Ex-top defense procurement offic

Ex-top defense procurement offic

Masahiro Akiyama, vice minister of Japan's Defense Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4 after a former top procurement official at the agency, Masuo Morodomi, was arrested on suspicion of causing damage to state finances over purchases of defense equipment. Morodomi, 59, was allegedly involved in illegally reducing by some 1.69 billion yen the amount a communication equipment company was supposed to repay for overcharging the agency.

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