Japan is poor in natural resources. Except for a very small amount of mineral resources such as coal, natural gas and sulfur, other major raw materials and fuels needed for industrial production must be imported from overseas.
However, Japan is rich in forest and fishery resources, and the forest coverage rate accounts for 69% of Japan's land area, making it one of the countries with the highest forest coverage rate in the world. Hokkaido and the Sea of Japan are world-famous fishing grounds, rich in more than 700 kinds of fish.
Japanese economy:
Japan's industry is highly developed, and its industrial structure is developing towards technology-intensive and energy-saving and material-saving. The main sectors are electronics, household appliances, automobiles, precision machinery, shipbuilding, steel, chemicals and medicine, and industrial products are highly competitive in the international market.
Most of the major industrial zones are concentrated in the Pacific coast, and four industrial zones have been formed, namely, Keihin, Hanshin, Zhongjing and Kitakyushu. The machinery industry has always been in the center of heavy chemical industry.
Japanese industry is concentrated in several industrial zones, such as Kanto and Donghai, and between Tokyo and Fukuoka. A long and narrow industrial zone has the longest industrial history in Asia. Many industries in Japan are highly developed, including consumer electronics, automobiles, semiconductors, optical fibers, optoelectronics, multimedia, photocopiers and advanced foods.