Japan harming itself to please Washington

The Japanese government has announced plans to restrict the exports of 23 kinds of semiconductor manufacturing devices to China.

Attempting to whitewash the move, Japanese officials said it was not aimed at containing China in coordination with the United States' anti-China strategy.

If the policy is implemented, it will have a big impact on Japanese companies as well. Over the past few years, Japan has been a major beneficiary of the US' attack on China's semiconductor industry.