AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoLogistics: Yamato is targeting a leaner delivery operation as it pushes to improve profits. AI and Manufacturing: Panasonic is investing to expand materials production for AI markets, while Japanese companies face a surge in cyberattacks targeting smaller businesses. Workforce: Japan has opened 18 job sectors to foreign workers, even as the government says the cap on foreign employment should eventually shrink. Costs and Capacity: Electricity prices have climbed to a four-year high, and factory growth slowed to a seven-month low in October as costs rose. Japan is also rebuilding shipbuilding capacity with a new LNG dock.
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