The Foreign Ministry spent around 30 million yen on 4,427 bottles of wine in the three years beginning fiscal 1997, according to documents revealed by the ministry Thursday.
The wine was bought to entertain foreign guests, according to the documents.
The most expensive wine, a French vintage, cost around 66,000 yen per bottle, the documents show.
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