Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said Defense Minister Tomomi Inada had submitted her resignation to account for a scandal involving the coverup of logs that recorded the daily activities of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops serving as U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.
New polls show the Japanese public's trust in the country's government is now at its lowest point since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in 2012. According to several media polls, support for Abe himself has declined due to an influence-peddling scandal where the prime minister is accused of favoring a friend in a land deal involving a school.
NewpollsshowtheJapanesepublic'strustinthecountry'sgovernmentisnowatitslowestpointsincePrimeMinisterShinzoAbetookofficein2012.Accordingtoseveralmediapolls,suppor
The Hong Kong Customs on Thursday seized about 10.6 tons of smuggled logs of suspected red sandalwood, an endangered species.
Plans by a forestry cooperative to harvest a "wall of wood" have sparked fresh fears in the run-up to next month's election that New Zealand's productive assets are being taken over by foreign interests.
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