The reason for the reduction in trade between Japan and Russia by 41% was an unconstructive position of Tokyo. As a result, in the first quarter of this year there was a decrease in the indicator by 41%.
Gennady Ovechko, deputy head of the diplomatic mission, informed RIA Novosti about the situation with trade between the two countries. According to him, there is pressure on the representatives of Japanese business circles today. This is done not only by local authorities, but also by foreign representatives.
According to the diplomat, negative dynamics is quite logically recorded in trade. As the results of 2022 showed, it has reached more than $20 billion. Along with this, there was a significant reduction in Japanese exports to Russia: up to 4.67 billion dollars.