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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae speaks to reporters in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011, after holding talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka.

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae, Okinawa Gov. Nakaima talk

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima hold talks in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka.

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Japan, China vice defense ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Kimito Nakae (L), Japan's administrative vice minister of defense, shakes hands with Gen. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army, at the Defense Ministry building in Tokyo on July 26, 2011. Their meeting was the first vice defense ministerial meeting between the two Asian countries since March 2008.

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Japan, India hold 1st foreign, defense vice minister talks

NEW DELHI, India - (from L) Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenichiro Sasae, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Indian Defense Secretary Pradeep Kumar and Japanese Administrative Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae shake hands before their meeting in New Delhi, India, on July 6, 2010. The meeting between senior Japanese and Indian officials inaugurates a regular foreign affairs and defense dialogue process between the two Asian countries.

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Japan, India hold 1st foreign, defense vice minister talks

NEW DELHI, India - (from L) Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenichiro Sasae, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Indian Defense Secretary Pradeep Kumar and Japanese Administrative Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae shake hands before their meeting in New Delhi, India, on July 6, 2010. The meeting between senior Japanese and Indian officials inaugurates a regular foreign affairs and defense dialogue process between the two Asian countries. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China vice defense ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Kimito Nakae (L), Japan's administrative vice minister of defense, shakes hands with Gen. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army, at the Defense Ministry building in Tokyo on July 26, 2011. Their meeting was the first vice defense ministerial meeting between the two Asian countries since March 2008. (Kyodo)

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae, Okinawa Gov. Nakaima talk

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima hold talks in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae speaks to reporters in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011, after holding talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka. (Kyodo)