Japanese official: Japan will join U.S. chip ban on China

According to the South China Morning Post, a senior Japanese trade official recently said that Japan will "strengthen" its collaboration with the United States to limit high-tech exports to China.

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Japan wanted to work more closely with the United States to jointly develop dual-use technologies. He said: "To address the misuse of critical and emerging technologies and inappropriate technology transfer by malicious actors, it is absolutely necessary for us to strengthen our cooperation in the field of export controls. We will implement strict export controls based on international cooperation, while working with The United States and other relevant countries have had close exchanges of views."

This suggests that Japan may join the US chip ban against China in the bitter semiconductor war between China and the United States.

Recently, according to foreign media reports, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura plans to visit the United States from January 5 to 10, during which he will discuss with the United States the restrictions on chip exports to China.

Earlier, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as revealing that Japan and the Netherlands have agreed in principle to join the ranks of the United States in strengthening restrictions on the export of advanced chip manufacturing equipment to China.