The Tokyo District Court gave four former executives of precision instrument maker Mitutoyo Corp. suspended prison sentences Monday for illegally exporting devices that could aid the production of nuclear weapons.
Experts fear some of the devices found their way to North Korea and Iran.
Former Mitutoyo Vice Chairman Norio Takatsuji received a suspended three-year prison term for breaking the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law by shipping three-dimensional measuring equipment overseas.
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