Pulp and paper industry in Japan

Japan is the third country in the world in production of paper (2011 figures).^[1] The leading Japanese company in the field (2015) is Oji Paper, with three other Japanese companies – Sumitomo Forestry, Nippon Paper Group, and Unicharm – also in the world top 20.^[2]

References

^ "Japan in the World (according to the figure in Annual Review of Global Pulp and Paper Statistics by RISI)" (in Japanese). Japan Paper Association. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
^ "Top 100 Global Forest, Paper & Packaging Industry Companies", Global Forest, Paper & Packaging Industry Survey (page 10), PwC 2016.

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