Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that the Minister of Economy and Industry Nishimura Kangyu Kangyu on Friday (March 31) said in a press release that Japan will implement export control for six types of equipment used in chip manufacturing, andIncluding cleaning, sedimentation, lithography and etching.
This new regulation will take effect in July this year, and will solicit public opinion before taking effect.This restriction is expected to affect more than a dozen Japanese companies, including semiconductor equipment manufacturers such as Nikon Group and Tokyo Electronics.These companies must obtain licenses issued by the Japanese government before exporting semiconductor equipment or technology to overseas.
Kangki Nishimura said that the Japanese government expects this measure to have limited impact on domestic companies and do not have a specific country.
However, foreign media reported that the time point of Japan's announcement of this policy was made after the United States implemented a comprehensive restriction on the chip manufacturing tools exported to China last October.Advanced semiconductor equipment to enhance its military power.The United States has always hoped that Japan can simultaneously tighten the export of semiconductor equipment for China, but Japan has always sought to choose a middle road between two superpowers.
Nishimura Kangyu said in the press release that this measure is inconsistent with the US export control."If our exports have not been re -used for military purposes, we will continue to export."
Japanese government officials said that these measures will improve supervision and avoid these advanced technologies for military purposes.They said that the exports of about 40 trading partners, including Taiwan and Singapore, will not be affected.But these 40 trading partners do not include mainland China.
