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Japan
Ranked 4 of 27 for comprehensive power, with an overall score of 38.9 out of 100.
Down 1 ranking in 2024 for comprehensive power.
Gained 1.6 points (+4% change) in overall score.
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Analysis
Japan is a middle power in Asia.
Although Japan’s overall power score increased by 1.6 points in 2024, it was surpassed by India for the first time, causing its rank to decline from 3rd to 4th.
Japan scores best in diplomatic influence, where it ranked 2nd in 2024, pushing the United States to 3rd place.
Japan’s lowest scores are for resilience and future resources, for which it ranks 7th. While its score for resilience increased by four rankings, its score for future resources declined by two places.
Japan’s biggest improvement in a measure score in 2024 was for defence networks, where its increased activity with the United States and other regional partners saw its score rise by 13.1 points.
In 2024, Japan repeated its performance in 2023 by again recording a small improvement in its military capability, reflecting its changing regional role and slow emergence as a more prominent regional security actor.
Tokyo continues to be the quintessential smart power, using the country’s limited resources to wield broad-based influence in the region. Japan exerts more influence in the region than expected given its available resources, with its positive power gap increasing.
Read more analysis in the Key Findings report. Explore further results in the Scores section.
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Bilateral Influence
Bilateral trade, current dollars (2022)
Countries that influence Japan
Globally, which countries does Japan do most of its trade with?
Countries influenced by Japan
Which countries in the region rely most on trade with Japan?
Scores
Comprehensive power
A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power
4th −1
38.9
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