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Bloomberg.com: Japan

Japanese Company Accused of Exporting Nuclear Enrichment Parts

By Shigeru Sato and Yuji Okada

March 4 (Bloomberg) — Horkos Corp., a Japanese machinery maker, is accused of violated national security laws for exporting devices that can be used for nuclear fuel enrichment plants to China and South Korea, Japan’s trade ministry said.

Horkos Corp., which was founded in 1940 and is based in Hiroshima, produced and exported the unspecified devices to China and South Korea since 2001 without permission from the ministry, it said in a statement.

Police arrested four Horkos employees………………Investigations, which started in July last year, are continuing, the trade ministry said.

Bloomberg.com: Japan

March 5, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, safety