Defense Minister Inada in a tight spot
Prime Minister Abe "substitutes" his answer.
February 14, 2017, Tokyo, Japan - Being unable to overlook a predicament of his Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, seated in background, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pinch-hits by answering questions filed by an opposition lawmaker during a Lower House budget committee question-and-answer session at the Inada was in hot water over U.N. peacekeeping activities of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-