Ministry tightens security checks with metal detectors

TOKYO, Japan - A security guard checks a ministry official with a metal detector at the entrance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Nov. 19, a day after a former vice health minister and his wife were found killed and the wife of another former vice minister was stabbed.

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