“Nonojapan(https://nonojapan.com)” becomes a bigger hit with a boycott of Japan in South Korea. It is a site that tells what kinds of Japan products are and Korean fungible goods. Korean netizens can check related information in real-time in an easy way, so the reaction for a boycott of Japan is getting hotter.

The beginning of the boycott of Japan was due to Japan's announcement of export restrictions to South Korea. Japan's Ministry of Economic and Industrial Affairs, which oversees Japan's industry and trade, ruled out three comprehensive export licenses, Fluorine Polyimide, Lizzie East and Etching Gas, which are exported to South Korea on the last day. The meaning of this is that while South Korea was on the comprehensive export licensing list, it did not need to be a subject to the approval screening for such items, but now it has been excluded from the comprehensive export licensing list. It is possible that every time we want to import these items, we have to import them after receiving approval applications so that there will be a blow to the entire industry as well as the companies that rely on the items in South Korea.

The cause of export restrictions is also a problem. The reason for the announcement of export restrictions is that since South Korea's credibility with Japan has been severely damaged, it has made a regulatory revision due to difficulties in the proper operation of the trade management system. There is no specific explanation about credibility damages. In a meeting of representatives from Japan's political parties, Abe Shinjo, the prime minister of Japan, said that he did not take preferential measures as South Korea failed to keep its promise to give up its claim, referring to compensation for victims of forced labor. This can be seen as an admission of economic retaliation against export restrictions. Experts in various fields believe that it is tantamount to declaring a trade war with South Korea because it has only implemented export restrictions on the issue.

The target of the boycott of Japan is not only Japanese products but also Japanese tour. There are Japanese products such as UNIQLO, ABC-MART, SONY, DESCENTE, ASICS, POCARI SWEAT, SECOM, CASIO, TOYOTA, HONDA, YAMAHA, PANASONIC, ASAHI, KIRIN, SAPPORO, NINTENDO, CANON, RINNAI, and many other things. Also, tourists in Japan dropped sharply.

Meanwhile, some Japanese people are denouncing against the boycott of Japan in South Korea.

July 28th, by Kim Hyeon