Farewell, Myanmar: Corporate exodus grows, from Europe to India

Japanese companies torn on whether to stay or go as economic growth stalls

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Workers at the site of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in 2015. The industrial park was built with Japanese development assistance, and about half the businesses operating there are Japanese-owned. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK -- At German wholesaler Metro's warehouse outside of Yangon, the commercial capital of Myanmar, unmarked white trucks were parked in a line, stripped of their blue-and-yellow logos.

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