TOKYO - Defense Minister Tomomi Inada suggested Tuesday that the Self-Defense Forces support a Liberal Democratic Party candidate running in Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, sparking criticism from opposition lawmakers that her remarks amounted to a political use of the nation's defense apparatus.
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