Field: Earth Science/Environment Session Topic: Deep Sea Resources

A small islands country with little resources, this has been an image of our country Japan. As for energy resources, oil, coal and natural gas are mostly imported from abroad today. So, Japanese society would be thrown into disorder in case of cutoff from those supplies. However, methane hydrate (MH...

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Summary:A small islands country with little resources, this has been an image of our country Japan. As for energy resources, oil, coal and natural gas are mostly imported from abroad today. So, Japanese society would be thrown into disorder in case of cutoff from those supplies. However, methane hydrate (MH) is now changing the image of this country to