<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishJapan bado inajaribu kufafanua nafasi yake katika ulimwengu ambao inashtakiwa mara kwa mara kuwa nyangumi wa kiuchumi lakini samaki wa kisiasa, moja tu ya vipande vya puzzle ambayo ni Japani ya kisasa.  <response>: Japan is still trying to define its place in a world in which it is constantly accused of being an economic whale but a political minnow just one of the pieces of the puzzle that is modern Japan. 