Former head of defense agency shot in northeastern Japan

Former Defense Agency Director General Tokuichiro Tamazawa was shot in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Iwate on Tuesday afternoon, and a man later turned himself in with a handgun, investigative sources said.The 81-year-old former head of the agency, which was upgraded to the Defense Ministry in 2007, sustained a non-life-threatening wound as he was shot in the leg near his home in the city of Morioka, according to family members.Hisashi Takahashi, an 82-year-old farmer living in the prefecture, turned himself in and was arrested for possessing a gun in violation of Japan's gun cont…READ FULL ARTICLE