Japan to Exclude Huawei, ZTE From Government Purchases

TRENDING: Unitree to Debut at 61 Billion Yuan Valuation in Closely Watched Shanghai IPO; U.S. Appeals Court Orders Review of Pentagon’s DJI Designation; Alibaba to Sell Gaming Unit as It Sharpens AI Focus

LATEST: U.S. Appeals Court Orders Review of Pentagon’s DJI Designation; Unitree to Debut at 61 Billion Yuan Valuation in Closely Watched Shanghai IPO; Alibaba to Sell Gaming Unit as It Sharpens AI Focus; China’s DJI and Arashi Vision Escalate Battle for 360-Camera Market; Didi Swings to Quarterly Profit, but Overseas Push Weighs on First-Half Results; Z.AI Pushes AI Model With Coding Edge to Rival Anthropic, Open AI; DeepSeek Launches V4-Pro and Raises API Prices by as Much as 1,100%; Tencent Shares Fall as AI Spending Squeezes Profit; Honor’s New Smartphone Doubles as a Robotic Camera Operator; YMTC Overtakes Kioxia by Shipments to Rank No. 3 in Global NAND Market; ModelBest Begins Pre-IPO Tutoring as On-Device AI Competition Heats Up; U.S. Proposes Ban on Domestic Drone Maker Over Alleged DJI Ties; Manus Cuts Ties With Meta as Tencent Emerges as Top Backer; Cautious Regulators Steer China’s Flying Vehicle Industry to Prioritize Cargo Over Commuters; Alibaba Opens Qwen Platform to Outside Developers in Push to Build AI-Agent Ecosystem; Moore Threads Plans Hong Kong Listing to Fuel AI Chip Push; Beyond the Backflips: Unitree Robotics Faces High Expectations Ahead of Shanghai Debut; ByteDance Accepts AI Gap, Sticks With In-House Models; MiniMax Shares Surge After Joining Hong Kong Stock Connect; Chinese Robotics Startup PokeBot Raises Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

By Teng Jing Xuan / Dec 07, 2018 11:01 AM / World

Photo: VCG

Japan plans to revise government procurement rules to effectively ban the use of Huawei and ZTE telecom equipment, citing security concerns.

The country's various ministries are set to revise their procurement guidelines next week to prevent leaks of sensitive information and cyberattacks, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Friday.

The Japanese government will not explicitly mention the two companies' names in order to "avoid overly provoking China," but the changes will exclude Huawei and ZTE from contracts, Yomiuri Shimbun said, citing an anonymous source close to the government.

New Zealand Bans Huawei From 5G Wireless Networks

Share this article

Open WeChat and scan the QR code