Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors and employees walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said.

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