Ministry of Defense (Japan)

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The headquarters of the Ministry of Defense in Ichigaya-Honmurachō , Shinjuku
Defense Minister's Standard

The Japanese Ministry of Defense ( Japanese 防衛 省 , Bōei-shō ) was created on January 9, 2007 from the Defense Agency ( 防衛 庁 , Bōei-chō ). This was created in 1954 to carry out the defensive rearmament of Japan after the Second World War in the form of the self-defense forces.

As part of the cabinet, the Minister of Defense is accountable to Parliament under Article 66 of the Japanese Constitution and is therefore under full civilian control. The minister is responsible for the chiefs of staff of the armed forces, the state secretaries and the general directors of the six internal departments of the ministry (after a restructuring in October 2007).

minister

# Surname Kanji cabinet Taking office Political party
Minister of State, Head of the Security Authority ( 国務 大臣 保安 庁 長官 , kokumu-daijin hoanchō-chōkan )
0- Shigeru Yoshida (acting) 吉田 茂 Yoshida III (3rd transformation) 0Aug 1, 1952 Liberal Party
01 Tokutaro Kimura 木村 篤 太郎 Yoshida IV Oct. 30, 1952 -
02 Yoshida V May 21, 1953
Minister of State, Head of Defense Authority ( 国務 大臣 防衛 庁 長官 , kokumu-daijin bōeichō-chōkan )
01 Tokutaro Kimura 木村 篤 太郎 Yoshida V 0July 1, 1954 -
02 Seiichi Ōmura 大村 清 一 Hatoyama I Dec 10, 1954 Democratic Party of Japan
03 Arata Sugihara 杉原 荒 太 Hatoyama II 19 Mar 1955
04th Shigemasa Sunada 砂 田 重 政 July 31, 1955
05 Naka Funada 船 田 中 Hatoyama III 19 Mar 1955 Liberal Democratic Party
0- Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) 石橋 湛山 Ishibashi 23 Dec 1956
0- Nobusuke Kishi (acting) 岸 信 介 Jan. 31, 1957
06th Akira Kodaki 小 瀧 彬 0Feb. 2, 1957
07th Kishi I Feb 25, 1957
08th Juichi Tsushima 津 島 壽 一 Kishi I (transformation) July 10, 1957
09 Gisen Sato 左 藤 義 詮 Kishi II June 12, 1958
10 Shigejirō Inō 伊 能 繁 次郎 Jan. 12, 1959
11 Munenori Akagi 赤城 宗 徳 Kishi II (transformation) June 18, 1959
12 Masumi Esaki 江 崎 真澄 Ikeda I July 19, 1960
13 Naomi Nishimura 西村 直 己 Ikeda II 0Dec 8, 1960
14th Sensuke Fujieda 藤枝 泉 介 Ikeda II (1st transformation) July 18, 1961
15th Kenjirō Shiga 志 賀 健 次郎 Ikeda II (2nd transformation) July 18, 1962
16 Tokuyasu Fukuda 福田 篤 泰 Ikeda II (3rd transformation) July 18, 1963
17th Ikeda III 0Dec 9, 1963
18th Jun'ya Koizumi 小泉 純 也 Ikeda III (remodeling) July 18, 1964
19th Satō I 0Nov 9, 1964
20th Raizō Matsuno 松 野 頼 三 Satō I (1st transformation) 0June 3, 1965
21st Eikichi Kambayashiyama 上林 山 榮 吉 Satō I (2nd transformation) 0Aug 1, 1966
22nd Kaneshichi Masuda 増 田 甲子 七 Satō I (3rd transformation) 0Dec 3, 1966
23 Satō II
Satō II (1st transformation) 		Feb. 17, 1967
24 Kiichi Arita 有 田 喜 一 Satō II (2nd transformation) Nov. 30, 1968
25th Yasuhiro Nakasone 中 曽 根 康弘 Satō III Jan. 14, 1970
26th Keikichi Masuhara 增 原 惠 吉 Satō III (transformation) 05th July 1971
27 Naomi Nishimura 西村 直 己 0Aug 2, 1971
28 Masumi Esaki 江 崎 真澄 0Dec 3, 1971
29 Keikichi Masuhara 增 原 惠 吉 Tanaka I 0July 7, 1972
30th Tanaka II
Tanaka II (1st transformation) 		Dec 22, 1972
31 Sadanori Yamanaka 山 中 貞 則 May 29, 1973
32 Sōsuke Uno 宇 野 宗佑 Tanaka II (2nd transformation) Nov 11, 1974
33 Michita Sakata 坂 田 道 太 Miki
Miki (transformation) 		0Dec 9, 1974
34 Asao Mihara 三原 朝 雄 Fukuda Dec. 24, 1976
35 Shin Kanemaru 金丸 信 Fukuda (reshuffle) Nov 28, 1977
36 Ganri Yamashita 山下 元 利 Ōhira I 07th Dec 1978
37 Enji Kubota 久保 田 円 次 Ōhira II 0Nov 9, 1979
38 Kichizō Hosoda 細 田 吉 蔵 0Feb. 4, 1980
39 Jōji Ōmura 大村 襄 治 Suzuki 17th July 1980
