A Japanese seafood company, whose supply chain stretches across the Pacific Ocean and runs through Asia, has decided to bring home a big part of its production.

Yamaya Communications is planning to have all the products it sells in Japan to be made in the country.

The Bank of Japan says the Producer Price Index sank 0.1 percent in September, excluding the effects of last year's consumption tax hike. It's the first drop in four months as business activities remained sluggish. The decline was larger year-on-year at 2.3 percent.

Weakening demand for goods including steel and iron, machinery and textiles was behind the drop.