Japan sacks MSDF captain over alleged state secrets leak

Japan sacks MSDF captain over alleged state secrets leak

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, bows at a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2022, following the ministry's dismissal of an MSDF captain over the alleged leak of state secrets to an outsider.

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