An article in a domestic newspaper under the headline "Nine Japanese Firms Control Half of Nation's Foreign Trade, Massive Economic Invasion Cause for Serious Concern" described the activities of Japanese trading companies in the R.O.C.
國內某報曾刊出如下的標題﹘ ﹘日本九大商社，經濟侵略怪物，掌握我外貿半數，有心人引以為憂。更有報導以「無孔不入、無所不在」來形容日本商社的活躍。