Second World War. Defeated, the country received a large amount of foreign capital, mainly American, to its reconstruction. Japan started to invest in industrial and technological development, becoming in the 1970s a major economic power.

Japan's economy is the 3rd largest in the world, only behind China and the U.S... The main economic activities of Japan moved between the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. To shorten the distance between the islands, the Japanese engineering built two tunnels and a bridge between Honshu and Kyushu. Between Honshu and Shikoku, two major bridges are being built and a  huge tunnel, with 54 km long, connects Honshu and Hokkaido.
The country ranks eighth in the competitiveness ranking of the World Economic Forum.

  Main economic sector: industry, technology, finance.