FILE PHOTO : Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (C) is surrounded by reporters after reports of the launch of a North Korean missile, upon her arrival at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government, its ratings slipping over suspicions of favouritism, has suffered a fresh embarrassment when his defence minister made politically sensitive remarks just days ahead of a key local election.
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, speaking on Tuesday at a rally for ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidates in Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan assembly election, asked for voter support saying the request was from "the defence ministry, the Self-Defense Forces, the defence minister and the LDP".
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