TOKYO -- Japan's central government ministries and Self-Defense Forces received guidelines on Monday that effectively bar them from buying personal computers, servers and telecommunications equipment from Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies.
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Japan bans Huawei and its Chinese peers from government contracts
Move aligns with US, prompting ‘serious concerns’ and protests of 'discrimination'
Japan's new procurement guidelines, which do not single out any company by name, are designed to prevent leaks of sensitive information.
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