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Ryo C. Kato
Ryo Christopher Kato translates and compiles the Japan Media Watch. He is a graduate student interested in international development and education.
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Features Japanese Media Watch: November 24 – November 30Spies, cyber security, abductees and railways
NK News monitors, summarizes and translates stories focused on North Korea in the Japanese media. Last week saw the following stories covered by Japanese media: SECURITY & POLITICSCod Export to North Korea: Trading Company President Arrested (Asahi Shimbun) On the 29th, the national police and Kagoshima prefectural police arrested the president and two others of East Asia Service, a trading company in Tokyo, under suspicion of violating the Foreign Exchange Law (unauthorized exporting). According to the police announcement, in mid-August of 2011 the company had exported 410 tons of cod to the port of Hungnam in North © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |