- Title: Tokyo residents angry, concerned as Japan defence minister quits
- Date: 28th July 2017
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (JULY 28, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ON STREETS (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 64-YEAR-OLD SELF-EMPLOYED WORKER IN REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, KAZUHIRO MITSUJI, SAYING: "It's too late, she (Japan's Defence Minister Tomomi Inada) should have resigned much earlier." (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 56-YEAR-OLD BUSINESSMAN IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, HIROKI SUGIYAMA, SAYING: "She quit too late. She should have made the facts clear at a much earlier stage." PEOPLE WAITING AT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PEOPLE CROSSING STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 31-YEAR-OLD BUSINESSMAN IN LIFE INSURANCE SECTOR, HIROFUMI MIYAZAKI, SAYING: "Recently, there have been many news reports of North Korea filing missiles. My honest reaction was: 'What? She's quitting at this timing?'" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 16-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, ASUKA OHNICHI, SAYING: "I want there to be a type of politics where someone decent will able to replace Mr. Abe (Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe)." PEOPLE WALKING
- Embargoed: 11th August 2017 06:34
- Keywords: Japan defence minister Tomomi Inada Shinzo Abe North Korea Inada North Korea Japan security concerns
- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Defence,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016RMS9C5
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Tokyo residents on Friday (July 28) expressed anger and concern after embattled Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada said she was resigning, following a series of gaffes, missteps and a cover-up at her ministry.
Inada, 58, an Abe protege who shares his conservative views and had been suggested as a possible future premier, had already expected to be replaced in a likely cabinet reshuffle next week that Abe hopes will help rebuild his public support ratings, which have sharply plunged.
On the streets of the capital city, some residents said she should have resigned "much earlier", while others were shocked she was quitting amid a heightened threat from North Korea.
Earlier in the day, Japan announced it would be imposing further sanctions on the secretive state over its missile and nuclear weapons programs, just hours after the U.S. Senate also voted for fresh sanctions. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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