Resources and Japan's security / Nobutoshi Akao -- Oil, the Middle East, and Japan's search for security / Valerie Yorke -- The development of the international coal trade : issues for Japan / L.A. McMahon -- Natural gas, the perfect answer to energy diversification / Jonathan Stern -- Uranium, the road to self-sufficiency / Ian Smart -- Non-fuel mineral procurement policies / Phillip Crowson -- The problem of food security / Nobutoshi Akao -- The Soviet Union in the pattern of Japan's resource needs and policies / Naotake Nobuhara -- Japan-China, the economic nexus / Wolf Mendl -- Conclusions : policy options / Nobutoshi Akao.