Entire Japan Inc to be outspent by 5 US tech giants in R&D

Once global leaders in innovation, Japanese companies now hesitant to take risks

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As digitization and globalization advance at breakneck speed, Japanese companies are not keeping up with investments in innovation.

YOHEI MATSUO, DAISUKE MARUYAMA and TATSUYA GOTO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Corporate Japan, once renowned for technological innovation, is not only lagging behind the U.S. in research and development spending but is becoming less eager to take risk and invest in untested fields.

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