Economics
Japan Saw ‘Serious Inappropriate Incidents’ by S. Korea: Hagiuda
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The “inappropriate incidents” that triggered a crackdown by Japan’s trade ministry on specialty material exports to South Korea must have been serious, senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party member Koichi Hagiuda said in a televised debate Sunday on Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.
The inappropriate incidents included cases affecting national security where Japanese export materials ended up overseas for weapons use, Tetsuo Saito, a senior member of the Komeito Party in the ruling coalition party, said during the same debate.