Weak domestic paper and pulp demand and challenging market conditions
First written in FY2017-Q1. 24 of 36 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
Ichikawa moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2024, 2 years after the typical company in this theme (2022).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 6 of 13 companies on the "Worse" side.
10 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-08-07RestatedEarnings
「In Japan, demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper is continuing to shrink as paper digitalization progresses. In addition, demand for containerboard and other products is also showing a declining trend, and challenging conditions persist.」
The contraction in domestic paper and pulp demand and the difficult market environment continue to be reported. - FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper is continuing to shrink as paper digitalization progresses. In addition, demand for containerboard and other products is also showing a declining trend, and challenging conditions persist.」
The challenging domestic market remains, with continued contraction in newsprint and printing and communication paper demand and a continuing decline in containerboard and other product demand. - 2026-05-15RestatedEarnings
「In Japan, demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper is continuing to shrink as paper digitalization progresses. In addition, demand for containerboard and other products is also showing a declining trend, and challenging conditions persist.」
The contraction in domestic demand for newsprint, printing and information paper, paperboard and other products, as well as the difficult market environment, continued to be reported. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper is continuing to shrink as paper digitalization progresses. In addition, demand for containerboard and other products is also showing a declining trend, and challenging conditions persist.」
The challenging domestic market continues, with shrinking demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper and a declining trend in demand for containerboard and other products. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper is shrinking as paper digitalization continues. In addition, demand for containerboard and other products is also showing a declining trend, and challenging conditions persist.」
In addition to the continuing decline in newsprint and printing and communication paper demand, containerboard and other products were also described as showing a declining trend, indicating that weakness across domestic demand persists. - FY2025-H1Stable or uneven demand by application and structural contractionAnnual report
「Regarding trends in the paper and pulp industry, one of the Group's principal customer industries, tissue paper demand in Japan remained relatively stable and containerboard demand fluctuated in line with economic conditions. Newsprint and printing and communication paper, however, were unable to resist the broader social shift toward electronic media and paperless operations, and demand continued to contract year after year, leaving conditions challenging.」
Domestic demand was differentiated more clearly by application: tissue paper was relatively stable, containerboard fluctuated with economic conditions, and newsprint and printing and communication paper continued to contract annually due to electronic media and paperless operations. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「Demand for paper-machine felts declined in Japan and overseas, partly due to the closure of major customer paper mills and the idling of paper machines.」
The closure of paper mills and idling of paper machines were identified as specific causes of declining demand, making the deterioration in paper demand evident in actual results. - FY2024-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Regarding trends in the paper and pulp industry, one of the Group's principal customer industries, demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper in Japan failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels as paper digitalization continued, and continued to decline. In addition, containerboard, tissue paper and other demand also showed a declining trend, and challenging conditions persisted.」
In addition to the continuing decline in newsprint and printing and communication paper demand, containerboard, tissue paper and other products also showed declining trends, broadening the deterioration across the domestic market. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for tissue paper remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper continued to decline without recovering to pre-pandemic levels. In addition, containerboard demand declined amid worsening economic conditions in China.」
Containerboard, previously described as flat, was added to the areas of weakness as demand declined amid worsening economic conditions in China. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels and continued to decline.」
The domestic demand pattern continued: containerboard and tissue paper demand remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper continued to decline without recovering to pre-pandemic levels. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels and continued to decline.」
The domestic demand pattern continued: containerboard and tissue paper demand remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper continued to decline without recovering to pre-pandemic levels. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels and continued to decline.」
The domestic demand pattern was maintained: flat demand for containerboard and tissue paper, and continued declines in newsprint and printing and communication paper demand, which remained below pre-pandemic levels. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding trends in the paper and pulp industry, one of the Group's principal customer industries, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat in Japan, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels and continued to decline.」
Demand for containerboard and tissue paper remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels and continued to decline. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper continued to decline, having failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels.」
Although containerboard and tissue paper demand remained flat, demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper failed to return to pre-pandemic levels and continued to decline. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper was expected to decline due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting digitalization of paper.」
The domestic demand pattern continues: containerboard and tissue paper demand is flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper is expected to decline as paper becomes increasingly digitalized. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper was expected to decline due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting digitalization of paper.」
