Today, as a developed country, Japan faces the challenge of using its political and technological capabilities to maintain its position as a leading world power. Elaborate this statement.

Today, as a developed country, Japan faces the challenge of using its

1.	Today, as a developed country, Japan faces the challenge of using its political and technological capabilities to maintain its position as a leading world power. Elaborate this statement.
Answer» Solution :1960s saw the growth of civil society movements as industrialisation had been PUSHED with utter disregard to its effect on health and the environment. Cadmium poisoning, which led to a painful DISEASE, was an early indicator. It was followed by mercury poisoning in Minamata in the 1960s and problems caused by air pollution in the early 1970s. Grassroots pressure groups began to DEMAND recognition of these problems as well as compensation for the victims. Government action and new legal regulations HELPED to improve conditions. From the MID 1980s there had been an increasing decline in environmental issues as Japan enacted some of the strictest environmental controls in the world.