"Japan's international standing is declining. In 2012, Japan's economy was among the top of the G7, but now it has fallen to the bottom." Japanese AERA.dot news website on the 9th quoted Japanese economist, Hitotsubashi University emeritus professor Yukio Noguchi as saying that in terms of purchasing power parity, Japan's per capita GDP has been close to the last in the G7, is on the verge of leaving the ranks of developed countries.