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Defense brass to be punished for scandals

Vice Defense Minister Kohei Masuda, Maritime Staff Office Adm. Eiji Yoshikawa and other senior defense officials will be punished over a spate of scandals ranging from last month's deadly destroyer-trawler collision and leaks of classified information,... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Mar 14 2008

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14 Mar 08		100 Defense officials to be punished over collision, other scandals  »  Japan Today 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...
20 Mar 08		Defense minister Ishiba to punish 80 deputies over collision, scandals  »  Japan Today Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to punish the top defense bureaucrat, the Maritime Self-Defense Force chief and some 80 other people on Friday for a series of MSDF-related incidents since last year including a destroyer-trawler collision and the...
21 Mar 08		MSDF chief sacked, 87 others punished  »  Japan Times Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba relieved Maritime Self-Defense Force chief Adm. Eiji Yoshikawa of his command Friday and punished 87 others — service members and officials — for a series of MSDF-related incidents since last year, including Februa...
24 Mar 08		Ishiba fires MSDF chief, punishes 88 over collision, scandals  »  Japan Today Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba shook up the leadership of the Maritime Self-Defense Force on Friday, effectively sacking MSDF chief Adm. Eiji Yoshikawa and punishing 88 people for a series of MSDF-related fiascos since last year as part of his efforts to...
01 Apr 08		Defense civilian recruits get pep talk  »  Japan Times Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba urged the new civilian staff of the Defense Ministry on Tuesday to maintain discipline and live up to the public's expectations, reminding them of a spate of scandals involving the ministry and the Self-Defense Forces since...

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