Cornell University, the European Graduate School of Business (INSEAD), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) *, a specialized agency of the United Nations, compared the elements of innovation in each country on August 2016, 8, Japan time. Announced the "Global Innovation Index (GII)".Japan was ranked number one in the world in the "Quality of Innovation" category
GII is a comparison of 128 items related to innovation, such as R & D investment, international patent applications, and science and technology papers, scored by 82 countries by the World Intellectual Property Organization and Cornell University in the United States.
In 9, which was the 2016th time, the ranking was 1st in Switzerland, 2nd in Sweden, 3rd in the UK, 4th in the United States, and 5th in Finland.Japan is 2015th, up 3rd from 16.Notably, China moved from 2015th to 29th in 25, joining the 25 most innovative economies in the world.
The "Quality of Innovation" category, in which Japan ranked first, was evaluated in detail focusing on the standards of top-class universities in each country, international patent applications, and the number of scientific and technological papers in GII.Following Japan, the United States is second, the United Kingdom is third, and Germany is fourth.
* The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was established in 1970 with the aim of protecting intellectual property rights on a global scale.Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it currently has 189 member countries.
