Trading house raided over shady export attempt to N. Korea

YOKOHAMA, Japan - This photo taken Feb. 26 shows the building housing the Toko Boeki trading house on the top floor in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The Kanagawa police raided the trading house the same day on suspicion of attempting to illegally export to North Korea a machine part that could be used for weapons of mass destruction.

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