Are the people who are leading japan still leading it?

No, originally it was the aboriginal people, then Europeans came and took it over. So the original people there were placed in reserves, and they are not currently leading Canada.

They manufacture ships, farming equipment and vehicles.

Yes it always was and always will be. It is at the forefront of all leading Countries.

The Japanese people will say yes and the rest of the world will read the label on the example of technology they just bought and make up their own mind

Hiroshi Inomata is Consul General of Japan as of 2010.