** Shares of Japan's defence equipment companies sag after
tensions in the Korean Peninsula ease amid news of apparent
willingness by North Korea to halt nuclear tests urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1QO16H
** Ishikawa Seisakusho Ltd 6208.T dives as much as 16.8
pct
** Howa Machinery Ltd 6203.T , which makes firearms as well
as machine tools and construction equipment, plunges up to 22.3
pct
** Nippon Avionics Co 6946.T , maker of command and control
systems for naval vessels, sheds up to 5.7 pct
** Hosoya Pyro-Engineering Co 4274.T , maker of smoke
flares used by the military, retreats as much as 19.7 pct
(Reuters Messaging: shinichi.saoshiro.reuters.com@reuters.net)