Ma ʻAukake 4, ua hoʻolaha ka mea hana kila nui loa o Iapana, ʻo Nippon Steel, i kāna hōʻike kālā hapaha mua no ka makahiki kālā 2020.Wahi a ka ʻikepili hōʻike kālā, ʻo ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o ke kila kila o Nippon Steel i ka lua o ka hapaha o 2020 ma kahi o 8.3 miliona tons, kahi emi o ka makahiki ma ka makahiki he 33% a me ka emi ʻana o ka hapaha ma ka hapaha o 28%;ʻO ka hana hao puaʻa e pili ana i ka 7.56 miliona tons, ka emi ʻana o ka makahiki-ma-makahiki o 32%, a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hapahā o ka 27%.

Wahi a ka ʻikepili, ua nalowale ʻo Japan Steel ma kahi o US $400 miliona ma ka hapaha ʻelua a me ka loaʻa kālā ma kahi o US $300 miliona i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Japan Steel he hopena koʻikoʻi ka maʻi maʻi pneumonia lei hou i ka koi kila.Manaʻo ʻia e piʻi ka koi kila mai ka hapa ʻelua o ka makahiki kālā 2020, akā paʻakikī ke hoʻi i ka pae ma mua o ke ahulau.Ua manaʻo ʻia ma ka hapa mua o ka makahiki fiscal 2020, Iapana's domestic steel koi e e pili ana i 24 miliona tona;ʻo ka noi no ka hapa ʻelua o ka makahiki kālā e pili ana i 26 miliona tons, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka makahiki kālā 2019. ʻO ke koi no 29 miliona tons i ka hapa ʻelua o ka makahiki kālā he 3 miliona tons haʻahaʻa.

Ma mua, ua wānana ka Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry o Iapana i ke koi ʻana i ke kila ma Iapana i ke kolu o ka hapaha ma kahi o 17.28 miliona mau tons, he 24.3% ka emi ʻana o ka makahiki ma ka makahiki a me ka hoʻonui hapaha o ka hapaha. 1%;ʻO ka hana hao kila ma kahi o 17.7 miliona mau tona, he 28% ka emi ʻana o ka makahiki, a me ka emi ʻana o ka hapaha ma ka hapaha o 3.2%.