Tanaka apologizes to colleagues

Tanaka apologizes to colleagues

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka bows to her colleagues in apology prior to a regular cabinet session Sept. 7 for a series of scandals involving her ministry's senior officials. In yet another money scandal involving the Foreign Ministry, Tokyo police arrested an official the previous day for allegedly defrauding the state of some 423 million yen in March 1996 by padding hotel bills for international meetings.

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