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3 diplomats punished over false claims for allowances

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoji Komachi (R), director general of the Foreign Ministry's Secretariat, wipes his brow during a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24 to announce another ministry scandal. The ministry disciplined Yoshihiko Arakawa, a former minister at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya, Masaru Dekiba, former secretary at the embassy, and Hikaru Maekawa, another secretary at the embassy, for obtaining up to 2.25 million yen through false claims for housing and other benefits between 1997 and last year.