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Are heavy industries important in Japan?Are heavy industries important in Japan?

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

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Export-oriented industries -- Car making Export-oriented industries -- Car making

Japan is the world’s leading motor car manufacturer.

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

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There are three major car manufacturers in Japan, they are:

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

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Shipbuilding industry in Japan

In 1956, Japan held the largest share in the global shipbuilding market.

Export-oriented industries -- ShipbuildingExport-oriented industries -- Shipbuilding

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

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Nowadays, shipbuilding industry

is still important in Japan.

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

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The Tokyo Bay creates a good environment for Nippon Steel's Kimitsu Works, one of the largest and most modern steel mills in the world.

Export-oriented industry -- Iron and steel

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

What are the major types of heavy industries in Japan?

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Mizushima Coastal Industrial Zone is one of the largest heavy and chemical industrial zones in Japan.

Chemical plants in Japan

Export-oriented industry -- Chemicals

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Japan has a very large population. PopulationPopulation

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PopulationPopulation

126.7million

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Japan is made up of many islands with a mountainous relief. 68% of Japan is mountains and the highest mountain is Mount Fuji.

Relief of Japan Relief of Japan

Lowland is scarce in Japan.

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Relief of Japan Relief of Japan

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Relief of Japan Relief of Japan

Tokyo Bay is the largest piece of flatland for commercial development in Japan.

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Primary industryPrimary industry

Only 15% of the land in Japan Only 15% of the land in Japan is cultivated. It is found along is cultivated. It is found along the coast and in narrow valleys.the coast and in narrow valleys.

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Primary industryPrimary industry

Japan is very well developed in farming.

Farming technology is advanced and the yield per hectare is high.

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Primary industryPrimary industryJapan’s food self-sufficiency rate is one of the Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate is one of the lowest among all the industrialized countries.lowest among all the industrialized countries.

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Primary industryPrimary industryJapan has a modern fishing fleet and is a leading fishing nation in the world.

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Manufacturing industryManufacturing industry

Industrial zone in Kitakyushu

Japan’s manufactured

goods account for over

90% of all its exports.

Heavy industries make

up about 60% of all the

manufactured goods.

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Manufacturing industryManufacturing industry

Japan has to depend on its exports of manufactured products.

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Service industryService industry

Most of the service activities are related to the manufacturing industries.

Terms to learnTerms to learn

• Export-oriented IndustryExport-oriented Industry ((出口導向工業出口導向工業 )

-- a term used to describe industries which produce goods for overseas markets.

• Gross domestic product (G.D.P.)Gross domestic product (G.D.P.) ((本地生產總本地生產總值值 )) -- the total market value of final goods and services produced within a country in a year.

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