Former Japanese Air Force Chief Tomonori Taniguchi: China is trying to force Prime Minister Takahashi to retract his remarks on the state of emergency by strengthening export controls on rare earths and other materials that are important for Japan. I heard from someone who claimed to be a Chinese economic expert that rare earths cannot be directly used in fields such as semiconductors, and to use them as semiconductor materials, they must first be processed. Many of the materials needed for this processing are produced by Japan, which accounts for nearly 90% of the global share, and China itself has benefited greatly from this. Therefore, China's export restrictions are unlikely to last long. China may already be considering the next "trouble-making" method.
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