Ex-Pentagon official denies having dined with Nukaga in Tokyo

Nov. 29 TOKYO, Japan
Former U.S. Defense Department official James Auer speaks during a press conference Nov. 29 at the headquarters of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo. Auer again denied having dined in Tokyo last Dec. 4 with Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga who has been hit by allegations of having had cozy ties with an indicted defense equipment trader. (Kyodo)