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).
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