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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), chief of the Defense's Ministry's Okinawa bureau, speaks as a witness during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Manabe testified at parliament as he has been under fire for an accusation that he meddled in a local election linked to the planned relocation of a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture. Behind Manabe is Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, answers reporters' questions at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. Manabe gave a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Defense Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) answers reporters' questions in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012, over Ro Manabe, the ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, giving a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

KADENA, Japan - Ro Manabe (back), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, speaks with a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012, over his lecture linked to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture.

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), chief of the Defense's Ministry's Okinawa bureau, speaks as a witness during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Manabe testified at parliament as he has been under fire for an accusation that he meddled in a local election linked to the planned relocation of a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture. Behind Manabe is Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Defense Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) answers reporters' questions in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012, over Ro Manabe, the ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, giving a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. (Kyodo)

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, answers reporters' questions at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. Manabe gave a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. (Kyodo)

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

KADENA, Japan - Ro Manabe (back), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, speaks with a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012, over his lecture linked to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. (Kyodo)

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture. (Kyodo)