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Japan Appoints New Defense Minister
Following the formation of Japan's latest Cabinet under new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, Yasuo Ichikawa, former chief of the House of Councillors Policy Board, took the post of defense minister, replacing Toshimi Kitazawa.
Ichikawa, 69, is a graduate of Mie University and was a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1965 to 1990. A native of Komatsu, Ishikawa, he served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture in rural western Japan for two terms in 1991, He was first elected to Japan's House of Representatives in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. After losing his seat in 2005, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.
Japan Appoints New Defense Minister - Defense News
Following the formation of Japan's latest Cabinet under new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, Yasuo Ichikawa, former chief of the House of Councillors Policy Board, took the post of defense minister, replacing Toshimi Kitazawa.
Ichikawa, 69, is a graduate of Mie University and was a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1965 to 1990. A native of Komatsu, Ishikawa, he served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture in rural western Japan for two terms in 1991, He was first elected to Japan's House of Representatives in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. After losing his seat in 2005, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.
Japan Appoints New Defense Minister - Defense News
