# dual-use technology

Beijing Tightens the Screws: China Adds Dozens of Japanese Firms to Export-Control Lists to Curb Remilitarisation

Beijing has added 20 Japanese firms to an export-control list and placed 20 more on a watch list, targeting dual-use technologies it says would accelerate Japan's remilitarisation. The measures are presented as narrowly focused yet significant: they threaten to slow critical supply chains, raise compliance costs and deepen strategic contestation between China, Japan and their allies.