After meeting May, Japan's Abe says world does not want no-deal Brexit

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May greets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Downing Street in London, Britain, January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the world did not want to see a disorderly Brexit and that he fully supported British Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal deal from the European Union now facing defeat in parliament.

Some of Japan's leading companies in Britain have warned that a no-deal Brexit could be a disaster. After meeting May in London, Abe said it was scenario no one wanted to see.