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Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (left) and Shinichi Nakatani, state minister of finance, display a sign for the secretariat of the Japan Foreign Investment Committee at the ministry on Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2026
Government launches panel to review foreign investment in Japanese companies
The new body will conduct cross-ministerial reviews with the aim of preventing leaks of technology and information critical to national security.
Industrial espionage, chip smuggling and drug trafficking are exposing Japan's growing economic security vulnerabilities.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2026
Chinese spies and smuggled drugs fuel Takaichi¡¯s security push
Across a range of industries, Japan¡¯s economic-security vulnerabilities have been on display in a slew of recent incidents.
The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi adopted a bill Tuesday to set up the Japanese version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), aiming to prevent information and technologies crucial to national security being leaked outside Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2026
Government adopts bill to establish CFIUS-like body in Japan
It is hoped the committee will prevent information and technologies crucial to national security being leaked outside Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2018
T-Mobile wins U.S. security OK for sprint takeover: sources
T-Mobile US Inc. won U.S. national security approval for its takeover of Sprint Corp., according to two people familiar with the matter, one of the regulatory conditions needed before the two wireless carriers can combine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017
Schumer urges Trump to block Chinese M&As in U.S. until Beijing helps rein in North Korea
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to block some Chinese investments in the United States to pressure China ¡°to help rein in North Korea¡¯s threatening and destabilizing behavior.¡±
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2017
Trump, Tokyo huddle on ways to keep Westinghouse out of China¡¯s hands
The Trump administration and the Japanese government are in discussions to ensure that the bankruptcy of Toshiba Corp.¡¯s U.S. unit, Westinghouse Electric Co., does not lead to U.S. technology secrets and infrastructure falling into Chinese hands, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

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