Now that the hard work of restoring shipments to pre-disaster levels is all but complete, Japan’s exporters face an uphill struggle to achieve further growth. Exports had been flat for a year before the disaster when the global economy was in better shape than it is now. With a weak outlook and a strong yen, export growth will probably be soft for some time to come.
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