Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as food

Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as food

NARITA, Japan - Oysters (photo) imported from China as fishing bait were sold in Japan as food for human consumption, police say. The police sent papers to prosecutors on the food trading company, Ichiban Boeki in Yokohama, and the company's president Tomohiro Tanaka for allegedly selling the imported oysters as food without state permission. Ichiban Boeki allegedly imported about 400 kilograms of raw oysters by air from China for use as fishing bait on Nov. 6, 2007.

Trading house raided over shady export attempt to N. Korea

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.

Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as foo

Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as foo

NARITA, Japan - Oysters (photo) imported from China as fishing bait were sold in Japan as food for human consumption, police say. The police sent papers to prosecutors on the food trading company, Ichiban Boeki in Yokohama, and the company's president Tomohiro Tanaka for allegedly selling the imported oysters as food without state permission. Ichiban Boeki allegedly imported about 400 kilograms of raw oysters by air from China for use as fishing bait on Nov. 6, 2007. (Kyodo)

Trading house raided over shady export attempt to N. Korea

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. (Kyodo)