40 Sōichirō Itō 伊藤 宗一郎 Suzuki (transformation) Nov. 30, 1981
41 Kazuo Tanikawa 谷川 和 穗 Nakasone I Nov. 27, 1982
42 Yūkō Kurihara 栗 原 祐 幸 Nakasone II Dec. 27, 1983
43 Kōichi Katō 加藤 紘 一 Nakasone II (1st transformation)
Nakasone II (2nd transformation) 		0Nov 1, 1984
44 Yūkō Kurihara 栗 原 祐 幸 Nakasone III July 22, 1986
45 Tsutomu Kawara 瓦 力 Takeshita
Takeshita (transformation) 		0Nov 6, 1987
46 Kichirō Tazawa 田 澤 吉 郎 Aug 24, 1988
47 Taku Yamasaki 山崎 拓 U.N 0June 3, 1989
48 Jūrō Matsumoto 松本 十郎 Kaifu I 0June 3, 1989
49 Yozo Ishikawa 石川 要 三 Kaifu II Feb 28, 1990
50 Yukihiko Ikeda 池田 行 彦 Kaifu II (remodeling) Dec 29, 1990
51 Sōhei Miyashita 宮 下 創 平 Miyazawa 0Nov 5, 1991
52 Toshio Nakayama 中山 利 生 Miyazawa (reshuffle) Dec 12, 1992
53 Keisuke Nakanishi 中西 啓 介 Hosokawa 0Aug 9, 1993 Renewal Party
54 Kazuo Aichi 愛 知 和 男 0Dec 2, 1993
0- Tsutomu Hata (acting) 羽 田 孜 Hata Apr 28, 1994
55 Atsushi Kanda 神 田 厚 Apr 28, 1994 Democratic Socialist Party
56 Tokuichirō Tamazawa 玉 澤 徳 一郎 Murayama June 30, 1994 Liberal Democratic Party
57 Seishirō Etō 衛 藤 征 士 郎 Murayama (transformation) 0Aug 8, 1995
58 Hideo Usui 臼 井 日出 男 Hashimoto I Jan. 11, 1996
59 Fumio Kyūma 久 間 章 生 Hashimoto II
Hashimoto II (transformation) 		0Nov 7, 1996
60 Fukushirō Nukaga 額 賀 福 志 郎 Obuchi
Obuchi (1st transformation) 		July 30, 1998
61 Hōsei Norota 野 呂 田 芳 成 Nov 20, 1998
62 Tsutomu Kawara 瓦 力 Obuchi (2nd transformation) 0Oct 5, 1999
63 Mori I 0Apr 5, 2000
64 Kazuo Torashima 虎 島 和 夫 Mori II 04th July 2000
65 Toshitsugu Saitō 斉 藤 斗志 二 Mori II (reshuffle) 0Dec 5, 2000
66 Mori II (reshuffle)
(restructuring of the central government) 		0Jan. 6, 2001
67 Gen Nakatani 中 谷 元 Koizumi I Apr 26, 2001
68 Shigeru Ishiba 石 破 茂 Koizumi I (1st transformation)
Koizumi I (2nd transformation) 		Sep 30 2002
69 Koizumi II Nov 19, 2003
70 Yoshinori Ōno 大野 功 統 Koizumi II (remodeling) 27 Sep 2004
71 Koizumi III 21 Sep 2005
72 Fukushirō Nukaga 額 賀 福 志 郎 Koizumi III (transformation) Oct 31, 2005
73 Fumio Kyūma 久 間 章 生 Abe I 26 Sep 2006
Defense Minister ( 防衛 大臣 , bōei-daijin )
01 Fumio Kyūma 久 間 章 生 Abe I 0Jan. 9, 2007 Liberal Democratic Party
02 Yuriko Koike 小池 百合 子 04th July 2007
03 Masahiko Kōmura 高 村 正彦 Abe I (reshuffle) Aug 27, 2007
04th Shigeru Ishiba 石 破 茂 Fukuda 26 Sep 2007
05 Yoshimasa Hayashi 林 芳 正 Fukuda (reshuffle) 0Aug 2, 2008
06th Yasukazu Hamada 浜 田 靖 一 Asō Sep 24 2008
07th Toshimi Kitazawa 北 澤 俊美 Hatoyama 16 Sep 2009 Democratic Party
08th Can 0June 8, 2010
Kan (1st transformation) 17 Sep 2010
Kan (2nd transformation) Jan. 14, 2011
09 Yasuo Ichikawa 一 川 保 夫 Noda 0Sep 2 2011
10 Naoki Tanaka 田中 直 紀 Noda (1st transformation) Jan. 13, 2012
11 Satoshi Morimoto 森 本 敏 Noda (2nd transformation)
Noda (3rd transformation) 		04th June 2012 independent
12 Itsunori Onodera 小 野寺 五 典 Abe II Dec 26, 2012 Liberal Democratic Party
13 Akinori Eto 江 渡 聡 徳 Abe II (reshuffle) 03rd Sep 2014
14th Gen Nakatani 中 谷 元 Abe III
Abe III (1st transformation) 		Dec 24, 2014
15th Tomomi Inada 稲 田 朋 美 Abe III (2nd transformation) 0Aug 3, 2016
0- Fumio Kishida (acting) 岸 田 文 雄 Abe III (2nd transformation) 28th July 2017
16 Itsunori Onodera 小 野寺 五 典 Abe III (3rd transformation) 03rd Aug 2017
17th Abe IV 0Nov 1, 2017
18th Takeshi Iwaya 岩 屋 毅 Abe IV (1st transformation) 0Oct 2, 2018
19th Tarō Kono 河野 太郎 Abe IV (2nd transformation) Sep 11 2019

Web links

Commons : Ministry of Defense (Japan)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Ministry of Defense Reorganized, pp. 4-5 (PDF; 759 kB)

Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′ 33.9 "  N , 139 ° 43 ′ 42.3"  E