Amid the trade spat,... data shows that Japan's total exports fell for the sixth-consecutive month in May.
According to the Korea International Trade Association,... Japanese exports in May were tallied at roughly.... 54 billion U.S. dollars,... down almost eight percent on-year.
Tokyo's outbound shipments have steadily declined... since December of last year.
Analysts have pointed to slow global growth and falling exports to China,... as the main contributing factors.
They say,... Japan's situation isn't likely to improve in the second half of the year,... because of its trade conflict with Korea,... one of Tokyo's main export destinations.