File footage of Japan's defence minister

Record ID: 904388

  • Title: File footage of Japan's defence minister
  • Date: 27th July 2017
  • Summary: OSAKA, JAPAN (FILE - 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN RECITING THE IMPERIAL RESCRIPT ON EDUCATION IN FRONT OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EMPEROR AKIHITO AND EMPRESS MICHIKO
  • Embargoed: 10th August 2017 11:49
  • Keywords: Japan's Defence Minister Tomomi Inada file scandal
  • Location: TOKYO, CAMP ASAKA, OSAKA, JAPAN / SINGAPORE
  • City: TOKYO, CAMP ASAKA, OSAKA, JAPAN / SINGAPORE
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0056RHSMYT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada will resign, broadcaster NHK said on Thursday (July 27), after a series of missteps, gaffes and a suspected cover-up that critics say contributed to a plunge in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's support.
    Inada, a conservative protege of Abe who was once floated as his possible successor, had already been expected to be replaced in a cabinet reshuffle planned for next month.
    Inada in March launched a probe into media reports that defence officials had tried to hide logs showing worsening security in South Sudan, where Japanese troops were taking part in a U.N.-led peacekeeping operation. She has denied reports she was directly involved in the cover-up.
  • Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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