From Covid-19 impact, The resilience of logistics and supply chains can be improved via the implementation of strategies that target both the nodes and links of the supply chain, which we call logistics and supply chain resilience strategies (SCRESTs). Figure 1 illustrates the typical structure of a supply chain network. A supply chain consists of nodes (i.e., suppliers, manufacturing/production centres, and facilities such as logistics centres, distribution centres, warehouses, and customers) connected to different links. When a node or link in the network is disrupted by even a small event, it can have major consequences for the entire network. A failure in a node or link can potentially stop the flow of materials across the network. Disruptions arising from natural disasters, manmade disasters, pandemics, epidemics, government regulations, etc., can affect the nodes and/or links of the logistics and supply chain network, necessitating the implementation of appropriate resilience strategies
On July 2, 2021, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced that 151 applicants have been selected for its 2021 Program for Promoting Investment in Japan to Strengthen Supply Chains. According to the application guidelines released by the government, the program aims to “enhance viability of industries by strengthening supply chain resilience” through the subsidization of equipment and facility costs of certain companies.
On March 1, 2022, the Cabinet brought into effect the Act of Partial Revision of the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information Communication Technologies and the Act on the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization. Under these acts, a fund will be established to provide subsidies for companies to develop production facilities for semiconductors and semiconductor components.