Topics covered on the February 2016 issue:
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
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