Foreign Ministry fires official over hotel fraud scam

TOKYO, Japan - Three senior Foreign Ministry officials bow at a news conference Sept. 27 after announcing the dismissal of Akio Asakawa, 56, a former assistant director at the First West Europe Division of the ministry's European Affairs Bureau, who was indicted on fraud charges.

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