Gov't panel to reform Defense Ministry holds 1st meeting

Gov't panel to reform Defense Ministry holds 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura (2nd from R) speaks at the outset of the first meeting of a government panel of experts studying ways to drastically reform the Defense Ministry in response to recent scandals including a bribery case involving a former top defense bureaucrat.

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