Chinas Fukushima Backlash Is Starting to Weigh on Japan Stocks

Shares of Japanese companies that are especially reliant on China demand plunged after users online in Asias biggest economy called for a boycottBloomberg Terminal over the release of treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

Shares of Japanese companies that are especially reliant on China demand plunged after users online in Asia’s biggest economy called for a boycottBloomberg Terminal over the release of treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

Tokyo-based cosmetics firm Shiseido Co. fell 2.6% to a nine-month low, on a day when the broader Topix Index gained 1.5%. Its revenue from China accounts for 30% of the total, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. Shiseido’s local competitors including Pola Orbis Holdings Inc. and Kose Corp. also declined. Department store Takashimaya Co. dropped over 3%, and Don Quijote operator Pan Pacific Holdings Corp. fell more than 4%.

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