Pahoua Moua
SOC 202
3/24/11
Blog # 9
WHAT HAPPENS IN JAPAN?
As the earthquake and tsunami’s take over Japan, they are destroying Japan’s flow of exports. Ports are destroyed and businesses are at a loss of profit. You can probably assume that this is not one of the major issues as to helping Japan back on its feet, but it is also one of the major ways to bring its country back in shape; making it contradictory.
When the natural disasters occurred in Japan, it wiped out 13 ports of transportation. For these ports, they are used for exports or many other things. They have started to rebuild these ports to get imports and exports. One of the ports carries one of the world’s largest grain imports. However, since the disaster has happened, this is not the biggest threat. One of the threats is from nuclear radiation in the water or vessels. This causes transportation to go from the oceans to air transportation. This is an issue because it has limits capacity for cargoes and is at a higher rate. However, this will be temporary for Japan’s transportation. The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) confirmed that there is only fuel enough for 10 days at Japanese airports. Making it harder for air transportation due to limitations they have started to rationalized strategies. There are no signs of when the shipping industry is going to be limited but ocean carriers avoid Japan and air carriers stay grounded; making the world’s 3rd largest economy at a loss.
Natural disasters will always come and go. They damage transportation ports like in Japan which in this economy is very hard because everything we produce is either imported or exported. This is a crisis unto Japan because they are losing profit and expenses because of it. Not only were they in a crisis with the disaster but since they are the world’s third largest economy, they are harmed by this effect. Not having transportation is bad because everything we do mostly today in the world is exports and imports. Making both sides lose to expenses and profit.
http://www.internationaltms.com/
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