Airfares between Japan and South Korea are now less than $10
This is just the latest side-effect of the ongoing trade dispute, which started in July when Tokyo placed controls on South Korea exports of three chemical materials, which are used to make computer chips, among other things.
Last month, Japan officially removed South Korea from its list of preferred trading partners. In response, South Korea'Symbol of the devil': Why South Korea wants Japan to ban the Rising Sun flag from the Tokyo Olympics Tensions before then had been rising for months, stemming in part from Japan's colonial rule over the Korean peninsula in the early 20th century.
Earlier in August, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the country was"a victim of great suffering from Japanese imperialism" in a statement on the conflict. Now, the countries' tourism industries are taking a hit. There were 561,700 South Korean tourists visiting Japan in July -- a 7.6% decrease from the same time last year, according to JapaneseThe reverse is also true -- the number of Japanese travelers to South Korea dropped by 1.3% from May to June, then 2.7% from June to July, according to the government's
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