date:May 12, 2014
on the two firms maintain separate, independent trading units when selling soybeans to China.
At the same time, relations between China and Japan have become more strained, amid escalating tensions over a chain of uninhabited islands both countries claim, raising worries about the dispute spilling over to harm business ties.
China recently seized a bulk carrier owned by Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd in a case related to a wartime claim. Mitsui had to pay almost $30 million to Chinese claiman