Japan to restrict use of foreign tech in telecom, power grids

National security standards to cover 14 sectors with eye on Chinese equipment

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Workers inspect power grid equipment in Japan's Hokkaido. (Photo by Kenta Ando)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will introduce new regulations for 14 critical infrastructure sectors to bolster cyber defenses, learning from the recent Colonial Pipeline hack that shut down a major energy artery in America's East Coast.

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