TOKYO -- Prices of wastepaper exports to Southeast Asia remain sluggish on soft demand in the region and increased supplies from other countries, pointing to a global slump in the papermaking industry.
Prices of exports from the West and Japan have plunged by around half

Southeast Asian nations are importers of Japanese waste cardboard. (Photo by Akinobu Masubuchi)
TOKYO -- Prices of wastepaper exports to Southeast Asia remain sluggish on soft demand in the region and increased supplies from other countries, pointing to a global slump in the papermaking industry.