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TOKYO -- Japan should in principle allow exports of defense equipment as Tokyo faces its "toughest and most complicated" security environment in the postwar era, a former head of the country's National Security Secretariat told Nikkei recently.
Taiwan is reportedly planning to strengthen its chip export ban against China by expanding the coverage of the banned items to photomasks and some high-end materials.
TOKYO -- While the U.S. has ramped up restrictions on cutting-edge chip exports to China, it has "no interest in expanding them further to mature chips or legacy chips," the U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for export administration told Nikkei.
TOKYO -- Japan's government is backing a bid to export underground railway technology from the country for a metro project in the Dominican Republic, Nikkei has learned.
TOKYO -- Japan's ruling coalition will discuss a limited exception to the country's restrictions on defense equipment sales that would allow exports of a next-generation fighter jet currently in the works.
Fears that ASML's computer chip equipment will be used for Chinese military ends underlie recent decisions to deny the company export licences, the Dutch trade minister said in answers to questions from parliament.
Lidy Nacpil leads the Asia Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development, a regional alliance for people-centered development and economic and climate justice. Joojin Kim is chief executive and co-founder of Solutions for Our Climate, a campaign and research group. Yuki Tanabe is program director at the Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society, a research and advocacy group focused on development and social justice.
TOKYO -- The Japanese government hopes to tighten export controls to prevent goods and parts from being used for military purposes, including new measures to stop third-party transfers.