Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief

Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), chief of the Defense's Ministry's Okinawa bureau, speaks as a witness during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Manabe testified at parliament as he has been under fire for an accusation that he meddled in a local election linked to the planned relocation of a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture. Behind Manabe is Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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