Japan finds itself stuck in the middle of this chip war.

日本发现自己陷入了这场芯片战争的中间。

It also opens up a new front in the transpacific chip war—one which the countries that are near China but allies of America are being roped into.

它还在跨太平洋的芯片战争中开辟了一条新战线——靠近中国但美国盟友的国家正在加入这一战线。