Toshio Tamogami

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Tamogami in February 2009.

Toshio Tamogami ( Japanese 田 母 神 俊雄 , Tamogami Toshio ; * July 1948 in Fukushima Prefecture ) was a Japanese Air Force General and from March 2007 to October 2008 the 29th Chief of Staff of the Air Self- Defense Forces ( 航空 幕僚 長 , kōkū bakuryōchō ).

Life

General Toshio Tamogami, Chief of Staff, Air Self-Defense Forces (2008).

Tamogami, a 15th graduate of the Defense Academy ( 防衛 大 学校 , bōei daigakkō ), joined the Air Self- Defense Forces (JASDF) in 1971. From 1993 he commanded the dai-3 kōkū-dan kichi-gyōmugun ( 第 ３ 航空 団 基地 業務 群 , English 3rd Air Wing Air Base Group ). In 1995 he headed the social affairs department ( kōseika ) at the personnel office of the ASDF staff. In 1997 he was appointed chief of staff of the Nansei kōkū konseidan ( 南西 航空 混成 団 , Southwestern Composite Air Division ), a year later he was given command of the dai-6 kōkū-dan ( 6th Air Wing ). In 1999 Tamogami returned to the staff office as head of the equipment department ( 装備 部 sōbi-bu ). In 2002 he took over the management of the General Staff Academy ( 統 合 幕僚 学校 , sōgō-bakuryō-gakkō ). In 2004 he was given command of the kokū sōtai ( 航空 総 隊 , Air Defense Command , ADC ) before he was finally appointed Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Forces in 2007.

Discharge

Tamogami was sacked for an item he submitted for a contest among Air Self-Defense Forces. The article was published on October 31, 2008 after winning the 3 million yen competition. In it he stated that Japan was not the aggressor in World War II , but had been drawn to war by Chiang Kai-Shek and Franklin D. Roosevelt , who had been manipulated by the Comintern . The article also criticized post- war war crimes trials, claiming that the Japanese occupation of China , Taiwan and Korea benefited local people.

According to the release, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada ordered Tamogami's removal as chief of staff on October 31 and his retirement on November 3, as his views were contrary to government beliefs and likely to spark a negative reaction among Japan's neighboring states in the region. Tamogami's successor as Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Forces was Ken'ichirō Hokazono on November 7, 2008 .

On November 3, 2008, Tamogami confirmed that the article correctly presented his views on Japan's role in the war. In the subsequent hearings before committees of the Japanese parliament , Tamogami stuck to his position, claiming that freedom of expression also applies to members of the Self-Defense Forces . He also referred to the 1995 Murayama Declaration , in which Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi apologized for war and colonialism, as a tool to suppress freedom of speech. Tamogami declined a request from the defense minister to voluntarily repay his severance payment of 60 million yen (around 480,000 euros ).

Soon after the release, the governments of the Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China expressed anger at Tamogami's statements. The Japanese Foreign Ministry replied to the Korean Foreign Ministry that the positions set out on Japan's role in the war were only Tamogami's personal opinion. Stand by the Murayama Declaration and hope that the incidents will not put a strain on mutual relations .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 防衛 ニ ュ ー ス, 2002 年 12 月 1 日 号: 陸 幕 長 に 先 崎 陸 将 持 田 北方 総 監 、 奥 村東 北方 総 監
  2. ^ A b ASDF chief justifies Japan's wartime aggression in Asia. (No longer available online.) In: Breitbart.com . October 31, 2008, archived from the original on June 13, 2011 ; Retrieved November 12, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.breitbart.com
  3. ↑ Original text ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 55 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.apa.co.jp
  4. ↑ Tamogami behind 78 other ASDF essay entries? In: The Japan Times / Kyodo News. November 7, 2008, accessed November 12, 2008 .
  5. ↑ a b Japan air force chief faces sack. In: BBC News . October 31, 2008, accessed November 12, 2008 .
  6. ↑ Norimitsu Ōnishi: Japan: New Fallout From Essay On War. In: New York Times . November 5, 2008, accessed November 12, 2008 .
  7. ↑ Jun Hongo, Kazuki Nagata: Tamogami ups nationalist rhetoric. In: The Japan Times. November 12, 2008, accessed November 12, 2008 .
  8. ^ Ex-ASDF chief of staff sticks to his guns at Diet. In: Asahi Shimbun / International Herald Tribune. November 12, 2008, accessed November 12, 2008 .
  9. ↑ Beijing, Seoul rip ASDF chief essay. In: The Japan Times / Kyodo News. November 2, 2008, accessed November 12, 2008 .
personal data
SURNAME Tamogami, Toshio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 田 母 神 俊雄 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Forces
DATE OF BIRTH July 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Fukushima Prefecture , Japan