Wang Junjie (L) and Hu Jinqiu (R) of China compete during the men's semifinal basketball match between China and Japan at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 18, 2026.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese lawmaker Keiji Furuya is interviewed at the parliament in Tokyo, on March 18, 2026. (Ren Onuma/Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO ...

Japan has protested Chinese controls that will limit its exports of a key chemical used to make computer chips ...