Foreign Minister Picks Up Defense Portfolio For Time Being Following Inada Resignation
July 31 2017
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to temporarily take on the defense portfolio after Defense Minister Tomomi Inada announced her resignation on Friday, reports the Japan Times.
Kishida will combine the two positions, noted the BBC.
Inada announced that she would step down over allegations that there was an attempt to hide the politically sensitive activity logs of the Ground Self-Defense Force unit serving with the U.N. peacekeeping...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days
Your online source for military news, weapons, and nation's armed forces worldwide
Military Periscope FEDLINK information
Service ID: UC
Contract Number: LCFDL24D0002
Military Periscope is a product of GovExec.
600 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 510,
Washington DC, 20037, USA.
customerservice@militaryperiscope.com
©Military Periscope 2025
All rights reserved. Redistribution of the content is prohibited without prior consent of Military Periscope.