How fast is Japan's shipbuilding industry developing?

In ancient China, the shipbuilding industry was very developed. The seagoing ships built were large in hull, heavy in load and firm in structure, which won the trust of foreign businessmen. It is said that Arab businessmen often charter ships from China to and from Southeast Asia. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, China's shipbuilding technology advanced by leaps and bounds, and foreigners were full of praise, calling China shipbuilders "the most advanced shipbuilders in the world".

But today, the leading country in the world shipbuilding industry is Japan, and our neighbors are only separated by a strip of water. From 65438 to 0967, it occupied the first place in the world shipbuilding industry, followed by Sweden, Britain, Germany, France, Norway, Italy and Denmark.

1969, Japan built 465 ships with a deadweight of * * *15.66 million tons, accounting for 52.7% of the world's shipbuilding volume. 1973, the global gross tonnage of launching ships was 3 1 10,000 tons (excluding sailboats, barges and ships under 100 tons). Japan launched 15673 1 15 tons, accounting for more than half of the world's shipbuilding volume. 1986 shipbuilding tonnage reached 8180,000 tons, making it the country with the largest shipbuilding capacity in the world.