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Yatsushiro Mill

Yatsushiro Mill

Yatsushiro Mill is an operating pulp mill in Yatsushiro, Japan, with a capacity of 667 950 tonnes per year.

Company
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Group
Nippon Paper Group
WoodComp ID
00527 (how IDs work)
Country
Japan
City
Yatsushiro
Status
Operating
Capacity
667 950 t/y pulp
Other filing for 2010
Region
Kumamoto

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Products

Paper products
NewsprintOffice paperPrinting Paper
Byproducts
Electricity

Related facilities

Yatsushiro Mill is the 2nd largest pulp mill in Japan of the 11 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.

More Nippon Paper Group facilities
Iwakuni Mill ·Ishinomaki Mill ·Shiraoi Mill ·Asahikawa Mill ·Akita Mill
Largest pulp mills in Japan
Niigata Mill ·Tomioka Mill ·Yonago Mill ·Tomakomai Mill ·Satsumasendai Mill
Nearest facilities
Chugoku Lumber Hyuga (日向工場) (97 km) ·Chugoku Lumber Kure (HQ complex: honsha seizai + kobara) (266 km) ·Gotsu Mill (316 km) ·Moorim P&P (349 km) ·Jeonju Mill (493 km)

Timeline

  1. 2027product added

    Household paper business (tissue) expected to commence operations at Yatsushiro Mill, targeting export markets

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  2. 2026capacity reported

    Capacity reported: 667 950 t/y (site scope, observed 2026-07-25).

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  3. 2025closure

    N2 newsprint paper machine (232,000 t/y capacity) scheduled to shut down end of June 2025 due to graphic paper demand decline

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  1. 2025closure

    No. 9 coal-fired boiler scheduled to shut down in 2025, eliminating all coal utilization at Yatsushiro Mill

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Sources

Data confidence: Medium (74 of 100) how this is computed

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