US EditionMore Diplomatic and Economic Tensions Surface Between China, Japan as a Bumpy Week Ends
China imposed new export controls on dual-use items, including rare earths crucial for global supply chains, to signal displeasure with Japan's perceived militarism, officials said.
- Tensions between China and Japan intensified over economic and political issues, with no signs of improvement as of Friday.
- The Chinese ambassador in Tokyo rejected Japan's request to retract new export controls on 'dual-use items'.
- Japanese officials reported delays in shipments of agricultural and fisheries goods to China.
- Minoru Kihara stated that Chinese export controls on rare earths have caused a serious impact on global supply chains.
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More diplomatic and economic tensions surface between China, Japan as a bumpy week ends
A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements.
Japan-China relations, which have rapidly cooled since Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Diet response, show no signs of improvement even as the new year begins. China's Ministry of Commerce announced on the 6th that it would strengthen export controls on dual-use items to Japan. Regarding rare earths, which are widely used in electric vehicles and other products, Chinese state-owned enterprises have informed some Japanese companies that they will…
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tlz.deChina has once again tightened its raw material policy towards Japan and is taking new measures to export a sought-after product.
On January 6, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China issued Announcement No. 1 of 2026, prohibiting the export of all dual-use items to Japanese military users, for military purposes, and for any other end-user applications that could enhance Japan's military capabilities. Moreover, without giving Japan any breathing room, "This announcement shall take effect immediately from the date of its promulgation."
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