Japan Inc backs Abe's tough trade stance toward S Korea

Some companies said they won't be affected as they don't directly engage in business with South Korea.

Even those companies that don't do business directly with South Korea will be effected by the ripple effect. On the first place, the semiconductor companies that export to SK will be effected the most. Less exporting means less business, which means less revenue, which means job cuts, which means unemployment. On the other hand, the disruption of the supply of these materials means not only higher costs of the phones, which many Japanese people use, but also higher costs for the materials that SK exports, that are used in other industries around the world. The higher cost of these products will have an effect on the consumers back home. If it takes more money to buy these products, it means people will have less money to spend on other things, and those "other" business will suffer as a consequence.

I also find it repugnant that some business manager in Japan would complain about SK wanting to make peace with their other half.

Have u heard about micron tech 3 years is more than enough time for a tech oriented to develop or build a factory so Japanese exporters wont have problems n world as a whole

" the liberal Asahi newspaper found 56% "

WoW!, even the readers of the Korean loving Asahi backs Abe. South Korea is in trouble.

Japan-Inc, along with the great majority of public, stand with PM Abe in taking a hard line stance with South Korea. Japan simply cannot allow illegal dealing, collaboration and trade with the communist North, while NK is threatening to destroy Japan by making nuclear materials.

IloveCoffeeToday  07:27 am JST

I also find it repugnant that some business manager in Japan would complain about SK wanting to make peace with their other half

South Korea isn't trying to make peace. If they did, they would undo the damage they have done to SK-JPN relations from the reversed irreversible 2015 CW Agreement to accepting the Arbitration clause in the 1965 Treaty. Moon caused all this damage and what has he done to regain Japan's trust? He has gone to the WTO, the U.S. the U.N., and whipped the SK people into a hate-fervor. Now he talks about "making peace"? He needs to undo everything he has done.

@OssanAmerica

South Korea's other half is North Korea, not Japan.

Japan Inc backs Abe's tough trade stance toward S Korea

Well of course they would! SoKo are direct competitors to Japan Inc.