Western Firms Sourcing Parts from Japan in Record Numbers

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“While Japan-branded consumer products such as automobiles and digital cameras are renowned the world over for their innovative technology and reliable performance, Western-branded goods — both consumer and industrial — contain an increasingly greater content of Japanese-made parts than those manufactured in the past. Japan is arguably now the world’s leading source of components requiring sophisticated manufacturing and ultraprecise craftsmanship at an affordable price, for cost-conscious industries ranging from consumer electronics to aerospace.” — Julian Bashore

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Read more about this phenomenon at Protechnology Japan’s website.

The follow-up post (“Japan’s Smart-tech Firms Offer Investors Big Rewards”) can be viewed at Medium’s website.