Japan’s dual-use screening to cover $31bn in machine tool, drone, chip exports

Trade

Government ratchets up measures to prevent diversion for military use

Roughly 200 components of drones and other equipment used by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine were made in Japan, according to a Ukrainian government database. © Reuters

HAJIME TSUKADA

October 7, 2025 05:01 JST

TOKYO — Japan will expand the scope of products for which companies are required to confirm the risk of exports being diverted for military use to include general-purpose machine tools, chips and drones bound for China, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.