Japan government to halt buying Huawei, ZTE equipment: sources

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-china-huawei/japan-to-ban-huawei-zte-from-government-contracts-sources-idUSKBN1O600X

By Yoshiyasu Shida, Yoshifumi Takemoto
Reuters.com
12/06/2018

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment 
from China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp to beef up its 
defenses against intelligence leaks and cyber attacks, sources told 
Reuters.

Chinese tech companies are under intense scrutiny from Washington and some 
prominent allies over ties to the Chinese government, driven by concerns 
they could be used by Beijing for spying.

A government ban in Japan will come after Huawei has already been locked 
out of the U.S. market and after Australia and New Zealand have blocked it 
from building 5G networks. Huawei has repeatedly insisted Beijing has no 
influence over it.

The Yomiuri newspaper, which first reported the news of Japan's planned 
ban earlier on Friday, said the government was expected to revise its 
internal rules on procurement as early as Monday.

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