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TOMOMI INADA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 1, 2017
Abe's dream of amending Constitution slipping away
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has achieved much of his conservative security agenda since taking office in 2012, but unless he can revive his flagging popularity, his goal of revising the pacifist Constitution is likely to elude his grasp.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 1, 2017
With support rate in free fall, Abe eyes veterans for key posts in Cabinet reshuffle
Announcement is widely seen as part of a desperate bid to shore up plummeting approval rate amid a spate of scandals.
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JAPAN
Jul 28, 2017
Inada makes resignation official; Kishida to pick up defense portfolio
Beleaguered Defense Minister Tomomi Inada announced Friday that she will resign over allegations that a cover-up was conducted to hide the politically sensitive activity logs of the Ground Self-Defense Force unit that was deployed for peacekeeping duty in conflict-riven South Sudan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2017
Leaked document conflicts with Inada claims of no knowledge of activity log cover-up
Another leaked internal document has rocked the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, again suggesting that Defense Minister Tomomi Inada — contrary to previous public denials — had been informed Feb. 13 of an alleged data cover-up concerning Ground Self-Defense Force activity logs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2017
Inada resists calls to resign over alleged SDF activity log cover-up
Defense chief Tomomi Inada denies participating in the alleged GSDF log coverup, clinging to her position ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle in which she is widely expected to exit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 20, 2017
Fukui governor and mayors ask Inada for added protection for reactors against North Korea attacks
Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa and the mayors of six towns and villages in the prefecture hosting nuclear power plants have called on Defense Minister Tomomi Inada to dispatch Self-Defense Forces personnel to the prefecture to guard Fukui's 15 reactors (including those being decommissioned) against a possible...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 19, 2017
Inada faces flak over renewed claims of SDF-related cover-up
The Defense Ministry was hit again Wednesday by another apparent data cover-up scandal involving Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, prompting opposition lawmakers to further step up their calls for her immediate resignation.
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2017
Defense Minister Inada's campaign blunder
A careless gaffe by Tomomi Inada's gaffe calls into question her qualifications to be a lawmaker and minister of defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2017
Inada apologizes for and retracts LDP election plug but refuses to resign
Defense chief Tomomi Inada ducks requests to explain the public “misunderstanding” she fears her clearly worded but unethical lobbying for the LDP may have caused.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2017
Opposition parties renew demand that Abe open Diet to answer for scandals
The defense minister's gaffe along with Abe's lack of response to earlier calls to convene a Diet session prompts opposition parties to demand answers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2017
Defense minister draws flak for implying SDF support of LDP candidate in Tokyo assembly poll
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada fended off calls for her resignation Wednesday after she suggested the Self-Defense Forces backed a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the upcoming Tokyo assembly election.

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