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☆ Inside a Michigan Town's War Over a Chinese-Owned Battery Plant
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Brent Crane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

This was nothing short of a communist invasion, in his eyes, and the patriots of Green Charter needed to rise up and confront the Red Peril. But the backlash in Green Charter represents something seldom seen since the Red Scare: a quasi-militant, homegrown resistance to the perceived threat of communism at home. But as the war over Gotion began to consume Green Charter, Riebow began to feel that the township board was behaving "too secretly." It's easy to dismiss what's happened in Green Charter as yet another sign of America's descent into dangerous incivility. Asked about Gotion's plans in Green Charter, Panetta replied, "I don't think there's any question that they are going to take advantage of that situation."

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☆ ASML boss Wennink to retire in April; veteran Fouquet to step up
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

ASML Chief Executive Peter Wennink will retire at the end of his term next April to be replaced by company veteran Christophe Fouquet, the Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer said on Thursday. Fouquet, who has been with ASML for 15 years, has previously overseen its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) product lines, which now account for about half of the company's sales. EUV technology, was developed and commercialised by ASML, and is used by only a handful of manufacturers to make advanced chips. "Christophe's career is a clear example of natural evolution throughout the company," Wennink said. The company also announced that Chief Technology Officer Martin van den Brink will retire on April 24.

Persons: Peter Wennink, Christophe Fouquet, Wennink, Fouquet, Taiwan's, Martin van den Brink, Jim Koonmen Organizations: Nikon, Canon, Samsung, Intel, Micron, SK Hynix, Technology

☆ Environmental Photographer of the Year 2023: Images of flood, drought and plastic pollution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

All three scenes were among the winning images of the Environmental Photographer of the Year 2023 competition, and all three were taken in Bangladesh. The country is one of the most vulnerable to climate change in the world, ranking seventh on the latest Global Climate Risk Index, based on data from 2000 to 2019. It’s prone to cyclones, tornadoes and floods, and it is estimated that by 2050, one in every seven people in Bangladesh will be displaced by climate change. He adds that this year’s competition saw entries from other regions also severely threatened by climate change, such as India, West Bengal, Antarctica and Argentina. With the image, he wants to communicate the impact of plastic pollution and hopes that when people see it, they might realize the consequence of throwing away plastic and change their behavior.

Persons: It’s, Hossain, ”, Solayman Hossain, Sam Sutaria, Apu, Sutaria Organizations: CNN, Chartered Institution of Water, Environmental Management, Nikon Locations: floodwater, Bangladesh, Rivers, Kushtia, India, West Bengal, Antarctica, Argentina, Dhaka

☆ Aeva inks sensor deal with Nikon for industrial machines
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Courtesy of Aeva Inc/Handout via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 6 (Reuters) - Aeva Technologies (AEVA.N) on Monday said that it has signed a deal to produce sensors for Nikon (7731.T) industrial machines that can scan objects like cars coming off an assembly line for microscopic defects. While Aeva is targeting the automotive market, its sensor can also be used in other applications that require three-dimensional scanning, and in 2021 the company said it was working with Nikon to improve the Japanese firm's industrial equipment. The Aeva sensor aims to make the machines smaller and cheaper so that more vehicles can be inspected. Aeva said it expects to start supplying sensors to Nikon next year, with Nikon products with Aeva sensors hitting the market in 2025. Salehian declined to say how many sensors Aeva will ship or how much revenue the company expects from the Nikon deal.

Persons: Salehian, Aeva, Stephen Nellis, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Aeva Inc, REUTERS, Aeva Technologies, Nikon, Reuters, Thomson Locations: , California, View , California, San Francisco

☆ How seaweed shaped the past and could shape our future
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Too often seaweed is portrayed as a slimy, smelly nuisance that disrupts beach trips and ocean swims. In fact, seaweed, officially a type of marine algae, is an untapped resource that could transform the planet and our health. Farmer Jean-Marie Pedron picks edible seaweed along a beach of Le Croisic in western France in March 2021, for a three-starred chef. As well as offering hope for the future, seaweed indelibly shaped our past, as a fascinating finding released this week has revealed. Hassanain Qambari & Jayden Dickson/Nikon Small World Photomicrography CompetitionCaffeine crystals in a kaleidoscope of color.

