Japan's NHK television 12 reported that the Japanese mask companies have received the request of the Japanese government to arrange the masks factory for 24 hours, and now have the ability to supply 100 million masks a week.

The report said that if the current situation of masks needs to increase substantially, the shortage of masks on the market will be prolonged. The Ministry of economy and industry of Japan hopes that enterprises will increase their production capacity urgently and grant subsidies to enterprises that invest in equipment. The subsidy is limited to 30 million yen per production line. Large enterprises will subsidize the cost of 2/3, and SMEs will subsidize the cost of 3/4.

The Global Times reporter observed in Tokyo that it is difficult for Japanese supermarkets, convenience stores and drugstores to buy masks. However, Japan will soon meet the annual allergic season of hay fever. Nearly half of the Japanese people will need to wear masks every day. Plus the new crown disease pneumonia epidemic, there are huge masks in Japan just need.

Japan's Ministry of economy and industry said that only 3 of the masks sold in Japan's domestic market were produced in Japan, and the remaining 7 were produced in China. It has been reported that Japan has produced 1 billion 111 million masks and 4 billion 427 million imported domestic masks in 2018. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the production and logistics of Chinese masks are tight, and the export masks have also been affected. This policy will be a measure to solve the shortage of domestic masks.

However, some masks are worried that if the urgent increase in production is now likely to lead to overstock, the Japanese government is discussing the purchase of some masks as a national reserve after market demand is met.