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1. Japan's Exports and Imports: Value of Merchandise Trade with Major Countries and World Share.
  Based on the data for 2009 from the Trade Statistics of Japan, MOF.

2. Japan's Outward and Inward Direct Investment: Stock Value of Direct Investment to and from Major Countries and World Share.
  Based on the data for end 2009 from the Balance of Payments statistics, Bank of Japan.

3. Japan's Import of Energy Resources: Major Import Partners of Three Major Resources and World Share.
  - Crude Oil: Based on the data for 2009 from Yearbook of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Products Statistics, Research and Statistics Department, Economic and Industry Policy Bureau, METI.
  - Liquefied Natural Gas(LNG): Based on the data for 2009 from Trade Statistics of Japan, Ministry of Finance (Data from 2009).
  - Uranium: Japan's stockpile of Uranium by country: The grand total of natural uranium, depleted uranium and enriched uranium, registered by bilateral nuclear agreements. Those with multiple nationalities are redundantly sorted by each country. Compiled from List of the Quantity of Nuclear Fuel Material addressing Safeguards Implementation in Japan (as of the end of 2009), Ministry of Education and Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

4. Japan's Import of Selected Mineral Resources: Top Two Import Partners of Thirteen Mineral Resources and World Share.
  Based on the data for 2009 from the Trade Statistics of Japan, MOF. Data for Tungsten is for 2008 from Material Flows of Mineral Resources 2009(in Japanese), JOGMEC. Only one country represented for Tungsten and Rare Earth.

5. Maritime Shipping Routes.
  Based on the Japanese Ship Owner's Associations Shipping Now 2010-2011.