Shipments Of Digital Home Appliances Surge
Shipments of digital home appliances in Japan surged last month as many people stayed at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was the first year-on-year increase for May in three years.
An industry association says domestic shipments reached 104 billion yen, or about 950 million dollars. That's up 45 percent in yen terms from a year earlier.
The figure for flat-panel TVs and other visual devices grew nearly 44 percent.
Automotive equipment such as car navigation systems jumped 78 percent on the back of a recovery in vehicle sales. But some of these products are in short supply due to a global shortage of semiconductors.