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China Slows Japanese Sake and Food Imports as Trade Dispute Deepens

Delays follow new Chinese curbs on dual-use exports triggered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan remarks.

FILE - When 5,000 Japanese soldiers took part in a victory parade through the international settlement in Shanghai, China, on Dec. 3, 1937, with machine guns and artillery, a Chinese person threw a hand-grenade at the marching throng, and several Japanese were injured. Japanese cavalry swings into Nanking Road with banners flying. Just after this stage the hand grenade was thrown, causing confusion among the marching troops. (AP Photo, File)
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From left to right, Dan Huaicheng, secretary-general of China Arms control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), Luo Qingping, Chairman of China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy, and Zhao Xuelin, engineer of China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy, attend a press conference on release the research report "Nuclear Ambitions of Japan's Right Wing Forces: A Serious Threat to World Peace" at a hotel in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Overview

  • Customs clearance for Japanese sake and some foodstuffs in China has stretched to several weeks at ports including Tianjin and Shenzhen, according to industry sources.
  • Chinese customs in some cases requested detailed domestic transport routes to verify whether goods passed through prefectures such as Fukushima, Miyagi and Tokyo.
  • Japan's chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara said trade in foodstuffs and critical minerals should proceed smoothly and vowed to monitor rare-earth measures with partners.
  • The Japanese Embassy in Beijing has received inquiries from affected firms, while some joint projects with state-run Chinese companies have been halted or postponed, sources said.
  • Beijing this week tightened exports to Japan of dual-use items and opened an anti-dumping probe into dichlorosilane, while the Wall Street Journal reported rare-earth and magnet shipments to Japan are being restricted.