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a day ago
- Politics
Yamato Tapped as Japan's Top Defense Bureaucrat
Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Tuesday to appoint Taro Yamato, director-general of the Defense Ministry's Bureau of Defense Policy, as the next administrative vice minister of defense. In the appointment dated Aug. 1, Yamato will take over the top bureaucrat post from Kazuo Masuda. The government also decided that Hajime Aoyagi, head of the ministry's Bureau of Defense Buildup Planning, will replace Takeshi Ishikawa as commissioner of the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, and that Manabu Mannami, director-general of the Defense Minister's Secretariat, will head the Bureau of Defense Policy. It also approved the retirement of Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida as chief of staff at the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff. The Ground SDF general will be succeeded by Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of the Air SDF, whose position will be filled by Takehiro Morita, commander of the ASDF Air Support Command. Gen. Yasunori Morishita, GSDF chief of staff, will also retire, with Masayoshi Arai, commanding general of the GSDF Western Army, assuming his role. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
The Mainichi
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Mainichi
Japan to name Defense Ministry policy chief as its top bureaucrat
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to appoint Taro Yamato, who leads the Defense Ministry's policy bureau, as its next top bureaucrat, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. As a specialist in strategic affairs, Yamato promoted measures to fundamentally strengthen Japan's defense capabilities under the National Security Strategy and two other related key policy documents updated in late 2022. Yamato will replace Kazuo Masuda as vice defense minister, the sources said, adding Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet is set to approve the appointment soon. After joining the Defense Agency, the predecessor of the ministry, in 1990, Yamato, a native of the western prefecture of Osaka and a graduate of Keio University in Tokyo, held positions such as director general of its local cooperation bureau. The government is also considering appointing Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of the Air Self-Defense Force, as the next head of the Joint Staff, the top uniformed post in the Self-Defense Forces currently held by Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, the sources added.
