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Japan's exports of sanctions-exempt used vehicles to Russia surge

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By Riku Nishio

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Those sanctions are really hurting...... Europe.

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Loopholes will always been used if business can be done

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Japan’s sanctions on Russia are only paper sanctions that won’t effect Japan’s economy. Anything they are making money from is ok.

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Japan. Always a disappointment when it comes to international affairs. They just can't get it right for the world. Only themselves.

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Japan’s sanctions on Russia are only paper sanctions that won’t effect Japan’s economy. Anything they are making money from is ok.

Don't blame Japan for it. Blame Sullivan and Blinken, the architects of the response to Russia, and some would argue the architect of the original crisis. They had good advice from their own intelligence agencies and ignored all the advice. The market gave them ample warnings. They ignored those too.

The same with Germany in the preceding years.

Japan has clean hands here.

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Those sanctions are really hurting.

Yeah, they are. The article says demand for old cars from Japan (with steering wheels on the wrong side) is surging because Russians are having such trouble acquiring new cars from their local dealers (with steering wheels on the right side).

It also says that in times of crisis (like now), Russians dump their Rubles in favor of things like old Japanese cars to serve as a stored asset.

Pathetic.

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Yeah, they are ....

hurting everybody.

Yes all the car factories in Russia has closed down, but look at factories in Japan and elsewhere, the same supply chain blockage is present. So whilst you could argue sanctions has done some damage, I would guess that damage to the western block is far greater, because we are 'supposedly' a free market economy, whilst Russia is a Putin controlled economy.

Free markets can't deal with 'frictions' like central control economies can.

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"Moscow's success in keeping the ruble strong despite the sanctions..."

Thanks in large part to nations like Japan, which will talk semi-tough and then in reality fail to apply any strict measures and try to play both sides (very obviously, too). What is it... 80% of Japanese business in Russia continues even now? They want in on gas projects, are still exporting and importing, etc.

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This is a sociopath policy,by Japanese, Russian are steady humiliation Japan ,showing how weak they are, somebody maybe in Japan say,this is not a good idea,to make Russian lives easy ,that the hardship would make them turn against Putin,but enabling Putin ,like Trump did

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This may be remembered the next time Japan brings up the issue of the northern territories. Leave them in Russian hands - at least you can trade cars for crab there.

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New leases for oil and gas and now a used car bonanza?

Japan and Russia are becoming great trading partners!

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Kurisupisu every since American companies abandon Russian oil platform deal , Russian oil output has craters,only American has the technology to safely drill oil,

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The sanctions seemed to have benefited Pakistani auto-exports dealers.

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Give it a try and watch for used car prices while driving around. You won’t see many used cars priced at near or more than ¥6mio. That specific sanction is none and only a theory on paper.

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How do they use these cars in Russia? The steering wheels are on opposite side

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Japan needs to act in its own best interest and open up all trade with Russia.

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LindsayToday 08:19 am JST

Japan’s sanctions on Russia are only paper sanctions that won’t effect Japan’s economy. Anything they are making money from is ok

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There's no international sanctions on regular Russian people. The McDonald's and alike quit on their own decisions, as everything is politized in the West these days. And quickly the Russians figured out how to make their own ... you know, cheeseburgers

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Sh1mon M4sada - Don't blame Japan for it. Blame Sullivan and Blinken, the architects of the response to Russia, and some would argue the architect of the original crisis. They had good advice from their own intelligence agencies and ignored all the advice. The market gave them ample warnings. They ignored those too.

Oh, yes! I forgot Japan was the 50th US state.

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How do they use these cars in Russia? The steering wheels are on opposite side

Russians can't afford to be fussy these days. They take whatever foreigners decide to throw them. LOL.

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How do they use these cars in Russia? The steering wheels are on opposite side

The same way a Brit drives if they take their car by ferry to the Continent. It's ok on big streets and motorways but trying to pass on a two lane road can be very dangerous. Also, the headlights of a car with the wheel on the right are aimed towards the left (the opposite is true of cars with the steering wheel on the left). Same with motorcycles too, different headlight lenses for left and right hand drive markets. This is done to prevent blinding oncoming traffic, but when you drive a right hand drive car in a nation with left hand drive cars your headlights blind oncoming traffic.

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