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In this June 3, 2017, file photo, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks at the second plenary session at the 2017 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Japan defense minister quits over peacekeepers’ cover-up

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2017, file photo, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks at the second plenary session at the 2017 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Reports: Japan defense chief to quit over document cover-up

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

France's Armed Services Minister Sylvie Goulard gives a speech about &quot;Upholding the Rules-Based Regional Order&quot; at the 2017 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Japan, France welcome US leadership in the Asia-Pacific

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Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, front right, visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Japanese defense minister in South Sudan over peacekeepers

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Japan's newly-appointed Defense Minister Tomomi Inada answer questions from reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe changed more than half of the 19-member Cabinet on Wednesday in a bid to support his economic, security and other policy goals. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan picks defense chief who downplays wartime past

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press