Japan's Oct. beer shipments to S. Korea fall to zero amid boycotting

Japan's beer shipments to South Korea fell to zero in October, hit by the ongoing campaign to boycott Japanese products amid soured bilateral ties, government data showed Thursday.Beer exports came to nil for the first time since June 1999, following a 99.9 percent plunge in September and a 92.2 percent drop in August on a year-on-year basis.Japan shipped 800.34 million yen ($7.3 million) worth of beer to the neighboring country in October last year, according to the data from the Finance Ministry.South Korea had been a major export destination for Japanese beer, accounting for around 60 pe…READ FULL ARTICLE