Border woes hit Japanese firmsListen to this articleOfficers from the Trat Marine Corps Special Task Force secure the Ban Tha Sen border area in Trat province bordering Cambodia on Jan 16. Royal Thai NavyBorder closures, rising logistics costs and lower levels of production, procurement and sales are among the major challenges Japanese firms in Thailand have had to cope with following the Thai-Cambodian border conflict in the second half of 2025. The findings were disclosed by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok (JCCB) recently to present a business sentiment survey of Japanese corporations operating in Thailand. The survey has been conducted twice a year since 1971 and remains one of the most comprehensive indicators of the business environment for Japanese companies in Thailand, it says. Among the most significant impacts cited were longer logistics lead times following the land border closures, reported by 29% of respondents.
