US EditionJapan urges China to drop controls on dual-use exports
Japan protests China’s immediate export controls on dual-use items that could include rare earths, vital for tech and industry, with over 70% of imports from China, officials said.
- On January 6, Japan urged China to revoke tougher export controls on dual-use items to Japan, which China's commerce ministry said took effect immediately.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's November remarks about possible military reaction over Taiwan preceded rising tensions as Beijing cited violations of the one-China principle.
- More than 70 percent of Japan's rare earth imports come from China, with Japan depending almost 100 percent on China for dysprosium and terbium, the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy said.
- Japan lodged a formal protest to Shi Yong as Masaaki Kanai demanded withdrawal, while Minoru Kihara declined to detail impacts, and analysts warned a three-month ban could cost 660 billion yen.
- Under its Export Control Law, Beijing said the measures rest on the 2026 Catalogue for the Administration of Import and Export Licenses for Dual-Use Items and fulfill non-proliferation obligations.
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Strengthening Export Restrictions: China’s Economic Coercion Toward Japan Is Unacceptable
It is China’s usual practice to unilaterally intensify coercive pressure and press the other party to make concessions because it does not act in accordance with China’s wishes. Unreasonable measures using the economy as a weapon are totally unacceptable.
Chinese Export Controls Targeted at Japan
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Why China's enhanced dual-use export controls on Japan are necessary
China's recent decision to strengthen export controls on certain dual-use items destined for Japan has drawn international attention. In reality, this is a precise, forceful and legally grounded countermeasure, taken in response to clear political provocations that implicate China's core interests and national security.
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AlKhaleej TodayJapan urges China to scrap ‘unacceptable’ curbs on dual-use exports
TOKYO, Jan 7 — Japan has urged China to revoke tougher new export controls on products with potential military uses, possibly including vital rare earth minerals, in a further escalation of Beijing and Tokyo’s diplomatic tussle.The Chinese commerce ministry said yesterday that authorities have “hereby decided to strengthen export controls on dual-use items to Japan”, effective immediately.It comes as China ramps up pressure on Tokyo after Japane…
Tokyo urged China to reconsider its decision to tighten its export controls to Japan on products likely to have dual civilian and military use, a list that could include rare earths.
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