Japan: International

1. International Trade - Japan has a high amount of imports on coal and oil from both the Middle East and Australia. It runs a trade deficit with these regions, but it has a trade surplus with technological goods with the US that runs a trade surplus. Japan also exports these technological goods to other parts of Asia such as China and South Korea.

2. The current exchange rate for the Japanese currency of the yen is 102.4 yen per 1 US dollar. This exchange rate has seen a general increase in the last few years as the exchange rate was about 80 yen to 1 US dollar back in 2012.

3. The net immigration rate of Japan is 0, meaning that there is relatively no change in population to to immigration. A large percentage of immigrants to Japan are comprised from China, South Korea, Brazil, and the Philippines. The emigrants from Japan include countries such as China, South Korea, and the US.


4. Relations with other countries - Because of Japan's large amount of international trade, the country has taken a view to try and keep strong international relations with other countries. This has led to ties with the US, Australia, China, and south Korea. There has been some territorial disputes with countries such as Russia over islands that has led to some complications in their relationship.