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Tuesday April 4, 12:17 PMJapan adds 20 N. Korean, 4 Iranian firms to export control list(Kyodo) _ Japan has added 20 North Korean and four Iranian companies and research institutions to its export control list, over fears that items exported to them from Japan could be converted into weapons of mass destruction, the trade ministry said Tuesday.The North Korean bodies include trading, chemical and cement companies as well as Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang Maternity Hospital and Tanchon Commercial Bank. The four Iranian entities are mainly petrochemical, energy and electronics firms. The ministry annually updates the list, which covers entities that could be suspected of developing missiles and nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. This year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry deleted one North Korean and Iranian entity each, and two Indian bodies from the list, bringing the total to 185 in eight countries and Taiwan. The five other countries covered by the export control list are Israel, Syria, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Among the targeted countries, North Korea has most companies and institutions on the list with 58. They include Choson Central Bank, a public library, a road construction office and the city construction bureau of the country's capital Pyongyang, according to METI. |
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