>>16128558SK has surpassed japan on:
GDP per capita PPP
GDP per capita nominal based on current exchange rates
Defense budget per capita (something like 5x japan lol)
Energy expenditure per capita (around 2x japan)
Also, SK males are on average 5cm taller, but they were always taller than Japanese even thousands of years ago
Historically, the only times that Japan has been able to outperform SK is when Japan had a 7:1 or greater population advantage, anything less and SK mogs Japan