Last year, major Japanese airports recorded strong air cargo volume increases after years of stagnation.
It has been suggested that a weakening in the value of the yen and increasing costs for producing in China resulted in some manufacturing moving back to Japan.
Japanese companies also increasingly developing highly complex components, which are needed in production lines in other countries.
One example is iPhones; the device itself may be manufactured in China, but the LED screens are built in Japan and transported to its Asian neighbour by airfreight.
Yet this year, the air cargo growth trend at Japanese airports appears to be weakening and some have questioned the longevity of the improvements.
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