Stockpile - Bichiku (English spelling)

Japanese: 備蓄 - びちく（英語表記）stockpile

Stockpiling energy, food, raw materials, etc. in preparation for supply disruptions or shortages in times of emergency. However, it is necessary to distinguish between strategic stockpiles, which are essentially national strategic reserves for emergencies, and economic stockpiles or buffer stocks, which are economic reserves, including running stocks in the private sector, in preparation for major price fluctuations or supply shortages. In particular, there is an obligation to stockpile a 90-day supply of oil under the International Energy Programme, and Japan achieved this by the end of fiscal year 1979.

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Japanese:

緊急時における供給途絶や供給不足にそなえてエネルギー，食糧，原材料などをたくわえておくこと。しかし緊急時にそなえての国家による本来の戦略備蓄 strategic stockpileと通常の民間部門のランニング・ストックを含めての大幅な価格変動や供給不足にそなえての経済的備蓄 economic stockpileや緩衝在庫とを区別する必要もあろう。特に石油は国際エネルギー計画に基づく 90日分の備蓄義務があり，日本はこれを 1979年度末までに達成した。

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