What imports does the U.S. get from Japan?

Question

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Answer 1

The heyday of the bubble imports may be over when Japanese products flooded the US markets with cheaper, smaller, and often more efficient goods but there is still a strong presence.

Many Japanese companies and products are such household names that younger generations don't even notice the foriegn-sounding words.

The biggest two are of course cars and electronics particularly from Sony & Panasonic such as DVD players, console game boxes (Playstation & Nintendo), console games. Also electrical machines and certain chemicals.

Culturally Japan has exported Japanese cuisine such as sushi, anime shows, manga, a variety of weapons from the past, numerous craft objects, and ninja!

http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/where-have-the-ninja-gone/

Answer 2

Agriculture, Energy, and Minerals
Only 15% of Japan's land is arable. The agricultural economy is highly subsidized and protected. With per hectare crop yields among the highest in the world, Japan maintains an overall agricultural self-sufficiency rate of about 40% on fewer than 5.6 million cultivated hectares (14 million acres). Japan normally produces a slight surplus of rice but imports large quantities of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans, primarily from the United States. Japan is the largest market for U.S. agricultural exports.

Given its heavy dependence on imported energy, Japan has aimed to diversify its sources. Since the oil shocks of the 1970s, Japan has reduced dependence on petroleum as a source of energy from more than 75% in 1973 to about 57% at present. Other important energy sources are coal, liquefied natural gas, nuclear power, and hydropower.

Deposits of gold, magnesium, and silver meet current industrial demands, but Japan is dependent on foreign sources for many of the minerals essential to modern industry. Iron ore, coke, copper, and bauxite must be imported, as must many forest products.

Answer 3

Japan's exports to the United States were almost entirely manufactured goods. Automobiles were by far the largest single category, amounting to US$21.5 billion, or 24 percent of total Japanese exports to the United States. Automotive parts accounted for another US$10.7 billion. Other major items were office machinery (including computers), which totaled US$8.6 billion, telecommunications equipment (US$4.1 billion) and power-generating machinery (US$451 million).

Answer 4

Not much anymore ... some high end automobiles (Acura, Nissan 350ZX) still come from there.

Your consumer electronics mostly come from Taiwan and Korea ... as do a large number of "Japanese" cameras and other goods.

Answer 5

Cars and mainly consumer electrical item, such as tv, camera, dvd and even PS3

Answer 6

Do cars and electronics count?