There are good reasons to think that the natural stalling in globalisation underway won’t do much damage to Japanese manufacturers. And while an abrupt severing of supply chains between China on the one hand and the US and its allies on the other would be highly disruptive, Japanese firms would benefit in the long-run as they could step into the breach. Perhaps the biggest risk is that a more nationalist China focused on raising self-sufficiency makes it increasingly difficult for Japanese firms to operate there.
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