The 99.7% Secret (1) Do you know what this number represents!?

99.7%

Do you know what this number represents??


Actually...

of the cargo Japan imports and exports,
the percentage transported by ship is exactly that!
Isn't that amazing!?

...Though you might not quite get it, so let me explain✨
I'll try to make it sound a bit like a lecture. lol

In the first place...
Japan is a country that lacks many things💦
Especially food and energy resources.

When you are missing something, what do you think you should do?

……
That's right!
Importit, right‼️
You buy it from abroad and transport it to Japan✨


Let's give an example⭐️

I love them too❤️
Pasta, ramen, bread, and cake🍰
What are they made from?

Yes, flour!

Furthermore, flour is made from wheat.

But...
about 80% of wheatrelies on importsfrom Australia and America💦

Besides that...
There are many things like fruits and meat🍖🍌
When you go to the supermarket, please take a good look at the origin!
If it's foreign-made, it's naturally an import, right🌟

And then, energy resources
= materials for moving or creating things.

A representative one iscrude oil.

Plastic
Gasoline
Chemical fibers for clothes
Fuel for thermal power plants
and so on...

Actually, there are many things around us made from crude oil‼️

However, since only a tiny amount of crude oil is produced in Japan,we import almost 100%😱

But... think about it.
What is around Japan?

Yes, the sea.

Japan is an island nation surrounded by the sea.
It is not connected by land to any other country!

In that case...
how do you transport cargo from abroad?
Car? Train?

Unfortunately...
on the vast ocean connecting to foreign countries,
you cannot build roads or railways,
so you can't use cars or trains, right.

In that case, there are only two methods.

Yes‼️
Ship🚢or airplane✈️‼️
You have no choice but to go by sea or by air☺️

Here is a question‼️‼️

Of the cargo Japan imports and exports,
what percentage out of 100% do you think is transported by ship!?

The answer to this is...
the 99.7% I mentioned at the beginning!

I'll say it again.
Isn't that amazing!?
(*The exact percentage changes year by year, so sometimes it's 99.6% etc.🌟)

Transport by airplane is only 0.3%😳

Why??

Why, even though there are two means of transport,
don't we transport them evenly, about half and half?

There is a good reason for that❣️

The reason why we transport so much by ship.
Why do you think it is!?

I would like to announce the answer in the next post‼️💓
Please think about it and wait for me☺️

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