BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it was seriously concerned over reports that Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp.

Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the comment at a daily news briefing in Beijing.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Writing by Philip Wen; Editing by Darren Schuettler)

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