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===== - This region is at the center of advanced manufacturing and technology: - Semiconductors, - High-end components, - Specialized materials, - Complex industrial supply chains. =====
* Japan is repositioning itself as an economic-security hub: - Working with the US, Europe, and regional partners, - Making supply chains more secure and less dependent on fragile links.
* Many critical global industries cannot function smoothly without factories, components, and know-how located in Japan and nearby economies.

So: Japan / East Asia Shield increasingly behaves like the “operational backbone” of the global economy:
if this region is disrupted, a large part of world production and trade is disrupted.