TOKYO -- From Nintendo to Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing, Japanese companies have long established a supply chain centered on China, with many of the finished products exported to the U.S.
Now amid the prolonging U.S.-China trade war, many of those companies are at a crossroad. Already facing a sharp increase in Chinese workers' wages, the trade war has pushed at least a fourth of Japanese companies to consider reducing its China footprint, a Nikkei survey has found.