Employing many of the same development strategies – including export-oriented policies and a conglomerate-dominated industrial system – South Korea has been catching up with Japan for four decades. Its per capita income (in terms of purchasing power parity), just one-fifth of Japan’s in 1970, amounts to almost 95% of Japan’s today.
韩国采取了许多与日本一样的发展战略——包括出口导向型政策和大集团主导的工业体系——在四十年中一直在赶超日本。其人均收入（用购买力平价衡量）在1970年时只有日本的五分之一，现在已达到日本的95%。在此期间，韩国占全球出口之比从0.3%上升到3%——十分接近于日本的3.6%。