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Japan fires navy chief for crash, scandals

Japan fired its navy chief Friday and slapped 87 other defense officials with pay cuts and other penalties over a series of scandals and a deadly collision between a destroyer and a fishing boat. ...full story at LA Times

from LA Times on Sat, Mar 22 2008

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