LEGISLATION AND POLICY NEWS - METI and Fukushima Prefecture Conclude an Agreement on the Development and Operation of Robot Testing Fields - SMEA Compiles an Export Support Handbook for SMEs
SURVEY AND BUSINESS DATA - Japan's Population Shrinks for the First Time - Agricultural Export Recorded Historical High in 2015 - Number of SMEs and Micro Businesses Remains Stable
COMPANY NEWS - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal to Buy Nisshin Steel to Address Severe Market Conditions - Shiseido to Build 1st Domestic Plant for Cosmetics in 40 years
