The president and four managers of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer were arrested Thursday on suspicion of illegally exporting to Iran grinding machines that can be used in missile development, police officials said.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Haruhiko Ueda, 68, president of Seishin Enterprise Co., allegedly violated the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law by exporting jet mills without permission.
Jet mills are used in manufacturing solid fuel for missiles.