The view continues that containerboard and tissue paper demand is flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper is expected to decline due to paper digitalization and other factors. - FY2022-Q2Flat or declining demand by application and the addition of digitalization as a factorAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for containerboard, tissue paper and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper was expected to decline due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting digitalization of paper.」
The position was整理ed as flat demand for containerboard and tissue paper, while demand for newsprint and printing and communication paper was expected to decline. The wording returned from an actual decline in demand to an expected decline, while paper digitalization was added as a factor. - FY2022-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for paperboard, tissue and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and information paper declined, partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.」
The description of newsprint and printing and information paper changed from an expected decline to an actual decline in demand. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for paperboard, tissue and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and information paper was expected to decline, partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.」
Demand for paperboard and tissue remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and information paper was still expected to decline. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Trends in our Group's major customer industry in Japan were mixed: demand for paperboard, tissue and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and information paper was expected to decline, partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.」
Demand for paperboard, tissue and other products remained flat in Japan, while demand for newsprint and printing and information paper was still expected to decline. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, demand for paperboard, tissue and other products remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and information paper was expected to decline, partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.」
The deterioration in domestic demand became more specific by product: paperboard and tissue remained flat, while demand for newsprint and printing and information paper was expected to decline due in part to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions in Japan, primarily due to shrinking demand.」
Structural contraction in domestic demand and challenging market conditions continued. Domestic sales, however, rose 3.2% year on year due to order-winning efforts. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry continued to face challenging conditions in Japan, primarily due to shrinking demand.」
Shrinking domestic paper and pulp demand and challenging market conditions continued. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry continued to face challenging conditions in Japan due to shrinking demand and other factors. Overseas, conditions remained volatile amid declining demand in some regions as economies weakened due in part to US-China trade friction, as well as intensifying competition.」
Shrinking domestic demand and challenging market conditions continued to be disclosed. Changes in overseas market instability will be tracked separately. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions in Japan, primarily due to shrinking demand.」
The disclosure continued to describe shrinking domestic paper and pulp demand and challenging market conditions. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「Domestic sales fell 8.2% from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥6,127 million due to a structural contraction in demand.」
The decline in domestic demand was described as structural, and domestic sales fell 8.2% year on year. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand, although overseas demand remained firm, supported by economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the mail-order market.」
The view continued that domestic demand and challenging market conditions persisted, while overseas demand remained firm against a backdrop of economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the mail-order market. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand, although overseas demand remained firm, supported by economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the mail-order market.」
The view continued that domestic demand and challenging market conditions persisted, while overseas demand remained firm. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand, although overseas demand remained firm, supported by economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the mail-order market.」
The view continued that domestic paper and pulp demand and market conditions remained challenging, while overseas demand remained firm, supported by economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the mail-order market. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand, although overseas demand remained firm, supported by economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the mail-order market.」
Domestic demand was described as structurally weak, with domestic sales down 2.0% year on year, making the structural nature of the weakness and its impact on performance clearer. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand, although overseas demand remained firm, supported by economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the e-commerce market.」
Weak domestic demand and challenging market conditions continued. In contrast, the disclosure added that overseas demand remained firm, supported by economic growth in Asia and the expansion of the e-commerce market. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand.」
Weak domestic paper and pulp demand and challenging market conditions continued to be indicated. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand.」
Weak domestic paper and pulp demand and challenging market conditions continued to be indicated. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, a major customer industry for our Group, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand.」
Weak domestic paper and pulp demand and challenging market conditions continued to be indicated. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry, our Group's major customer industry, continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand.」
Weak domestic paper and pulp demand and challenging market conditions continued to be described. The weak demand remains an ongoing feature of the actual business environment. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「The paper and pulp industry continued to face challenging conditions, primarily due to weak domestic demand.」
The disclosure states that weak domestic demand continued to affect sales volume and business performance.