Persons: CNN —, Farmer Jean, Marie Pedron, Loic Venance, Vincent Doumeizel, Karen Hardy, —, James Webb, Luke Farritor, Salvatore Laporta, ”, papyrologist Michael McOsker, Farritor, Svante Pääbo, hominins, Hassanain Qambari, Jayden Dickson, Mona Lisa ”, Leonardo da Vinci, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Getty, United Nations, Telescope, National, AP, University of Nebraska, University College London, Diabetes, Nikon, Lions Eye Institute, CNN Space, Science Locations: Le Croisic, France, AFP, Orkney, Scotland, Mount, Naples, Italy, Europe, Altai, Central Asia, Australia, Alaska

☆ Striking science images from the Nikon Small World Photo 2023 contest
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN —The venomous fangs of a tarantula, crystallized sugar syrup and the auto-fluorescing hairs on a leaf are among the top 20 images chosen for their science and artistry in Nikon’s Small World Photo Microscopy Competition this year. Coming in second place was Ole Bielfeldt for his depiction of a matchstick igniting by friction when struck against the surface of a box. A selection of some of the top images selected by organizers can be viewed in the gallery above.

Persons: Hassanain Qambari, Jayden Dickson, Qambari, ”, Eric Flem, Ole Bielfeldt, Malgorzata Lisowska Organizations: CNN, Nikon Instruments

A view of a Nvidia logo at their headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan May 31, 2023. U.S. officials asked for input in devising a "tamperproof" way to keep systems that might contain up to 256 AI chips from being strung together into a supercomputer. The other primary gift that U.S. officials gave Nvidia, Intel and AMD was hobbling their most capable Chinese competitors. New rules will make it nearly impossible for Moore Threads and Biren, two well-funded Chinese startups founded by Nvidia veterans, to have their designs manufactured using cutting-edge chipmaking technology. That means whatever Nvidia is able to sell to China will likely be Chinese buyers' best legal option.

Persons: Ann Wang, ChatGPT, Thomas Krueger, They're, Moore, Piper Sandler, Dan Hutcheson, Japan's, Clete Willems, Akin Gump, Gregory Allen, David Kanter, Stephen Nellis, Max A, Kenneth Li, Jamie Freed Organizations: REUTERS, FRANCISCO, Biden, Nvidia, Intel, Devices, U.S . Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S . National Security Council, BIS, AMD, Japan's Nikon, U.S, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Real, Thomson Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, China, U.S, Netherlands, Japan, San Francisco

☆ Jersey Shore in the Summer? Forget About It. Why Fall Is the Best Time to Visit Cape May
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Adam Erace | Photographs Matt Genovese For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LYNN POLLARD peered through lilac-framed glasses and a Nikon scope, searching for raptors in the South Cape May Meadows preserve. Birds of prey make up the final contingent of the annual avian migration here: In the early fall, ospreys, hawks and eagles swoop in, screeching and hungry. Insects, crustaceans, bayberries and beach plums await the roughly one million birds that rest here before continuing south.

Persons: LYNN POLLARD Organizations: Nikon, ospreys Locations: South, Meadows

☆ The Best Astronomer-Recommended Gear to Safely Enjoy the Solar Eclipse
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Bellamy Richardson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

With an annular solar eclipse coming up on Oct. 14, 2023 and a total solar eclipse gracing the sky on April 8, 2024, there are opportunities to see some awesome astronomical beauty. If you’re planning on capturing the moment in a photo or want an even better view, check out the best cameras, solar filters, binoculars and telescopes recommended by seasoned eclipse-goers. Eclipse glassesRainbow Symphony Solar Eclipse Glasses, 5 Pack $7 at AmazonThe Eclipser American Paper Optics Eclipse Glasses, 5 Pack $11 at AmazonThousand Oaks Optical Solar Eclipse Glasses, 10 Pack $15 at AmazonNathaniel Paust, a former professor at Whitman College whose research focuses on the evolution of stars in globular clusters, says there’s really only one thing you need to view a solar eclipse: a pair of glasses with solar eclipse filters. Espenak recommends eclipse glasses from American Paper Optics, Rainbow Symphony and Thousand Oaks Optical. Get more specific information based on where you are when you input your location to the Time and Date Annular Solar Eclipse Countdown.

Persons: Bellamy Richardson, Fred Espenak, ”, you’re, Amazon Nathaniel Paust, there’s, ” Paust, Espenak, it’s, Paust, “, Donald W, Olson, Nicole Montillaro, Emily Levesque’s “, Donald Olson, Stephen Hawking Organizations: Goddard Space Flight, Amazon, Whitman College, Symphony, “, Sony, Canon, Nikon, American Astronomical Society, Daystar, NASA Locations: Celestron, North, Central, South America, Oregon, Texas, U.S, Dallas , Texas, Caribou , Maine

☆ An investment banker and fashion creator shares how she balances both careers and the exact email template she's used to pitch brands
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Diti Goradia started posting fashion content when she began her investment banking job. She shares an email template she uses to pitch brands and how she balances banking with influencing. Diti Goradia often works 12-hour days as a New York City investment banker at SMBC but focuses on her fashion and lifestyle content during breaks. The 26-year-old has posted fashion and lifestyle content to Instagram since she graduated in 2018 from Rutgers University. The template has landed her partnerships with fashion brands like JadeByMK, Aisha Rao, and The Little Black Bow.

