Defense Agency Director General Hosei Norota admitted Monday that some uniformed officers of the Self-Defense Forces moved procurement-related documents out of their offices prior to the September raid on the agency.
"We deeply apologize for the fact that another transfer of files (before the raid) has been uncovered," Norota told the Lower House Budget Committee. The defense chief, however, denied earlier media reports that asserted that the transferred documents included files related to the dubious selection of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. as contractor for Air Self-Defense Force's training aircraft.
"So far, our in-house probe has not confirmed the (reported) transfer of the aircraft-selection files, including those related to T-7," Norota said.