Japan to vet investments by firms under China state influence

New regulations remove past loopholes that avoided prior notification

20250122 China trade Japan

In a move mostly expected to affect Chinese companies, the Japanese government plans to tighten investment screening in order to remove loopholes that may have allowed leakages of national security information.

YOHEI HIROSE and RYUTO IMAO

TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Finance will introduce new regulations for foreign investors that could potentially cooperate with foreign governments in collecting intelligence, particularly Chinese companies, Nikkei has learned.

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