After Meeting UK’s May, Japan’s Abe Says World Does Not Want No-deal Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a news conference after a bilateral meeting in London, Britain Jan. 10, 2019. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Reuters

LONDON—Japan’s Shinzo Abe said on Jan. 10 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.