Persons: Diti Goradia, she's, Anita Dongre, Goradia, Aisha Rao, She's, doesn't, I've Organizations: Rutgers University, Nordstrom, DMs, Nikon, Google Locations: New York City, SMBC, Instagram, India

Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File PhotoAug 8 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. China's July trade data top a heavy regional economic calendar on Tuesday, with current account, bank lending and household spending reports from Japan, current account data from South Korea and Australian consumer sentiment also on tap. But for the world's manufacturing and factory engine, focus is on the alarming weakness in exports. At -54.7, it is at its 'highest' level since June 30, but will soon be heading lower again if Tuesday's trade data disappoint.

Persons: Aly, Jamie McGeever, swatted, John Williams, Dow, Japan's Organizations: REUTERS, Wall, Treasury, New, Nasdaq, Equity, Nikon, Mazda, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Shanghai, China, Asia, Japan, South Korea, Beijing, U.S, Australia

There's no need to identify the country, all you need to do is control the item," a Japanese industry ministry official told Reuters. Two of them, deposition machinery maker Kokusai Electric and Japan's leading chip tool maker Tokyo Electron (8035.T), said they expect Japan's controls to have a limited business impact. COORDINATIONDovetailing Japan's controls with those of the U.S. and the Netherlands will require close coordination. He has met with Japanese trade officials and believes Tokyo is committed to curbing certain exports. Tokyo remains worried that targeting China will provoke damaging retaliation, such as a ban on Japanese electric cars, a third Japanese industry official said.

Persons: Emily Benson, Kevin Wolf, Jim Lewis, Lewis, Joe Biden's administrationis, Tim Kelly Karen Freifeld, Kentaro Sugiyama, Toby Sterling, Yoshifumi, Lincoln Organizations: TOKYO, Reuters, Center, Strategic, International Studies, Tokyo, Advantest Corp, Nikon Corp, Canon Inc, Screen Holdings, U.S . State Department and Commerce Department, Center for Strategic, U.S, U.S . Commerce Department, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Beijing, Japan, U.S, China, backdown, Washington, Netherlands, Amsterdam

☆ Christine Dawood, whose husband and son died aboard the Titan sub, recounts her husband's eagerness to photograph the ocean floor: 'He was like a vibrating toddler'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Christine Dawood recounted to The New York Times the excitement that her husband had for the Titan trip. "He was like a vibrating toddler," she told the Times of her husband, businessman Shahzada Dawood. Christine lost her husband along with their son, 19-year-old Suleman Dawood, during the ill-fated expedition. "He was like a vibrating toddler," Christine told the newspaper of her husband. Christine told the Times.

Persons: Christine Dawood, Shahzada Dawood, Christine, Suleman Dawood, —, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet —, Suleman, Shahzada, OceanGate Christine Organizations: The New York Times, Times, Service, Stockton Rush, Nikon, Titan, Titanic, US Coast Guard, The Times Locations: British

☆ A Rubik’s Cube, Thick Socks and Giddy Anticipation: The Last Hours of the Titan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( John Branch | Christina Goldbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The last time Christine Dawood saw her husband, Shahzada, and their son, Suleman, they were specks on the North Atlantic, bobbing on a floating platform about 400 miles from land. It was Father’s Day, June 18, and she watched from the support ship as they climbed into a 22-foot submersible craft called Titan. Divers closed them inside by tightening a ring of bolts as the craft rolled on the waves about 13,000 feet above the 111-year-old wreckage of the Titanic. Shahzada had a Nikon camera, eager to capture the view of the seafloor through Titan’s single porthole. “He was like a vibrating toddler,” said Christine, who stayed on the support ship at the surface with the couple’s daughter, Alina.

Persons: Christine Dawood, Shahzada, Suleman, ”, Christine, Alina Organizations: Divers, Nikon

☆ Exclusive: US, Dutch set to hit China's chipmakers with one-two punch
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

ASML said in March it expects the Dutch regulations to affect its TWINSCAN NXT:2000i and more sophisticated models. But the company's older DUV models, like one called the TWINSCAN NXT:1980Di, could also be kept from about six Chinese facilities by the U.S. The new Dutch regulations will not take effect immediately, sources said, with one person expecting the effective date to be September, two months after publication. ASML is Europe's largest chip equipment company due to its dominance in lithography, one of the central steps in the computer chip making process. Other companies that could be impacted by the new Dutch rules include atomic layer deposition firm ASM International.

