Japan will decline because it does not provide research budgets for doctoral programs in graduate schools.
The results of a survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on the current income of doctoral students in Japan have been released. According to the results of the survey, 55% of doctoral students are engaged in research without pay. Also, only 10% of doctoral students earn more than 1.8 million yen per year. According to the news commentary, support should be given to young researchers, and it was pointed out that if this trend continues, there may be no more researchers born in Japan in the near future. Although the grade skipping system is not implemented in Japan, there was an outstanding student who made a special exception to go on to National Chiba University and became nationally famous. However, even after graduating from graduate school and earning his doctorate, it became difficult for him to continue his research because the government did not provide enough money to the university, and he eventually changed his job to driving a tru