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Historical WHOIS records, shared DNS infrastructure, exposed documents, product overlap, and linked personas place Hato Tsusin in the same DPRK-connected commercial network as Glocom and Future Tech Group. Glocom was identified by a UN Panel of Experts as a North Korean front company managed by an entity affiliated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Hato Tsusin appears to act as a supplier-facing broker for RF, navigation, sensor, and communications components, with operational links to China and Russia despite presenting itself as a Japanese company. The evidence supports a high-confidence assessment that it helps acquire components for sanctioned entities, although no single artifact conclusively defines the organizational relationship.