Japan’s Icom Investigates Radio Devices Carrying its Logo After Lebanon Blasts

Japanese radio equipment maker Icom Inc. said on Thursday that it was investigating the facts regarding news reports that two-way radio devices bearing its logo have exploded in Lebanon.

Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south, after similar explosions of the group’s pagers the day before. Images of the exploded walkie-talkies showed labels with “ICOM” and “made in Japan.”

Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Icom said in a statement that it would release updated information on the matter as it becomes available on its website.

(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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