“The U.S. is not allowed to sell any item in Japan as the attacked the country in 1945 by throwing a nuclear bomb”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Japan was the fourth largest export market for the U.S. in 2019. On the ‘Office of the United States Trade Representative’ website, it can be read that the U.S. goods exports to Japan in 2019 were US$ 74.7 billion
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/iAjitDoval/photos/a.613580815822326/900000377180367/?type=3&thea…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.