Shipping: Japan's Lifeline
- 1982 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- 16mm
- (Industrial Japan series) Discusses the vital role of Japan's merchant marine in the country's international trade and its importance to the nation's economy as a whole. The necessity for Japan to export manufactured products in order to pay for its imports of food and raw materials is emphasized. Shows the procurement of vital raw materials from different parts of the world and the special vessels built in Japan for transporting those materials. The final segment shows a highly automated vessel and the training of its operators and the importance of Japan's role in world commerce is re-emphasized. (Deposited by the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs)
- Topics: (International Business, Japan, Transportation)
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