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The article provides an overview of the performance of the shipping industry in Japan for the second quarter of 2015 with information on the main trends and developments in the country's sector, a 5-year forecast for the industry to 2019 and the company profiles of leading companies.

The article offers information on the conditions and trends, and forecasts for the shipping industry in Japan from 2009 to 2017. It presents a SWOT analysis of the industry including the strength of the country's Pacific Ocean coastline, weakness of its shipbuilding sector, and opportunities of liquefied natural gas (LNG). It also mentions the threat of the stockpiling of iron ore remains of China to Japan's dry bulk shipping sector.