Japan Assignment- reasons for strong Japanese economy, what problems Japan must overcome for Industial growth to be achieved and what problems has industrial growth caused.

1) Why does Japan have a strong economy? From around the middle of the 1970's, Japan began to develop extra trades as exports exceeded imports. Japan is split up into 4 islands- Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. Most of the trade occurs in the island of Honshu, Kobe is in this island. Kobe is one of Japan's biggest steel makers and handles more than 12% of Japan's exports. Japan spends around $2900 on imports from a variety of different …showed first 75 words of 1055 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1055 total…Japan uses up 25% of it's energy on transport, 20% of it is used on the bullet trains. Japan is a remarkable country. -In 1945 it was totally devastated after World War 2 -It has very few raw materials of it's own -It has no oil and very little other energy resources -It is a mountainous country with only 25% flat land to build on. Yet despite all these problems, Japan is one of the worlds leading industrial nations today.