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Domestic sales of Japanese food such as beer, ramen, and confectionary have decreased steadily over time since Japan's economic retaliatory measures. This is a voluntary move by the private sector. In Japan, it is reported that we are reviewing import regulations on our agricultural products such as Kim and Paprika.

It is reported by Bae Jun-woo.

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There is a contrast of the appearance of the beer corner where the Japanese beer stands and the other domestic beer which boasts the footsteps are noticeably different from the imported beer corner.

[Yong-hee / Seoul Yangcheon-gu: I used to buy a lot of Japanese beer. We do not drink the beer that we ate, we changed it for the first time with another beer, and ... .]

This month, the sales of beer from Japanese beer decreased by 30.1% from the same period.

Asahi Breweries ranked No. 2 to No. 6 and Kirin Brewery ranked # 7 to No. 10, even though sales of all imported beer rankings were ranked.

For convenience stores, beer sales in Japan dropped by 40.1% this month.

Convenience stores are packed with unsold Japanese beer stocks.

[Hahn, Min Jae / Convenience Store Staff: Japanese beer is not so much compared to last month. It is a tendency to buy German beer instead of Japanese beer and more domestic beer, guests.

Other Japanese foodstuffs are similar.

In one large-scale mart, sales of Japanese noodles decreased 31.4%, Japanese seasonings and sauces 29.7%, and sales of Natto decreased.

In the meantime, there is a great deal of concern in Japan as it is reported that Japan is reviewing import regulations on Korea's agricultural and marine products.

In the case of paprika from Korea, the percentage of exports to Japan last year was 99% and that of Kim was 22.5%.

Japan has strengthened import procedures for flounder and shellfish in Korea even after losing to Korea in the Fukushima fisheries dispute.