Only about 30% of Japanese companies have taken substantive measures to ensure economic security, such as diversifying procurement sources and strengthening cybersecurity, with less profitable firms tending not to take any such action, according to a government report released Friday.

According to the 2026 white paper on manufacturing industries, adopted at a Cabinet meeting the same day, the proportion of firms working on economic security measures had risen from about 40% in fiscal 2024 to about 60% in fiscal 2025. Still, a large share of firms claiming to implement economic security efforts were merely collecting information on international affairs.

The white paper said that companies need to make management decisions from a medium- to long-term perspective without being deterred by short-term costs, in order to make progress on economic security efforts.…