Japan has lodged a strong protest with China after Beijing included 20 Japanese defense companies on a list of goods for dual-use export control and demanded that the policy be revoked.
Earlier on the same day, China's Ministry of Commerce said it had added 20 Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding, to the list as a step to respond to what it called Japan's "remilitarization" as well as Tokyo's nuclear ambitions.
According to the ANTARA report, Tuesday, February 24, according to the Kyodo report, the official protest was delivered by the Head of the Japan Asia and Oceania Affairs Bureau Masaaki Kanai along with senior officials of the Japanese Embassy in China and representatives of the Japanese trade ministry.
Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato called China's move "absolutely unacceptable and deeply regrettable."
According to him, the Japanese government will assess the impact of the policy on related companies and consider further steps as a response.
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