GIFU -- An Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) officer was slapped with a wage cut on Thursday for drinking beer during a drill, force officials said.

The ASDF Gifu base cut the wage of the 54-year-old major by 10 percent for one month on disciplinary grounds. The base has withheld his name.

The major drank two 350-milliliter cans of beer during his lunch break on Sept. 5, 2006, while he was participating in a drill with five subordinates, according to the base's public relations division. The five were also reprimanded for drinking beer.

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