COVID 19

IMPACT
ON JAPAN
 The Impact of COVID-19 on Japan

 With the increasing number of confirmed cases, the

Japanese government declared a state of emergency in
April and implemented strict public health measures.
 first case reported : 15 January 2020
 Number of confirmed cases : 96599
 Deaths : 1710
 Recovered cases : 88138
 Impact on JAPANESE ECONOMY

Japan's economy shrank at an annual rate of 27.8% in April-

June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus
pandemic slammed consumption and trade.
The Cabinet Office reported that Japan's preliminary seasonally
adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of a
nation's goods and services, fell 7.8% quarter on quarter.
The economy shrank 0.6% in the January-March period, and
contracted 1.8% in the October-December period last year,
meaning that Japan slipped into recession in the first quarter of
this year. Japanese economic growth was flat in July-
September.
COVID-19 IMPACT ON CORPORATE ACTIVITIES IN
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY JAPAN 2020:
COVID-19 impact on corporate activities in
manufacturing industry Japan 2020

 Approximately 83 percent of business enterprises in

the manufacturing industry stated that they already
experienced an impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic on their corporate activities.
 An additional of around 14 percent were concerned
about possible impacts in the future.
 The ratio of already affected companies increased by
nearly 57 percent.
Japan, however, has never enforced a
lockdown with penalties, even when a
Japan’s
national state of emergency was COVID-19
declared .
Measures :
The government “requested” that people
refrain from going out and that
restaurants and bars suspend their
business, without ever forcing them to
close down.

The widespread use of face masks

appears to have slowed down the spread
of COVID-19 in Japan.