Shipyard customers come from all over the world, including the United States. Also helping Nagasaki recover was a demand for more coal and oil to fuel Japan's industrial recovery in the early 1950s. Coal mines near Nagasaki flourished. Foreign oil traveled through Nagasaki's port on its way to the rest of Japan. The mines were closed by the 1970s, but the demand for imported oil continues to be strong.
Fishing is another major Nagasaki industry.
The city's harbor is home port to 1,020 fishing boats, which caught 198,000 tons of mackerel, tuna, yellowtails, shrimp, squid and octopus in 1993. Tourism also has become a steady industry. About 5.59 million tourists visited Nagasaki in 1993. Like the Tri-Cities, Nagasaki is exploring ways to cope with expected economic downswings. And Nagasaki's links with China are resurfacing.