TOKYO -- The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing Japanese companies located outside big cities to go digital as conventional marketing and other business practices prove less effective in the face of restrictions on movement introduced to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
A recent survey of new orders reveals faster growth in demand from companies outside Japan big cities, compared with their urban counterparts.
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