okman schrijft: "De Japanse autoriteiten houden de export van de Playstation 2 goed in het oog. Het hart van de console, de Emotion Chip, is volgens hen namelijk krachtig genoeg om gebruikt te worden in het geleidingssysteem van bijvoorbeeld een Tomahawk raket. Wat komt er nog meer? De export van muizen gevaarlijk omdat het een prima wurgkoord is?":
Japan has slapped export controls on Sony Corp.'s new, hugely popular Playstation2 video game because the machine is so sophisticated it could be used for military purposes, media said Sunday.[...] Playstation2 is the first game console to face export controls under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law, Kyodo said. The law requires the trade ministry's approval for the export of restricted products worth more than 50,000 yen ($472). Thus, the export of more than two consoles would be controlled because each is priced at 39,800 yen.
[...] Japan's government has become increasingly wary of the possibility that products meant for civilian use could be diverted for weapons use. Japanese radar and communications devices for civilian use were discovered in a North Korean submarine sunk by the South Korean military in December 1998, and two Japanese men were arrested in January on suspicion of illegally shipping parts for anti-tank rocket launchers to Iran.
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