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Analysis
Japan is a middle power in Asia.
Japan's score declined by 0.1 points in 2025.
Japan's strongest measure is diplomatic influence, where it remains in second place, despite a large decline in its score.
Japan ranks lowest in resilience, placing tenth, a decline of three places in 2025. Additionally, it has seen a rank loss in the economic and military capability measures. Despite the rank loss for military capability, it has continued to see slight increases in its score for this measure.
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 (2024)
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
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