Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and the chief of staff of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces will step down following allegations of a coverup involving logs that recorded the daily activities of Japanese ground troops serving as U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan, government sources said Thursday.The resignations as well as that of Tetsuro Kuroe, the ministry's top bureaucrat, are expected to deliver a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government, already struggling due to tumbling support ratings.According to the sources, Kuroe is likely to be replaced by Katashi Toyota, director gene…READ FULL ARTICLE
