China has expanded the list of Japanese companies and organisations on its export control list in Beijing’s latest move to curb what it describes as a “new type of militarism” from the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Monday’s move, which restricts Chinese exports of “dual use” items that may serve both civilian and military purposes, is the latest escalation of a row that has plunged Japan-China relations into their worst state in more than a decade.