Editing Economy of Japan (section)

===Mining and petroleum exploration===
{{Main|Mining in Japan}}
Japan's mining production has been minimal, and Japan has very little mining deposits.<ref name="Japan Mining">{{cite web |url= http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0155) |title=Japan Mining |work=[[Library of Congress Country Studies]] |date=January 1994 |access-date=8 December 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170101174019/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID+jp0155%29 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Mining Overview">{{cite web |url= http://www.meti.go.jp/english/statistics/tyo/honpouko/pdf/h2e6007e.pdf |title=Overview |work=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]] |date=2005 |access-date=8 December 2013 |archive-date=30 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160330065817/http://www.meti.go.jp/english/statistics/tyo/honpouko/pdf/h2e6007e.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> However, massive deposits of rare earths have been found off the coast of Japan.<ref name="Japan's massive rare earth discovery threatens China's supremacy">{{cite web |author=Jamasmie, Cecilia |url= http://www.mining.com/japans-massive-rare-earth-discovery-threatens-chinas-supremacy-89013/ |title=Japan's massive rare earth discovery threatens China's supremacy |work=Mining.com |date=25 March 2013 |access-date=8 December 2013 |archive-date=22 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160422090948/http://www.mining.com/japans-massive-rare-earth-discovery-threatens-chinas-supremacy-89013/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2011 fiscal year, the domestic yield of crude oil was 820 thousand kiloliters, which was 0.4% of Japan's total crude processing volume.<ref name="Petroleum Industry in Japan 2013">{{cite web |url= http://www.paj.gr.jp/english/data/paj2013.pdf |title=Petroleum Industry in Japan 2013 |publisher=[[Petroleum Association of Japan]] |date=September 2013 |page=71 |access-date=8 December 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171714/http://www.paj.gr.jp/english/data/paj2013.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2019, Japan was the 2nd largest world producer of [[iodine]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-iodine.pdf |title=USGS Iodine Production Statistics |access-date=29 April 2021 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210625191455/https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-iodine.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> 4th largest worldwide producer of [[bismuth]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-bismuth.pdf |title=USGS Bismuth Production Statistics |access-date=29 April 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221022151458/https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-bismuth.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> the world's 9th largest producer of [[sulfur]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-sulfur.pdf |title=USGS Sulfur Production Statistics |access-date=29 April 2021 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-sulfur.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> and the 10th largest producer of [[gypsum]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-gypsum.pdf |title=USGS Gypsum Production Statistics |access-date=29 April 2021 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-gypsum.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>