NPA head's pay cut over Niigata police scandal

TOKYO, Japan - National Police Agency (NPA) chief Setsuo Tanaka speaks to reporters at the agency on March 2 after Japan's National Public Safety Commission decided to cut Tanaka's pay by 5% for one month in March over a scandal that stemmed from the handling of a nearly decade-long confinement of a woman in Niigata Prefecture. Tanaka apologized for causing the scandal, saying, ''I'll make every effort to restore lost confidence among citizens toward police.''

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