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Kanagawa police chief apologizes for cover-up scandal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kanagawa prefectural police chief Tokumitsu Murakami apologizes for a cover-up scandal at a news conference held at Kanagawa police headquarters in Yokohama on Nov. 13. Papers on six of senior Kanagawa police officials and three former colleagues will be sent to prosecutors on Nov. 14 on suspicion of involvement in the cover-up of a fellow officer's durg use in 1996.

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Former U.N. exec officer Oshima named Australian envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzo Oshima (3rd from L), former U.N. undersecretary general in charge of humanitarian affairs, has been named Japanese ambassador to Australia, the government said July 22. Other newly appointed ambassadors are (top, from L to R) Hiroshi Sakurai to Jamaica, Tomoyuki Abe to Turkey, Shigenobu Kato to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, (bottom, from L to R) Hajime Tsujimoto to the United Arab Emirates, Toshihiro Takahashi to Paraguay, Haruo Okamoto to the Dominican Republic and Tokumitsu Murakami to Lebanon. (Kyodo)

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Kanagawa police chief apologizes for cover-up scandal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kanagawa prefectural police chief Tokumitsu Murakami apologizes for a cover-up scandal at a news conference held at Kanagawa police headquarters in Yokohama on Nov. 13. Papers on six of senior Kanagawa police officials and three former colleagues will be sent to prosecutors on Nov. 14 on suspicion of involvement in the cover-up of a fellow officer's durg use in 1996.