Chief of Japan's Defense Ministry arm speaks at Washington think tank

Chief of Japan's Defense Ministry arm speaks at Washington think tank

Hideaki Watanabe, commissioner of the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency newly established by Japan for defense equipment procurement, answers questions after delivering a speech at the Hudson Institute, a conservative U.S. think tank, in Washington on Nov. 4, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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