Jobs in Japan
The number of people working as rice farmers has massively decreased.
Japan’s economy is based on iron and steel, cars and high tech industries like
electronics. More people in Japan now work giving a service, with a rapidly
growing research and development industry also evident.
The Japanese work very long hours. They often work a 13 hour day, work on
Saturday and work on Sunday too.
Manufacturing’s decreased because it’s cheaper for them to make their goods
abroad where wages are lower.
Service sector has increased because Japan is the 3rd richest country in the world,
many people demand services.
Primary sector has decreased because machines do the job instead of people so
less man power is needed.
Quaternary sector has increased because Japan’s education system is excellent
and they have many gifted people to create new products
Geography Year 8 Term 5 – Japan
Japan’s earthquake and tsunami 2011
The earthquake occurred 250 miles off the island of Honshu
It was a magnitude 9.0 (the worst to ever hit Japan)
It happened on 11th March 2011 at 2:45pm
The waves reached 135ft high.
It lasted approximately 5 minutes. Japan is still recovering 2 years later.
It caused massive problems at a nuclear power plant.
There were 15883 deaths, 6149 people injured and 2663 people still missing
Japan’s Population density
Key term
Definition
Physical features
Created naturally (rivers etc.)
Human features
Man made (cities etc.)
Population
distribution
Where people live
Reasons against Japan using nuclear
power
Reasons for Japan using nuclear
power
Ageing
population
More over old people in a
place due to better medical
care and lifestyles.
Dependency ratio
Amount of worker age
people to ‘dependants’ i.e.
old and young people
The World Nuclear Association feel
that nuclear power is a sustainable
energy source that reduces carbon
emissions
Anti-nuclear opponents, such as
Greenpeace International believe that
nuclear power poses many threats to
people and the environment
Tsunami
A long, high sea wave caused
by an earthquake
Primary sector
Farming
Children are potentially at more risk
from radiation sickness than adults
because they are growing more
rapidly and have more cells dividing
Japan is located on the Pacific Ring of
Fire which is an area where large
numbers of earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions occur in the Pacific Ocean
Manufacturing
sector
Jobs in construction
Quaternary sector
Highly skilled jobs in research
and design, finance etc.
In the mid-1990s there were several
nuclear related accidents and coverups in Japan, resulting in protests
and negativity towards new plants
Japan is heavily dependent on
imported fuel, with fuel imports
accounting for 61% of energy
production.
Japan’s earthquake and tsunami 2011
“Gansta Grannies” in Japan.. 35% of shoplifting
offences are committed by over 60s due to an ageing
population
When a person gets older they often get ill so need
medical care and support, they need a source of income as
they can’t work this is usually a pension from the
government. As well as, company so they don’t get lonely
and finally the obvious needs like food and a warm place to
live so they don’t get ill or harmed.
Because there are so many old people in Japan the
Government struggles to give them all a decent pension so
old people without savings struggle to afford to meet all
these needs.