China added 40 Japanese entities to its dual-use controls on 29 June 2026.

Measure reported on 29 June 2026.

CNBC reports that China extended its export restrictions targeting Japan on 29 June 2026, covering entities linked to drones, nuclear activities and defence research . The available CNBC summary does not mention an official text, a complete named list or a published regulatory reference .

Greenwich Time, citing Associated Press, states that China’s Ministry of Commerce announced controls on 40 Japanese entities . According to that report, 20 Japanese entities, including several Mitsubishi Corporation divisions, were placed on a control list prohibiting Chinese and foreign exporters from selling them dual-use goods made in China . The same source states that 20 other entities were added to a watch list for dual-use goods . Greenwich Time reports that the ministry linked these measures to what it called Japan’s "remilitarization" .

Two lists of 20 entities each.

According to AP, as cited by Greenwich Time, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on 29 June 2026 that 40 Japanese entities had been entered into its export-control framework for dual-use goods . The available CNBC summary also indicates an extension, on 29 June 2026, of Chinese export restrictions targeting Japan, involving entities linked to drones, nuclear activities and defence research .

Twenty Japanese entities, including several Mitsubishi Corporation divisions, were reportedly placed on a control list barring Chinese and foreign exporters from selling them dual-use goods made in China, according to the ministry as cited by AP . AP adds that dual-use goods may have both civil and military uses .

Twenty other entities were reportedly added to a watch list for dual-use goods, according to the same source . That watch list includes Mitsui E&S, presented as a manufacturer of engines and other equipment for ships, as well as divisions of Fujitsu and Komatsu .

The CNBC summary provided mentions neither an official text, nor a complete named list, nor a published regulatory reference .

Dual-use goods and the conditions cited.

Associated Press, as cited by Greenwich Time, defines dual-use goods as goods that may have both civil and military applications . The report attributes to China’s Ministry of Commerce the listing of 20 Japanese entities on a control list prohibiting Chinese and foreign exporters from selling them dual-use goods made in China . It also states that 20 other entities were added to a watch list for dual-use goods .

For that watch list, Greenwich Time/AP mentions three administrative conditions applying to Chinese companies exporting to the named firms: applications for special licences, submission of risk-assessment reports on the Japanese companies, and written undertakings that the dual-use goods will not be used for military purposes . The source cites Mitsui E&S, divisions of Fujitsu and divisions of Komatsu among the entities on that list .

Reuters, as cited by Mining.com, reports that Chinese exports to Japan of several rare earths used in powerful magnets were negligible in May 2026 . The same report states that there had been no shipments to Japan of terbium oxide or dysprosium oxide since November, and only limited shipments of yttrium oxide since December .

Published references and documentary limits.

The available CNBC summary states that China extended its export restrictions targeting Japan on 29 June 2026, involving entities linked to drones, nuclear activities and defence research . The same summary mentions neither an official Chinese text, nor a complete named list, nor a published regulatory reference .

Greenwich Time, citing Associated Press, writes that China imposed new export controls on the Monday in question on 40 Japanese entities . The article quotes a Ministry of Commerce statement describing the measures as "entirely justified, reasonable and lawful", without reproducing a full regulatory reference .

No HS code, TARIC code or official annex is provided in the material available from the CNBC and Greenwich Time research file .