A Foreign Ministry official has admitted padding state-paid hotel bills during Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Japan in 1995, police sources said Wednesday.
The latest embezzlement scandal to hit the tarnished ministry reportedly involves more than 70 million yen.
The official has been identified only as a 56-year-old assistant director at the ministry's European Affairs Bureau.
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