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The Asahi Kasei Arrest: Which Law Was Broken, and Where Export Controls Fit
On September 17, 2026, Aichi police arrested a former Asahi Kasei employee on suspicion of disclosing trade secrets on a latent curing agent used in semiconductor packaging to a Chinese company. Working from Asahi Kasei's own statement and Japanese press reports, this article lays out the timeline, explains which part of Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Act the arrest rests on, why the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act and the Economic Security Promotion Act do not appear, and what to check in your own company today.
2026-09-18Ryuta Hamamoto