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Washington Pushes Back on Apple Buying Chinese Memory: Section 5949 and the Supplier Fallout

In August 2026, Commerce Secretary Lutnick said the administration opposes Apple sourcing Chinese memory. Here are the Senate and House letters, where CXMT and YMTC actually sit in US regulation, and what Section 5949 and the pending FAR rule mean for component suppliers in Japan and elsewhere.

2026-08-15Ryuta Hamamoto

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What Japan's Foreign Interference Prevention Act and Foreign Intelligence Collection Act Would Change

On August 5, 2026, the LDP's Intelligence Strategy Headquarters released its second set of recommendations on strengthening Japan's "information defense capability." Here is what the three pillars of deterrence, collection, and oversight actually contain, read against the statutory text.

2026-08-15Ryuta Hamamoto

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What transshipment actually is. Why a White House report named Japan

On 13 August 2026 the White House published a 25-page report on illegal transshipment. Headlines led with $75 billion, 450,000 jobs, and Japan. The primary text puts Japan in Tier 1 for the scale of legitimate trade, not because a scheme was pinned to a Japanese city. This column reads the estimates and the enforcement that follows.

2026-08-14Ryuta Hamamoto

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Running University Export Control With Six People: Okayama University's Front Line and an AI Agent | JX LIVE! 2026 Session Report (Part 2)

Part 2 of our report from TIMEWELL's sponsored session at JX LIVE! 2026, hosted by the Japan Association of New Economy.

2026-08-01Ryuta Hamamoto

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"Is Your Technical Information Leaking?" Speaking at JX LIVE! 2026, Part One: Economic Security and Export Control in the Age of AI

On 28 July 2026 I spoke at JX LIVE! 2026, the Japan Association of New Economy's conference at TOKYO NODE in Toranomon Hills.

2026-08-01Ryuta Hamamoto

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USTR Section 301 Forced Labor Tariffs on 60 Economies, Including Japan: How to Calculate the Add-On Rate by HS Code

USTR's July 28, 2026 notice (91 FR 47318) imposes Section 301 tariffs on products of 60 economies, including Japan.

2026-07-30Ryuta Hamamoto

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Economic Security for the Side Applying to Government Programmes: Telling a Real Barrier from a Soft One

The night before a KAKENHI deadline, the submit button stops working. The research plan is finished. The budget table is in order. It still will not go through.

2026-07-28Ryuta Hamamoto

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What Is the US "AI Kill Switch Act"? Mandating the Ability to Stop Runaway AI, and the Dawn of AI as a Controlled Technology

What Is the US "AI Kill Switch Act"? Mandating the Ability to Stop Runaway AI, and the Dawn of AI as a Controlled Technology.

2026-07-27Ryuta Hamamoto

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Open-Weight AI and Cyber Defence: The Asymmetry Where Only Defenders Get Locked Out

Somewhere in the incident disclosure Hugging Face published on 16 July 2026 is the heaviest sentence I have read in a security document this year.

2026-07-27Ryuta Hamamoto

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What Is NSPM-33? A Beginner's Guide to the US Research Security Framework, Its 2026 Deadlines, and the Due Diligence It Requires

A plain-language guide to NSPM-33, the US National Security Presidential Memorandum-33, written for researchers, research administrators and compliance staff.

2026-07-26Ryuta Hamamoto

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Hand Your Proprietary Data to AI and Your "Moat" Disappears: Why a Major Drug Maker Turned Down Anthropic's Request

A major drug maker is reported to have turned down a request from Anthropic to hand over its proprietary data. Why is that a reasonable call?

2026-07-26Ryuta Hamamoto

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What Is Physical AI? Why It Matters Now, the US-China Race, and Japan's Path to Win

A plain-language guide to why Physical AI (embodied AI) has surged into the headlines across 2025 and 2026.

2026-07-25Ryuta Hamamoto