The Self-Defense Forces on Friday reprimanded five members over two cases of mishandling state secrets in its ground and maritime branches, the government said, in the second such punishment of SDF members under the secrecy law since its enforcement in 2014.The ministry said none of the state secrets in question were found to have leaked outside the SDF. It did not elaborate on the contents of the secrets for security reasons."These kinds of incident must not be allowed to happen at a time when we are trying to step up collaboration with our allies and like-minded countries," Defense Minist…READ FULL ARTICLE
