Mitutoyo Suspected of Evading Japan's Export Control Rules
Thursday's Asahi Shimbum reports that Mitutoyu Corporation apparently evaded export restrictions "by understating the precision" of the three-dimensional measuring instruments that were exported to Thailand and Japan. The newspaper also reports that the company is "suspected of changing the name of the exported equipment from the one used in Japan." As previously reported, Mitutoyu's president denied allegations that his company illegally exported high-precision calibrating equipment.