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Ishiba fires MSDF chief, punishes 88 over collision, scandals

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... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Mar 24 2008

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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...
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...
22 Feb 08		MSDF chief faces ax over collision  »  Japan Times Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba will sack the Maritime Self-Defense Force chief over Tuesday's collision between an Aegis destroyer and a fishing boat and for failing to notify him and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of the accident in a timely manner,...
18 Jan 08		MSDF oiler, escort off to Indian Ocean next week  »  Japan Times Two Maritime Self-Defense Force ships will leave their home ports in Japan on Jan. 24 and 25 for the Indian Ocean to resume Japan's refueling mission in mid-February, Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba... Read more . . .
14 Oct 08		Hazing probed in MSDF combat training death  »  Japan Times A Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor who died last month may have been made to undergo an excessively punishing exercise at an MSDF special forces academy, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Tuesday. The incident has also raised the possibility that...

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