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Tough times for Japan's small exporters

Despite all the attention paid to big brand names, it's the small and medium firms that are suffering the most

By Hiroko Tabuchi  /  NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , SAITAMA, JAPAN

Last year, exports made up 15.9 percent of Japan’s GDP, up from 9.8 percent a decade ago.

Even small companies like Porite rode the wave of globalization, opening factories in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand — and, in 2002, Jefferson City, Missouri. Now, more than 70 percent of Porite’s sales come from outside Japan.

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