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Japan's Unicharm to export masks to India and Indonesia next year

Company wants to leverage 'Made in Japan' appeal for protective face covering

Masks have been back in stock in Japanese stores for a while now, a situation that is allowing Unicharm to prepare to export its face coverings to other big Asian nations. (Photo by Kai Fujii) 
NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writer | Japan

TOKYO -- Japan's top mask maker plans to export the protective face coverings to Asian countries now that domestic demand has been sated.

Unicharm early next year will begin exporting about 20 million face masks per month, spread out to India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. It plans to add more export markets in the future.

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