Japan flagged its supply-side vulnerabilities in a recent report, highlighting risks posed by the country’s heavy dependence on Chinese imports. On Feb. 3, Japan’s Cabinet Office released the latest edition of its twice-yearly World Economic Trends report. The report analyzes Japanese, American, and German goods trade with China, underscoring Japan’s larger share of imports from China compared to other major economies. According to a Nikkei Asia report, a Japan-based financial newspaper, citing the analysis, Japan’s imports from China in 2019 accounted for 23.3 percent of its total, compared with the U.S.’s 18.1 percent and Germany’s 8.5 percent. Out of the 5,000 or so items examined, China accounted for more than a 50 percent share (calculated by value) in 1,133 categories of Japan’s imported goods, compared to the U.S.’s 11.9 percent share in 590 categories and Germany’s 5 percent in 250 items, the analysis showed. The analysis said that Japan’s reliance …