The Defense Facilities Administration Agency disbanded Friday after serving 60 years as the coordinator between the public and the U.S. forces in Japan and the nation's own military, brought down by long-entrenched corruption over contracts.
Officials held a ceremony and removed the DFAA nameplate from a building inside the Defense Ministry compound Friday evening.
The DFAA's predecessor was established in 1947 as a procurement body for the Occupation forces. It was reorganized under the formal agency title in 1962, acting to procure land and facilities in Japan for the U.S. military and the Self-Defense Forces.