<P> A mountainous , volcanic island country , Japan has inadequate natural resources to support its growing economy and large population , and therefore exports goods in which it has a comparative advantage such as engineering - oriented , research and development - led industrial products in exchange for the import of raw materials and petroleum . Japan is among the top - three importers for agricultural products in the world next to the European Union and United States in total volume for covering of its own domestic agricultural consumption . Japan is the world 's largest single national importer of fish and fishery products . Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market is the largest wholesale market for primary products in Japan , including the renowned Tsukiji fish market . Japanese whaling , ostensibly for research purposes , has been sued as illegal under international law . </P>
<P> A mountainous , volcanic island country , Japan has inadequate natural resources to support its growing economy and large population , and therefore exports goods in which it has a comparative advantage such as engineering - oriented , research and development - led industrial products in exchange for the import of raw materials and petroleum . Japan is among the top - three importers for agricultural products in the world next to the European Union and United States in total volume for covering of its own domestic agricultural consumption . Japan is the world 's largest single national importer of fish and fishery products . Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market is the largest wholesale market for primary products in Japan , including the renowned Tsukiji fish market . Japanese whaling , ostensibly for research purposes , has been sued as illegal under international law . </P>
why japan has little natural resources of industrial goods
why japan has little natural resources of industrial goods
mountainous , volcanic island country
mountainous , volcanic island country