Perhaps the CCP hopes to barter Japanese businessmen held as spies for permission to import.
Japan joins US, Netherlands in chipmaking tech export crackdown
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry plans to enact export restrictions on 23 technologies used in the production of semiconductors. The move comes amid intense pressure by the US to cut off China's supply of chipmaking equipment, and follows a similar decision by the Dutch government earlier this month. "We are …