File Photo: Itsunori Onodera gives a speech at the Asian Affairs Research Council in Tokyo August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - A former Japanese defence minister may be chosen to replace the embattled incumbent minister, who is under pressure due to a cover-up scandal that has reportedly also prompted the army chief to resign, media said on Thursday.
Defence Minister Tomomi Inada has launched an investigation into media reports that defence officials had tried to hide logs showing worsening security in South Sudan, where Japanese troops were taking part in a U.N.-led peacekeeping operation.
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