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Kakei, Hiraiwa to improve Foreign Ministry through panel

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) announces members of a committee to improve his ministry's internal operations in Tokyo on Feb. 9. The panel, including lawyer and former Prosecutor General Eiichi Kakei and Federation of Economic Organizations Honorary Chairman Gaishi Hiraiwa, was launched the same day in the wake of allegations that a diplomat embezzled public funds. The panel is expected to review accounting, personnel, organization and auditing systems at the Foreign Minister's Secretariat and suggest changes.