It mostly imports its resources.
Probably having to do with the ocean or with rice farming/ harvesting since these are japan's main resources.
Coffee/coffee beans
Yes Japan has a lot of resources
Strategic outsourcing is a strategy that employs the use of outside resources to implement or provide a service to an industry without diminishing the capability of the company's core competencies. Typical industries that employ this heavily is the IT and management industries.
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Resources. Oil. Gas. Ferrous metals. Rock. Agricultural products. Are industries. Steel. Automobile. Petrochemical products. Food industries. Aluminum. Copper. Cement. Crafts. Appliance industries.
Japan's top export industries include home electronics, cars, and personal computers. Other major industries are metals such as copper and iron, as well as semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.
Automobile Manufacturing. Electronic goods manufacturing.
Transformed peacetime industries into war industries
These countries built heavy industrial plants specifically because they lacked natural resources. The lack of natural resources forced these countries to find an effective way to make money. Hi-Tech Industries and Heavy Industries allowed these countries to add value to imported raw materials and generate local wealth. This local wealth was then invested in building up the national infrastructure, effectively turning South Korea and Japan into developed countries.
Japan lacked many Natural Resources.