Tough Year For The Industryas Japan Slides into Recession

摘要

当前的金融海啸肆虐着多个国家，甚至颠覆世界上最先进的经济制度、一个又一个标题刊登着全球各地无数国家已滑入衰退、日本，随美国后世界第二大经济国，在今年第三季度滑向7年内第一次的衰退及日本的纸和纸板企业正感受到经济动荡的压力。%The current financial tsunami is ravaging nations, even toppling the world's most advanced economies. Headline after headline has declared numerous countries all over the globe slipping into recession. Japan, the world's second largest economy after the United States, slid into its first recession in seven years during the third quarter of this year and the Japanese paper and board firms are feeling the pinch of the economic turmoil. The country's pulp and paper industry is witnessing a tough year with the triple whammy of a very volatile market, a strong yen against the US dollar and the global slowdown that is forcing consumers to tighten their belts and close their wallets in response to the economic crisis.