Retailers boycott Japanese goods as trade tensions rise
Posted On: Jul. 22, 2019 5:58 AM CST
South Korea-based Korea Mart Association said that more than 200 local supermarket and grocery stores have pulled all Japanese products off their shelves amid a political and economic dispute between the two countries, Reuters reported. The dispute has prompted a widespread boycott of Japanese products and services such as beer, clothes and travel in South Korea.