Akiyama denies he got funds from defense firm Yamada

Akiyama denies he got funds from defense firm Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Akiyama, 58, executive director of the Japan-U.S. Center for Peace and Cultural Exchange, speaks as an unsworn witness at the House of Councillors' Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Jan. 8. Akiyama denied media reports that his organization got 100 million yen from scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house Yamada Corp.

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