Here’s why Japan’s passport is the most powerful in the world
2021年4月29日 · The Henley Passport Index is based on a comparison of 199 different passports’ access rights to 227 travel destinations with or without an additional visa. For each destination where no visa is required, where a visa, visitor’s permit, or electronic travel authority (ETA) can be obtained on arrival, a nation’s passport earns one point.
These are the world’s most powerful #passports in 2024
2024年1月31日 · Europe and Asia-Pacific regions, and high-income economies in particular, continue to do best, also reflected in this year's Henley Passport Index, with France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain in joint top spot for the world's most 'powerful passports'.
These are the most powerful passports in the world in 2023
2023年1月26日 · Nigerian passport holders, for example, can access only 46 destinations visa-free (20% of the world), with these countries accounting for just 1.5% of global GDP. The lowest-ranking entry in the Henley Passport Power score is the Afghan passport, which provides visa-free access to only 27 countries and less than 1% of global economic output.
Why is inflation so low in Japan? - The World Economic Forum
2022年10月6日 · Japanese companies are also “persistent savers”, Bloomberg says. Japan’s labour force peaked in the early 1990s at just under 70% of the population, according to the International Monetary Fund.
What is a ‘vaccine passport’ and will you need one the next time …
2021年5月5日 · The concept of a passport to allow for cross border travel is something that we’ve been working on with the Common Trust Network for many months. The focus has been first on diagnostics. That’s where we worked with an organization called “The Commons Project” to develop the “Common Trust Framework”.
5 Japanese innovations that changed the world
2016年10月7日 · Once limited to the realm of science fiction, androids – robots that look, speak and act like humans – are now very much a reality, thanks to Japanese inventors. In 2003, researchers from The Intelligent Robotics Lab at Osaka University unveiled the DER 01, the first all-talking, blinking and breathing, human-like robot.
Why Japan's streets are spotless | World Economic Forum
2017年7月18日 · Another cultural quirk has an impact too: the Japanese don’t walk and eat. The country has something of a love affair with vending machines, resulting in a mind-boggling array of food on offer. Street food is also popular, and most …
Have smartphones become 'the place where we live'? | World …
2021年5月26日 · In The Global Smartphone, this is illustrated by the example of a Japanese woman in her sixties, who told the researchers: “I think when we are elderly, it doesn’t mean that we have friends right next to us. So the smartphone might feel more precious to us (as we age) because it allows us to stay sociable.”
America’s dominance is over. By 2030, we'll have a handful of …
2016年11月11日 · There will be no single hegemonic force but instead a handful of countries – the U.S., Russia, China, Germany, India and Japan chief among them – exhibiting semi-imperial tendencies.
Why inequality is different in Japan | World Economic Forum
2015年3月2日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …