GSDF chief to resign over alleged coverup of activity logs

GSDF chief to resign over alleged coverup of activity logs

Surrounded by reporters, Gen. Toshiya Okabe arrives at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 27, 2017, following reports that the Ground Self-Defense Force's chief of staff has decided to resign over the alleged coverup of logs containing daily activities of Japanese troops during their recently completed U.N. peacekeeping operation in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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