http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/geo_nat_res-geography-natural-resources
And it’s not just that Australia has so much it’s also that Japan literally has negligible resources. They are dependent on the US keeping the sea lanes open and mineral resources flowing in or they’d be in serious economic trouble.
Interesting, especially that Australia has 29% of the world’s coal exports.
Thanks for the info & link; I knew that the Japanese had few resources, so even today they won’t sign on to whaling treaties and such because of what they use them for.