Japan's opposition demands defense chief quit over S. Sudan issue

Japan's opposition demands defense chief quit over S. Sudan issue

Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2017. Kawano said recently released daily activity logs of Japanese troops in South Sudan from July 2016 should have been reported the instant they were found, while the Democratic Party demanded Defense Minister Tomomi Inada resign, claiming she downplayed the seriousness of the conflict there by not describing it as "combat." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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