When Japanese firm Iris Ohyama agreed in April to begin producing much-needed face masks in Japan, it marked a win for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who wants to bring manufacturing back from China.
Preparations for making protective face masks are underway at household equipment maker Iris Ohyama Inc.'s factory in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, May 20, 2020, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
“We have become dependent on China,” Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters last week. “We need to make supply chains more robust and diverse, broadening our supply sources and increasing domestic production.” Many other Japanese firms say shifting output back home is simply impractical and uneconomical. They need to be physically present in China because much of what they are making is ultimately for the Chinese consumer, and to meet the demands of ‘just-in-time’ production which prioritises short delivery times for efficient manufacturing.
Its plant in Wuhan, China is located just seven kilometres from a Honda Motor Co Ltd assembly factory.
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