Gov't denies defense chief's reported role in coverup of logs

Gov't denies defense chief's reported role in coverup of logs

At a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2017, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denies a report alleging Defense Minister Tomomi Inada allowed officials to conceal the existence of controversial activity logs of Japanese peacekeepers in South Sudan, following claims by her ministry that the records had been discarded. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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