Japan Earmarks Billions For Firms to Leave China As Outbreak Exposes Supply Chain Risks

Japan Earmarks Billions For Firms to Leave China As Outbreak Exposes Supply Chain Risks
A student works on a portable spot welding machine at the Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing (JIM) at Ganpat University in Kherva, India, on Nov. 26, 2018. Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Japan has budgeted $2.2 billion to encourage its manufacturing firms to leave China as pandemic-driven shortages highlight supply chain risks.

The funds to get companies to move away from China come from Japan’s massive COVID-19 emergency relief package, Bloomberg reported. Some $2 billion has been allocated for firms repatriating to Japan, while the remainder is to go to companies shifting production away from the Chinese mainland to other countries.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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