Persons: Liu Pengyu, ASML, Karen Freifeld, Toby Sterling, Anna Driver, Stephen Coates Organizations: . Commerce Department, Lam Research, Materials, Embassy, Nikon Corp, Tokyo Electron, U.S, SMIC, International, Thomson Locations: United States, Netherlands, U.S, China, Washington, Japan, ASML'S, Almere, Amsterdam

☆ U.S., Dutch set to hit China's chipmakers with one-two punch
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Japan, home to chip equipment makers Nikon and Tokyo Electron , has since adopted rules to restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment that will take effect July 23. ASML said in March it expects the Dutch regulations to affect its TWINSCAN NXT:2000i and more sophisticated models. But the company's older DUV models, like one called the TWINSCAN NXT:1980Di, could also be kept from about six Chinese facilities by the U.S. The new Dutch regulations will not take effect immediately, sources said, with one person expecting the effective date to be September, two months after publication. ASML is Europe's largest chip equipment company due to its dominance in lithography, one of the central steps in the computer chip making process.

Persons: Mark Rutte, Joe Biden, Liu Pengyu, ASML Organizations: . Commerce Department, Lam Research, Materials, Embassy, Nikon, Tokyo, U.S, SMIC, International Locations: Netherlands, U.S, China, United States, Washington, Japan, ASML'S, Almere

☆ Factbox: Japan ramps up efforts to strengthen its chip industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Below are investments in Japan announced by chipmakers and measures the government is taking to revive its semiconductor industry. Sony Group (6758.T) and auto parts maker Denso (6902.T), which will use the chips TSMC makes, are also investors. It said it would be the first chipmaker to bring EUV technology to Japan for production. It has offered TSMC a 476 billion yen subsidy, or about half the expected cost of the factory. Rapidus secured an initial 70 billion yen of funding from the government, and local media reported in April that the government was finalising a plan to provide an additional 300 billion yen.

Persons: TW, Rapidus, JIC, Makiko Yamazaki, Sam Nussey, Tim Kelly, Miho Uranaka, Miyoung Kim, Jamie Freed Organizations: Semiconductor, chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Sony Group, Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics, Reuters, Business Machines, IBM, Samsung, Nikon, Tokyo, Japan Investment Corp, Innovation Network Corp of Japan, Toshiba, Japan Industrial Partners, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Japan, Kyushu, Denso, KS, Yokohama, Japan's, Chitose, Hokkaido, Rapidus, U.S, China, State

☆ Vintage Glastonbury photos show how much the festival has changed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Martha Alexander | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

(CNN) — The countdown to this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival is on; the stages are built, headliners are on their way and some 200,000 people are expected to attend. -Twenty six-year-old British photographer Paul Misso was there on a dual mission: to drive an RV for his friend, the Oscar-winning actress Julie Christie, and to take pictures of the event. “They just languished in a drawer for decades.”A couple sit in a wildflower meadow at Glastonbury Fair in June 1971. The resulting tome, “In The Vale of Avalon: Glastonbury Festival 1971,” may be more than 50 years after the event, but it serves as both a work of art and a historical document. It’s phenomenal.”“In The Vale of Avalon: Glastonbury Festival 1971” is published by IDEA books and available in a limited run of 1,000 copies at Dover Street Market, London.

Persons: David Bowie, Paul Misso, Oscar, Julie Christie, Nicolas Roeg, Christie, “, ‘, ”, Paul Misso Misso, —, Misso, Peter Neal, Roeg, Jean Shrimpton, David Owen, Twiggy, Paul Misso “, Bill Harkin, ” Misso Organizations: CNN, Glastonbury Fair, Fairport Convention, London School of Printing, wholesomeness, Glastonbury, ”, IDEA, “, Nikon Locations: Glastonbury, London, ”, Avalon, British, Dover, Market

Opinion What a Motherless Son Knows About FatherhoodWhen I was 8, maybe 9 years old, there was a day when students in my class could bring their parents to school. I’ve no memory of this proclamation of my paternal dreams, but I know I’ve long perceived fatherhood as a noble pursuit. My father-figure admiration likely originated from watching my dad, flummoxed by grief, in the years after the plane crash in which my mother died at age 37. My older brother, Brandon, age 6, and my identical twin, Spencer, were on the same plane sitting right beside her. The film fastidiously re-enacts the events of the plane crash and its immediate aftermath.

