Foreign Ministry urged to involve outside experts

Foreign Ministry urged to involve outside experts

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Saito (L), president of the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and head of a Foreign Ministry panel of experts, hands to Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on April 24 a report recommending the ministry involve outside experts in internal operations to prevent improper actions by staff. The report was compiled in the wake of a scandal in which a former logistics chief is suspected of pocketing huge sums of public money.

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