Japan Adds Chinese Companies, Others to Restricted End-User List
Japan recently updated its foreign end-user list, which includes a list of entities that may have ties to weapons of mass destruction and may be subject to extra export license requirements. The new list, effective Oct. 9, includes 87 additional organizations from 15 countries and regions, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Sept. 29, according to an unofficial translation.
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China's Ministry of Commerce noted that the updated list adds several Chinese companies and removes two other Chinese firms. China "welcomes" the removal of the two firms, but the additions show Japan has "unreasonably listed Chinese companies without factual basis, which has harmed the interests of businesses in both countries," a ministry spokesperson said, according to an unofficial translation of a portion of a transcript of a regular press conference. "China firmly opposes this. China urges Japan to immediately stop its erroneous practice of listing Chinese companies."