of preferred economic partners this could complicate the import of defense equipment and materials used in the chip industry. deal but that certainly this move was approved to revise japan s export controls appropriately and was not intended to hurt japan south korea relations or to craft counter measures. such koreans no longer consider japan a friendly nation one official warned seoul says japan is retaliating against south korean court rulings last year. these ordered japanese companies to compensate korean plaintiffs for their wartime labor during japan s brutal colonise ation of the korean peninsula between 190-1905. japan points to an erosion of trust since the south korea rulings and claims the export controls are for national security purposes. one thing that all citizens have in common is a passport much like this one it s getting easier for wealthy foreign investors mainly but not only russians to buy themselves a u.s.