Claim: Japanese-owned companies employ 140,000 people in the UK.
Fact-check: Japanese-owned companies in the UK - Full Fact
Verdict: this is true, according to estimates from the japanese government, although we haven't yet been able to look into these in detail as they aren't published in english.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Richard Braham
Date published: 2016-10-12T00:00:00