Japan's beer shipments to South Korea dive 99% in Sept.: gov't

Japan's beer shipments to South Korea plummeted 99.9 percent in September from a year earlier to 588,000 yen ($5,400), affected by a boycott of Japanese products in the neighboring country amid worsening bilateral ties, government data showed Wednesday.The campaign to boycott Japanese goods, including vehicles, has spread widely among South Korean consumers after tighter Japanese export controls were implemented in July on key materials used by South Korean chipmakers.In the reporting month, exports of hydrogen fluoride, a chemical subject to newly tightened export controls, were also sharp…READ FULL ARTICLE