Nov 27 07:02 AM US/EasternTOKYO, Nov. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)—An upper house committee decided Tuesday night to summon Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya as sworn witnesses on next Monday over allegations of collusion on defense contracts.
Photo: Opposition lawmakers of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs raise their hands on Nov. 27 to show their approval for summoning Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya next Monday as sworn witnesses over allegations of collusion on defense contracts while ruling coalition lawmakers are absent from the session.The House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs voted for summoning Nukaga and Moriya solely on the strength of votes by opposition lawmakers who control the upper house.
Nukaga once headed the Defense Agency and later the Defense Ministry after it was upgraded in January this year.
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