TOKYO (Reuters/AFP): Kagome, Japan's biggest maker of ketchup and vegetable juice, said on Wednesday (April 14) that it had stopped procurement of tomato paste from China's Xinjiang region, where Western governments have raised concerns about forced labour.
The move comes as Western and Japanese companies face boycotts and a public backlash in China over comments expressing concern about the alleged abuses of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.
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