Russia and China have regularly dispatched forces to waters and airspace around Japanese territory.

China imposed controls on exports to Japan with any military use, intensifying a dispute between Asia’s top economies over remarks Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made last year on Taiwan.

China and Japan are bound together by trade and geography, but a long history of rivalry and unresolved disputes makes even periods of cooperation fragile.

The restrictions apply to all goods that could enhance Japan’s military capabilities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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