Uhulumeni waseJapan umemezele ngesonto eledlule ukuthi uzokhipha ngokusemthethweni iSouth Korea "ohlwini lwabamhlophe" ngo-Agasti 28. Ntambama ngalo lolo suku, uMongameli waseNingizimu Korea uWen Zaiyu futhi umemezele ukuthi uzokhipha uJapan "ohlwini lwabamhlophe baseNingizimu Korea" ”. Abezindaba baseJapan baveze ukuthi uhlelo lwaseNingizimu Korea alunamthelela kangako eJapan ngoba iJapan ingangenisa ama-semiconductors avela eTaiwan.
Uhulumeni waseJapan waphasisa isinqumo sekhabethe ekuseni ngomhlaka 2 futhi uzosusa ngokusemthethweni iSouth Korea "ohlwini lwabamhlophe" ngo-Agasti 28. Lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "uhlu olumhlophe" kubhekisa kuhlu lwamazwe aphephile futhi anobungani kwezohwebo. nguhulumeni waseJapan. Abathumela kwamanye amazwe baseJapan bangajabulela izinqubo ezilula uma kuthunyelwa imikhiqizo yezobuchwepheshe ephezulu kulawa mazwe. Ntambama ngalo lolo suku, uMongameli waseNingizimu Korea uWen Zemin usigxekile isenzo saseJapan ngokuthi "yisinqumo esingenandaba". Iziphathimandla ziveze nokuthi bazothatha izintambo zempahla bese bememezela ukuthi bazokhipha iJapan “ohlwini lwabamhlophe” baseNingizimu Korea.
Ngokombiko weYomiuri Shimbun yaseJapan ngomhlaka 4, uhulumeni waseSouth Korea uthe uzosusa "uhlu lwabamhlophe" baseJapan eSouth Korea, kanti nezikhulu zikahulumeni waseJapan zithi "ngeke zibe nomthelela omkhulu". In the nokungenisa kanye Japan kanye South Korea, ikakhulukazi Japan ukuthekelisa izinto zokusetshenziswa kanye nokungenisa ngaphakathi imikhiqizo eqeda kusuka South Korea. Yize njengamanje iJapan ingenisa ama-semiconductors avela eSouth Korea, izikhulu zikahulumeni waseJapan ziveze ukuthi "ngeke kube nokuthengwa okuvela eTaiwan (semiconductors), futhi cishe akukho okubambelayo."
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi iSouth Korea ikhishwa "ohlwini lwabamhlophe" baseJapan, lapho izinkampani zaseJapan zithumela imikhiqizo yazo eSouth Korea, ngaphezu kokudla nezingodo, cishe zonke izinto ezingadluliselwa kumathuluzi okusetshenziswa kwezempi, amathuluzi kagesi, kanye carbon fiber kudingeka ngokomthetho. Kutholwe amalayisense athumela ngaphandle kuMnyango Wezomnotho, Wezohwebo Nezimboni.
Ngomhlaka 2, esithangamini nabezindaba ebesibanjwe ngemuva komhlangano wekhabinet, uNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho, Ezohwebo Nezimboni eJapan uShiguro Hiroshi uthe ukususwa kweNingizimu Korea ohlwini lwabamhlophe kuphela ukubuyela esimeni esifanayo ne-Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN ) nakwamanye amazwe ase-Asia. Lokhu akuyona i-embargo. Ngokuyinhloko, inqobo nje lapho izinqubo kanye nokuphathwa kwenziwa, ukuthunyelwa kungaqhubeka kwenziwe.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uShi Geng Hongcheng ubuye wathi ukususwa kohlu lwabamhlophe baseNingizimu Korea ngeke kuthinte i-global supply chain, futhi ngeke kube nomthelela omubi ezinkampanini zaseJapan.