Japan came in third in a global league table of 21st century Nobel Prize winning nations in science released Thursday by education experts Times Higher Education.
Japan was narrowly beaten by Britain in second place, with the United States way out ahead in first place. The table ranked countries according to the nationalities at birth of Nobel Prize winners in the fields of economics, medicine, physics and chemistry. The rankings cover 146 laureates since 2000.
The United States was first with 71 prizes and its top field being economics. Second was Britain on 12 prizes and its best subject area medicine.