“The government will offer appropriate support to Japanese companies if necessary, so that the impact on them is kept to a minimum,” Yoshihide Suga, the Japanese government’s top spokesman, said during a regular press briefing.
He did not elaborate on what sort of help – financial or otherwise – Tokyo might give.
John Marrett, research analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said in a commentary: “Significant near-term disruption is likely. [We are] expecting a slowdown in Thailand’s economy over the next 12 months.”