Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said today that she had tendered her resignation after a scandal broke out over a cover-up of reports on Japanese peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. <br/><br/>Inada said an investigation into the hush-up of mission logs found that the Defense Ministry had acted in violation of legal provisions regarding transparency. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accepted the resignation.

Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said today that she had tendered her resignation after a scandal broke out over a cover-up of reports on Japanese peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. <br/><br/>Inada said an investigation into the hush-up of mission logs found that the Defense Ministry had acted in violation of legal provisions regarding transparency. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accepted the resignation.