Persons: I’d, Frances Lockwood Bailey, Francie, Brandon, Spencer, Charlton Heston, Al Haynes, fastidiously, Kevin Costner, I’ve, it's Organizations: United Airlines Flight, Sioux Gateway, Nikon, “ FIRE, Sioux Gateway Airport Locations: Sioux City , Iowa, Iowa, Denver, Chicago

☆ Japan's Nikkei hits highest since July 1990 on weak yen, US optimism
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Kevin Buckland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday to its highest level since July 1990, buoyed by optimism over a U.S. debt ceiling deal and a weaker yen. "The Nikkei crossed the psychological 31,500 mark on Monday, but in the end that level proved a bit too heavy," she said. "This week, I expect the Nikkei to steadily advance, but with short-term retracements to check its speed." The broader Topix (.TOPX) rose as high as 2,175.13, but failed to get close to last week's 33-year high at 2,188.66. Reporting by Kevin Buckland; Editing by Himani Sarkar, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Sohini GoswamiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Check out the pitch deck that helped Freshsound, which helps brands license music for their ads, raise $2.2 million in seed funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Freshsound, a self-service platform to license commercial music, raised a $2.2 million seed round. For more than a decade, Stevie Gyasi worked in marketing, helping link brands like Absolut, Nikon, and H&M with music artists for campaigns and events. The Freshsound platform offers its users an instant price for a track and handles the payments, removing the need to negotiate with songwriters and labels. This week, Freshsound said it had raised a 2 million euro, or $2.2 million, seed funding round, led by Zenith Venture Capital and Aligned. Check out the key slides from the pitch deck Freshsound used to raise its seed funding round.

☆ Japan to restrict chipmaking equipment exports as it aligns with US China curbs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Japan, home to major global chip equipment makers such as Nikon Corp (7731.T) and Tokyo Electron Ltd (8035.T), did not specify China as the target of those measures, saying equipment makers will need to seek export permission for all regions. Japan and the Netherlands in January agreed join the U.S. in restrict chipmaking equipment exports to China that could be used to manufacture sub-14 nanometre chips, but did not announce the pact to avoid provoking Beijing, sources earlier said. The Netherlands' government in a letter to parliament this month said it plans to restrict chipmaking equipment exports. The ministry said it will impose export controls on six categories of equipment used in chip manufacturing, including cleaning, deposition, lithography and etching. Tokyo Electron and Screen were little changed.

☆ Factbox: The Japanese chipmaking equipment manufacturers navigating export curbs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Here are some of Japan's leading manufacturers of tools used to make semiconductors. In October-December, its chip equipment sales in China fell 22.3% from a year earlier to 102.7 billion yen, accounting for 22.4% of its total chip equipment sales in the quarter. SCREEN HOLDINGS CO LTD (7735.T)Screen is the world's largest manufacturer of equipment used to clean silicon wafers. The company expects shipments to China to make up 20% of chipmaking equipment sales of 375 billion yen for the year to March. About 40% of sales from its lithography machines business, which combines semiconductor lithography and flat panel display lithography equipment, is generated in China.

☆ Japan to restrict chipmaking equipment exports as it aligns with U.S. China curbs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It did not specify China as the target of those measures, saying equipment makers will need to seek export permission for all regions. Japan and the Netherlands in January agreed join the U.S. in restrict chipmaking equipment exports to China that could be used to manufacture sub-14 nanometre chips, but did not announce the pact to avoid provoking Beijing, sources earlier said. A nanometre, or one-billionth of a meter, refers to a specific semiconductor industry technology, with fewer nanometres generally meaning the chip is more advanced. The Netherlands' government in a letter to the country's parliament this month also said it plans to restrict chipmaking equipment exports. China, which has accused the U.S. of being a "tech hegemony" because of its export restrictions, urged the Netherlands "not to follow export control measure by certain countries".

☆ Japan to restrict chipmaking equipment exports, aligning it with U.S. China curbs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - Japan's government on Friday said it plans to restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning it with a U.S. push to curb China's ability to make advanced chips. It did not specify China as the target of those measures, saying equipment makers will need to seek export permission for all regions. The Netherlands' government in a letter to the country's parliament this month also said it plans to restrict chipmaking equipment exports. Japan and the Netherlands in January agreed join the U.S. in restrict chipmaking equipment exports to China, sources earlier said, although Tokyo has never publicly acknowledged that there was an agreement. China has accused the U.S. of being a "tech hegemony" because of its export restrictions.

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