03 February 2017

News Story: Abe hints he is ready to resign if SDF members killed, injured in S. Sudan

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested he is prepared to resign in the event that a member of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan is injured or killed.

"As the supreme commander of the SDF, I must have such preparedness," the prime minister told a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Feb. 1.

He was responding to questions by Kenji Eda, a member of the largest opposition Democratic Party (DP).

Read the full story at The Mainichi