Foreign Ministry officials dismissed over fraud

Foreign Ministry officials dismissed over fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Iimura (C), along with other officials, apologizes on Aug. 6 while announcing the dismissal of two ministry officials following their indictment in the day on charges of swindling the state out of about 22 million yen in public funds by padding bills related to last year's Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa.

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