There Are No Shortcuts to Exporting Success

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Three people – Sun Yongchao, 53, a trading company executive from China, Wang Ennian, 71, a corporate officer at a separate firm, and Wang's daughter Hana Kiriyama, 45 – were arrested for illegally exporting around 30 tons of wagyu beef from Japan to Hong Kong by falsely claiming it would be sent to Cambodia, local police said Thursday.

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There are no shortcuts to exporting success.  Police believe the suspects were attempting to reduce export costs amid rising overseas demand.