THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 8, 2025 at 16:47 JST
Yuji Sakoda, chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, apologizes for the falsely accused Ohkawara Kakohki officials in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Aug. 7. (Shota Tomonaga)
An internal police review criticized a "dysfunctional" investigative chain of command that led to three officials of a Yokohama-based company being falsely accused of exporting equipment that could be used as biologial weapons. [Read More]
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