Okinawa defense official removed from post

Okinawa defense official removed from post

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Tanaka (C), chief of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau, is surrounded by reporters as he arrived at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. The government decided to remove him from the post after he came under fire for making an indiscreet comment in connection with the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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