Japan to put critical goods plants under state control during crisis

Japan is set to introduce a system to temporarily place factories under state control in the event of a contingency to safeguard supply chains of critical materials such as semiconductors and batteries, the government said Tuesday.The government aims to start the system from around the fall of next year to better protect the country from contingencies such as infectious disease outbreaks and disruptions in the supply of raw materials.Resource-scarce Japan has been trying to make its supply chains more resilient to ensure stable procurement of economically critical products including 12 good…READ FULL ARTICLE