Myanmar Faces Wider Business Fallout After Kirin Retreat
- Japanese brewer, Amata among companies curbing investments
- Chinese firms influence in country could rise: Fitch Solutions
Demonstrators take part in a rally in Yangon, on Feb. 10.
Photographer: Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images
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Myanmar’s political upheaval is prompting global companies from Japan to Thailand to dial back operations in the country, spurring concern about a widening business fallout.
From beer maker Kirin Holdings Co. to an early backer of gaming firm Razer Inc., companies and investors are weighing the impact of a military coup that’s thrust the once- thriving nation into a state of emergency. The turmoil is prompting multinationals like Thailand’s biggest industrial developer to delay investment plans, a harbinger of things to come should the chaos deepen.