尽管进入９０年代以来日本经济陷入了长期萧条甚至衰退，但从国民生产总值看，日本依然是世界第二大经济大国。①在科技方面，日本对科技研究开发的投入，无论是在经费方面还是在研究者人数方面，在世界上都仅次于美国占第二位，多于德、法、英三国的总和。其中，研究开发经费 Despite the long-term recession and depression in Japan’s economy since the 1990s, Japan still ranks second in the world in terms of gross national product. ① In terms of science and technology, Japan’s investment in R & D in science and technology ranks second only to the United States in terms of funding and researchers, more than the sum of Germany, France and Britain. Among them, research and development funding