This was discussed on the news today. Headlining Japan's concerns and real worries. Approx 145k workers employed here in their businesses.... all due to work Mrs Thatcher did when she was in power.. she sold the UK as a bridgehead to Europe for Japanese industries....
Mrs Thatcher obviously did a very good job. The special adviser to the Japanese PM does not share your concerns. <img class="lazy-fallback" src="http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/847512_1.jpg" alt="brexit news latest eu european union david davis japan uk trade deal brussels theresa may" title="brexit news latest eu european union david davis japan uk trade deal brussels theresa may"> EU left red-faced after Japanese PM's aide hails UK's 'special niche' in boost for Brexit
This give you a different slant: http://www.scmp.com/news/world/euro...er-may-hopes-trade-visit-japan-will-help-ease Read it... and note the serious concerns Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura said Tokyo had to react to “a sense of crisis among businesses” over Brexit, and gather information about the British negotiating strategy.
Renault-Nissan are to build a range of electric cars in China for the Chinese market. The market is huge and going electric will help with some of the pollution problems if the country can produce enough clean electricity. It shows that companies will go to where there is a large market. Meanwhile there are serious warning noises coming from Japan about Nissan having access to the single market. No access to that and supply difficulties would quickly have them out of the UK.
Katsunori Kitakura, lead strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, one of Japan's largest asset management firms, said: "An increase in costs following Brexit could lead to a decline in Japanese investment in the UK and the relocation of production bases to other EU countries. "Japanese companies want to continue their investments in the UK after Brexit. However, the UK government will need to respond to their requests and take measures to maintain the same business environment that is currently in place." Apart from the manufacturing sector, Mr Kitakura also highlighted the financial services sector, which is watching Brexit negotiations closely. He added: "Many major Japanese financial institutions have their European operations based in the UK. "If the EU single passport expires, it will be necessary to review office locations and staffing arrangements, In fact, Japanese financial companies have already begun steps to establish core bases in continental Europe in preparation for Brexit."
In total, there are around 1,100 Japanese-owned businesses in the UK, accounting for some 140,000 jobs. Nor is Japanese investment in UK manufacturing confined to car-making. One of Britain's best-known manufacturers, the renowned St Helens-based glassmaker Pilkington, is owned by Nippon Sheet Glass. Hitachi, which developed Japan's famous 'bullet' trains, built the javelin trains used on the high speed rail link from London to the Channel tunnel at its site in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham, which is currently producing new inter-city high-speed trains for the Great Western and East Coast Mainlines. The facts speak for themselves. Japan, with its history of patient investment for the long term and promoting technical excellence, is a crucial, vital trading partner for the UK and one whose views our politicians must take seriously. It is little wonder that Japan is worried about what the UK government is doing.
Do they broker the balance of immediate power in this country? If not, this government is not interested.
Just because you don't like it back at you, you now accuse me of being a keyboard warrior, well anything is better than being a prejudice bitter individual. Time and again you have spouted anti british rhetoric, while the Germany you adorn i have proven plain and clear is racist. By the way catching a glimpse of a comment earlier, i will ask bitter little man, what are your views on gay marriage. And yes all this is relevant, you cannot dismiss stuff for your own personal agenda.
Visits to countries such as this one are normally little more than photo shoots. Any deals are between companies and have already been completed before hand. We saw that when there was all that talk about a major deal with India it all went pear shaped when the Indians said yes but wanted free movement in preference, but a shower of visas if that was not possible amounting to the same thing. The trip to Japan however is different in that the companies are already here, and now there is huge doubts arising about will they stay. It has been made clear that unless access to the single market is maintained in some form they will not be able to continue. There will be many workers wondering just how safe their jobs are now.
I have never adorned Germany, nor have I done anything other than criticize aspects of British politics, which is perfectly legitimate on a political thread which is mostly concerned with Britain. Any criticism which I have of Germany would be boring to most of the posters on here. I have had enough of your petty digs and if you have nothing better to occupy your time with then I feel sorry for you. I am not coming down to your level, however hard you try to provoke.
I don't approve of marriage of any sort so how can I have an opinion about gay marriage ? My opinion on marriage is - if people want to do it then fine, but it should not be accompanied by any state recognition or advantage whatsoever. They have privatized everything else, why not marriage ?
If you were a regular here brb, you would know what colognes view on all types of marriage are, so I am afraid you are wasting your time on that one. PS. Seems as if I was wasting my finger power.
To be honest i like that sort of honesty, better than your other ****e. People are allowed beliefs about what they want, if you don't approve of marriage, i can associate with that as long as it includes all sexes, which yours does. Blimey common ground, i need a lay down.
I'm not sure what you are hoping to achieve by always celebrating possible negatives regarding the UK's future.
Just trying to show what this useless government is doing SH. I don't celebrate it, I just hope that it might make some people stop to think a bit more and the use brains that are in their heads.
We may have more common ground than you think brb. I can relate to what you have said about national identity - the last thing I want to do is to go to some piazza in Florence and find a burger king or a Macdonalds there. When I am in Rome I do not want to be surrounded by the same things (and people) as in Hamburg - but I actually think that the EU. is our best protection against that type of increasing globalisation. I neither love nor hate Germany - it is just the place where I live, and there are many plonkers here just as there are nice people.
Do you realize that you have actually asked me two questions on the trot rather than tell me that the Daily Express says I am wrong. I will answer you when I have a few minutes which I don't have tonight.
