The amount of special allowances that divers of the Maritime Self-Defense Force fraudulently received exceeds ¥53 million ($337,000), ¥10 million larger than the recently announced figure, it was learned Friday.
The Defense Ministry disclosed the previous figure July 12. At that time, it failed to announce that four MSDF members had been arrested over the frauds.
In an unusual move, the ministry had a briefing with reporters in the small hours of Friday to correct its July 12 announcement.