Japan's imposition of export controls on chip making tools to align with a U.S. policy restricting China's ability to produce advanced semiconductors is worrying some officials in Tokyo who believe a combative U.S. approach may hamper coordination and needlessly provoke Beijing.
, ranging from machines that deposit films on silicon wafers to devices that etch out the microscopic circuits of chips that could have military uses.targeting Chinese companies, Japan has chosen broad equipment controls not specifically aimed at its bigger neighbour.
Japan's trade and industry minister told reporters when announcing Japan's measure in March that China was only one of 160 countries and regions that would be subject to controls and that Japan's rules were not meant to follow the U.S.
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