Japan Restricts Semiconductor-Equipment Exports as Ties With China Chill


日本表示将限制先进半导体设备的出口，这一举措可能阻碍中国相关行业的发展，同时标志着中日关系在一名日本制药公司员工于北京被拘后进一步降温。


日本外务大臣林芳正将于周六访问北京，与中国外长会面。

日本表示将限制先进半导体设备的出口，这一举措可能阻碍中国相关行业的发展，同时标志着中日关系在一名日本制药公司员工于北京被拘后进一步降温。 6park.com
Japan said it would restrict the export of advanced semiconductor equipment, a measure that could hamper development of China’s industry and marks a further cooling of relations after the detention of a Japanese pharmaceutical-company employee in Beijing. 6park.com
   
日本政府周五表示，外务大臣林芳正(Yoshimasa Hayashi)将于周六访问北京，与中国外交部部长会面。这是自2019年12月以来日本外务大臣首次访华，日本政府没有透露此次访问的目的，不过东京方面呼吁中方迅速释放上述被拘日本人。 6park.com
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will visit Beijing Saturday to meet with his Chinese counterpart, the Japanese government said Friday. It didn’t disclose the purpose of the visit, the first by a Japanese foreign minister to China since December 2019, but Tokyo has called for the quick release of the detained Japanese man. 6park.com
   
据知情人士1月份透露，日本与美国和荷兰当月达成协议，加入以美国为主导的限制对华出口半导体设备的行列。东京方面尚未就此事发表公开声明。 6park.com
Japan agreed with the U.S. and the Netherlands in January to join U.S.-led restrictions on the export of semiconductor equipment to China, people familiar with the deal said at the time. Tokyo had refrained from public statements about it. 6park.com
   
日本经济产业省周五表示，从7月份开始，日本将要求寻求出口先进半导体制造设备的公司获得许可。该部门表示这些规定将适用于23种产品。 6park.com
On Friday, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said that starting in July, Japan would require companies seeking to export manufacturing equipment for advanced semiconductors to receive permission. It said the rules would apply to 23 products. 6park.com
   
日本经济产业大臣西村康稔(Yasutoshi Nishimura)称这些规定没有点名任何目标国家。但他表示这样做是为了防止构成军事威胁的国家获得日本的先进技术。这似乎暗指中国。 6park.com
The head of the ministry, Yasutoshi Nishimura, said the rules didn’t name any target countries, but in an implicit nod to China, he said the point was to prevent countries that pose a military threat from getting access to advanced Japanese technology. 6park.com
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西村康稔说：“我们将严格审查是否存在转为用于军事用途的担忧。” 6park.com
“We will look rigorously at whether there is a fear of diversion for military use,” Mr. Nishimura said. 6park.com
  
拜登(Biden)政府试图通过切断中国获得先进技术的途径来减缓中国的军事发展。尽管日本自身在半导体制造方面的地位已有所下降，但日本企业在生产蚀刻机等设备和芯片制造所需材料方面处于领先地位。 6park.com
The Biden administration has sought to slow China’s military development by cutting access to advanced technologies. While Japan has become a lesser player in making semiconductors themselves, Japanese companies are leaders in making equipment such as etching machines and materials essential to chip manufacturing. 6park.com
  
日本历来不愿批评中国，但最近开始使用更尖锐的语言。在去年12月公布的新防卫计划中，日本首相岸田文雄(Fumio Kishida)领导的政府称中国是日本最大的战略挑战。 6park.com
Traditionally hesitant to criticize Beijing, Japan has begun to use sharper language recently. In a new defense plan released in December, the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called China its biggest strategic challenge. 6park.com
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东京方面还对日本制药企业安斯泰来制药(Astellas Pharma Inc., 4503.TO)一名员工在华被拘一事予以谴责。日本政府发言人周一披露了该员工被拘留的消息。中国称这名被拘男子涉嫌从事间谍活动。 6park.com
Tokyo has also denounced the detention of an employee of Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc., which a Japanese government spokesman disclosed Monday. China said the man was suspected of engaging in espionage. 6park.com
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中国已批评日本加入美国牵头的旨在遏制中国的举措。今年1月，中国外交部发言人汪文斌称，日本颠倒黑白地渲染地区紧张局势，为自身整军经武找借口。他称，美日痴迷于遏制中国。 6park.com
China has criticized Japan for joining U.S.-led measures aimed at containing Beijing. In January, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, “To justify its aggressive military buildup, Japan has been falsely hyping up regional tensions.” He said Tokyo and Washington have an “obsession with containing and suppressing China.” 6park.com