The Defense Agency reprimanded 42 senior Self-Defense Forces officers on Tuesday for the hiding of documents by uniformed SDF personnel around the time of a September raid on the agency.
The admonished officers included top commanders of Japan's air force and army -- General Yuji Hiraoka, Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Force, and General Yuji Fujinawa, Chief of Staff of the Ground Self-Defense Force.
The reprimands come only a month after the agency took similar disciplinary actions against 31 officials, including its top bureaucrat.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.