Vehicle of right-wing group rams into compound of Mitutoyo

Vehicle of right-wing group rams into compound of Mitutoyo

KAWASAKI, Japan - A vehicle of a right-wing group crashed into the compound of precision instrument maker Mitutoyo Corp. in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 12, injuring a security guard, Kanagawa police said. Former executives of Mitutoyo have been arrested for illegally exporting to Malaysia and Singapore measuring devices that can be converted for use in producing nuclear weapons.

Mitutoyo case sheds light on loopholes in hi-tech export control

Mitutoyo case sheds light on loopholes in hi-tech export control

TOKYO, Japan - A Mitutoyo Corp. three-dimensional measuring machine similar to the one founded in Libya.

Police arrest Mitutoyo execs over nuke-linked exports

Police arrest Mitutoyo execs over nuke-linked exports

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrest Kazusaku Tezuka (photo), president of precision instruments maker Mitutoyo Corp., and four other company executives on Aug. 25 on suspicion of exporting without a license two measuring devices convertible for use in building nuclear weapons.

Police arrest Mitutoyo execs over nuke-linked exports

Police arrest Mitutoyo execs over nuke-linked exports

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrest Kazusaku Tezuka (photo), president of precision instruments maker Mitutoyo Corp., and four other company executives on Aug. 25 on suspicion of exporting without a license two measuring devices convertible for use in building nuclear weapons. (Kyodo)

Company unaware exporting sensitive devices was illegal

Company unaware exporting sensitive devices was illegal

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kazusaku Tezuka, president of high-tech precision instruments maker Mitutoyo Corp., denies at a press conference that the company had knowingly engaged in illegal exports of machinery that may be converted for use in nuclear weapons production. Police raided the company the previous day on suspicion of exporting three-dimension precision-measuring machines, which could be used to make centrifuge machines to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons to China and Thailand around 2001 and 2002 without authorization from the government. (Kyodo)

Vehicle of right-wing group rams into compound of Mitutoyo

Vehicle of right-wing group rams into compound of Mitutoyo

KAWASAKI, Japan - A vehicle of a right-wing group crashed into the compound of precision instrument maker Mitutoyo Corp. in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 12, injuring a security guard, Kanagawa police said. Former executives of Mitutoyo have been arrested for illegally exporting to Malaysia and Singapore measuring devices that can be converted for use in producing nuclear weapons. (Kyodo)