I didn’t know this but it makes sense.

Japanese PM’s call for @theresa_may to avoid no-deal Brexit is an almost unprecedented intervention in big British politics by foreign leader. It reminds me of when @BarackObama warned during referendum that UK would be at back of queue for trade deals with US if…

— Robert Peston (@Peston) December 1, 2018

I was in Tokyo last week. The Japanese are quietly and politely absolutely furious about Brexit. They will neither forget nor forgive. https://t.co/Rofz95RLeb

— Captain Haddock (@JXB101) December 1, 2018

It’s the business of the Japanese cos the Tory party persuaded them to invest billions in the U.K. on the premise of U.K. SM membership.

— Captain Haddock (@JXB101) December 1, 2018