Malinga ndi ziwerengero, Japan idatulutsa pafupifupi matani 13,000 amipope yachitsulo yopanda msokom’mwezi wa May chaka chino, kutsika ndi 10.4% poyerekeza ndi mwezi womwewo chaka chapitacho.Zotulutsa m'miyezi isanu yoyambirira zidafika pafupifupi matani 75,600, kutsika kwapachaka ndi 8.8%.

Kutulutsa kwa mapaipi achitsulo osasunthika kunagunda kwambiri chaka chino chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa magalimoto obwera chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa ma semiconductors ndi zigawo, komanso masiku ochepa ogwirira ntchito chifukwa cha tchuthi.