Tariffs benefit Japan's contract manufacturers in Southeast Asia

Experience in region helps capture production fleeing China

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Japanese contract electronics manufacturers with plants in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia are enjoying a boom as production moves out of China.

MASAYA SATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- As U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods spur manufacturers to rethink their supply chains, the upheaval offers big opportunities for Japanese contract electronics makers with ties to Southeast Asia.

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