National / Politics Mar 16, 2017
Beleaguered Inada refuses to step down in face of fresh cover-up allegations
by Tomohiro Osaki
Beleaguered Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Thursday refused to step down despite fresh allegations over the ministry's institutional coverup of daily activity logs of the Ground Self-Defense Forces in war-ridden South Sudan. Inada promised to launch a special task force to "thoroughly investigate" the scandal. Public ...
National Mar 31, 2016
Defense Ministry probes spent round found outside GSDF barracks in Juba
A bullet believed to have been fired from outside a South Sudan barracks for Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed on a U.N. peacekeeping mission was found in December 2013, a display at a GSDF camp in Kyoto Prefecture has revealed. The Defense Ministry, which has ...
National May 31, 2014
SDF may get green light to rescue U.N. peacekeepers under attack
The government may enable Self-Defense Force personnel on U.N. peacekeeping missions to go to the aid of other countries' troops under attack.
National Jan 14, 2014
U.N. request for Japan to transport troops, arms in South Sudan nixed
Japan has turned down a U.N. request to transport military personnel and weapons as part of its peacekeeping operations in crisis-hit South Sudan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday. The administration was worried it would go against Japan's policy of not exercising the right ...
National Dec 27, 2013
The South Korean Defense Ministry says ammunition provided by Japan via the U.N. to South Korean troops taking part in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in strife-torn South Sudan will soon be returned.
National Dec 24, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan’s provision of ammunition to U.N. peacekeeping forces in South Sudan is part of his administration’s “proactive” contribution to world peace.
National Dec 24, 2013
Self-Defense Forces members participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan have suspended their infrastructure building work and have started instead to provide support for displaced people seeking refuge from violence at U.N. facilities in the capital, Juba. Col. Kenichi Igawa of the Ground Self-Defense ...
National Oct 15, 2013
The government said Tuesday it will extend the Ground Self-Defense Force mission in South Sudan as part of U.N. peacekeeping operations by one year after the current term expires Oct. 31. The number of GSDF personnel to be deployed will increase to 400 from the ...