3 Yamaha Motor employees held over chopper export to China

IWATA, Japan - Takashi Kajikawa (front), president of Yamaha Motor Co., bows in apology during a press conference Feb. 23 at the company's head office in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, after one executive and two other employees were arrested on suspicion of attempting to export without authorization an unmanned helicopter to China that could be converted to military use.

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