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June 21, 2014
Yozo Ishikawa, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1925)
Yozo Ishikawa
Yozo Ishikawa was a Japanese lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as director general of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.
Minister of Defense (Japan)
The Minister of Defense , or Bōei-shō (防衛相), is a member of the Japanese cabinet and is the leader of the Ministry of Defense, the executive department of the Japanese Armed Forces. The minister of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the Prime Minister of Japan, who is the commander-in-chief.