Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, daily necessities manufacturers are responding by strengthening their production capacity in order to ensure the supply of toilet paper and masks that were temporarily out of stock last year.
Last year, Oji Nepia, which produces toilet paper in the Oji Paper Group, built a new base for the Tokyo metropolitan area in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, and has increased its domestic production capacity by about 10%.
In addition, warehouses in Saitama Prefecture have increased their toilet paper inventory by about 20% since last summer to prepare for growing demand.
Ryoichi Takeda, the factory manager of the Oji Nepia Edogawa Factory, said, "We have enough stock, so please feel free to buy as much as you need."
Regarding toilet paper, there was a history of running out of stock due to false information such as "imports from China stopped" on SNS last year, and the Japan Household Paper Industry Association also said that "more than 95% of toilet paper is made in Japan. And I don't have to worry about the supply. "
In addition, in the daily necessities maker, "Unicharm" operates 24 hours a day at a factory in Kagawa prefecture, and the domestic production of masks has tripled to 120 million pieces a month. In addition, Kao has continued to increase production by significantly expanding its disinfectant production facilities.