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important Iron and Steel Centre of Japan​

Answer 1

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Osaka is an important iron & steal centre In japan

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Answer 2

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In spite of the shortage of raw material (iron and coal), Japan has become one of the leading steel producers of the world. After China, Japan is the second largest producer of pig iron and crude steel in the world.

Centers of iron and steel industry in Japan

Yawata, the first steel plant was built in 1901 by government. Yawata is a major centre of heavy industry with about one fifth of Japan’s steel capacity. Kamaishi in Honshu and Muroran in Hokkaido are small tidewater plants.

The number of large-scale plants directly connected with regional mineral resources and those plants are only in Kamaishi, Kosaka, Osarizawa, Hassei (Akita), Hosokura (Miyagi) and Fujine (Iwate).

Over half of the Japan’s steel capacity is concentrated near the major port cities of Himeji, Kobe-Osaka and Tokyo-Yokohama areas of South Central Honshu.

Almost all the iron and steel plants of Japan are situated near tidewater. These steel plants, at or near tidewater, are thus able to draw raw materials from many parts of the world and similarly to ship finished products.

In Japan, large-scale concentration of iron and steel industry has occurred in the following regions:

1. The Tokyo-Yokohama Region

2. Nagoya Region

3. Osaka-Kobe Region

4. Fukuoka-Yamaguchi Region

5. Oka-Yamaha Region

6. Hokkaido Region