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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Taste for free curry leaves Japanese defence force members in a pickle

Eating ‘navy curry’ on a Friday is traditional in Japan’s maritime SDF.
Eating ‘navy curry’ on a Friday is traditional in Japan’s maritime self-defence forces. Photograph: Takatoshi Kurikawa/Alamy

A keen appetite for curry has landed six members of Japan’s maritime self-defence forces (SDF) in trouble, after it emerged that they had been tucking into the dish without paying for up to three years.

The SDF members, including an officer in his 50s, helped themselves to free curry at Hachinohe air base in north-east Japan, apparently ignoring rules requiring them to pay, according to Japanese media reports.

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