The Defense Ministry will punish senior officials, including Vice Defense Minister Kohei Masuda and Maritime Staff Office chief Adm Eiji Yoshikawa, possibly next week, over last month's collision between an Aegis-equipped destroyer and a fishing boat as... ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Fri, Mar 14 2008
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