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MANUFACTURING

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EDITORIALS
May 22, 2021
Make semiconductors a Japan-U.S. alliance priority
Consumer electronics makers, such as computer, video game and phone makers, have warned that they cannot keep pace with demand.
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BUSINESS
May 19, 2021
U.S. blocked Uniqlo shirts over Xinjiang forced-labor concerns
Uniqlo failed to provide enough information to establish the items were not produced in part by forced labor in China's far west Xinjiang region, according to U.S. customs.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2021
Forklift driving becomes a desk job with Phantom-Mitsubishi deal
Via the tie-up, the firms will offer forklifts that can rove around a warehouse in California, controlled by workers sitting at a desk a continent away.
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BUSINESS
May 5, 2021
As cars go electric, China builds a big lead in factories
Chinese manufacturers are using the billions they have raised from international investors and sympathetic local leaders to beat established carmakers to the market.
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BUSINESS
May 1, 2021
Chip shortages expose Achilles' heel of Germany's recovery
Germany has boomed on the back of globalization, but now the worldwide web of supply chains that turbo-charged its economy could prove to be a critical weakness.
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BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2021
Billionaire founder of Nidec hands reins to ex-Nissan star
Shigenobu Nagamori is stepping down almost half a century after founding his pioneering motor maker on the family farm.
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BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 26, 2021
The inspiring journey of one Lexus car, from dream to realization
From its start as an unrealistic concept, encouragement from Toyota bosses got the LC sports coupe off the ground and into showrooms.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2021
Renesas aims for full return of fire-hit chip plant by July
The Japanese chipmaker restarted partial production at the plant over the weekend, two days ahead of its original schedule.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 7, 2021
Auto industry rethinks cost-cutting playbook as COVID-19 and chip shortages disrupt supply chains
After a year of getting hammered by the pandemic, a semiconductor shortage and storms that snarled Dana Inc.'s global supply chain, the auto parts maker is considering a different strategy.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2021
Japan asks Taiwan manufacturers to cooperate in chip production
The move comes after a chip plant owned by Renesas Electronic Corp. was hit by a fire earlier this month.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2021
China’s go-it-alone five-year plan
To meet the challenges ahead, China is banking on its 14th Five-Year Plan.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 22, 2021
Fire and ice aggravate chip supply headache for car industry
A fire at a semiconductor factory in Japan, cold weather in North America and ongoing competition for chips are all hitting the global auto industry at the same time.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2021
COVID-19 pushes Japanese firms to overhaul supply chains
Reducing dependence on China had been on companies' minds over the past few years due to the Sino-U.S. trade war, but the global health crisis served as a wake-up call.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2021
In Japan, there are some winners from the global chip shortage
Suppliers for the back-end manufacturing of chips are expected to see orders pick up in the second half of the upcoming fiscal year.

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