The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will tighten regulations to prevent the outflow of security-related technologies in Japan.
From the 1st, if a company or university provides important technology or information to domestic researchers who are strongly influenced by foreign governments, it is obligatory to obtain a national permit in advance.
Recently, as the internationalization of corporate business and university research activities progresses, there is a growing concern that important technologies will be leaked overseas through humans and used for military purposes.
For this reason, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will tighten regulations from the 1st to prevent the outflow of Japanese security-related technologies.
Specifically, if a Japanese company or university provides important technology or information to a domestic researcher who is strongly influenced by a foreign government or company, obtain a national permit in advance. Is obligatory.
Examples of strong influences include those who receive 25% or more of their annual income from foreign governments and those who receive instructions from overseas regarding their actions in Japan.
Until now, the permit under the Foreign Exchange Law has been limited to less than half a year after entering Japan, and only when providing technology to people who do not work for Japanese companies or universities.