Japan preps first subsidy to company moving production out of China

Iris Ohyama to bring mask manufacturing to home base

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Iris Ohyama will also make the main materials that go into masks in Japan.

TAKASHI TSUJI and KAZUHIRO FURUYAMA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/SENDAI, Japan -- Consumer products maker Iris Ohyama is set to become the first Japanese company to receive a government subsidy to shift production out of China as part of an effort to build more resilient supply chains.

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