Ministry of Defense (Japan)
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The Ministry of Defense is an executive department of the Government of Japan responsible for preserving the peace and independence of Japan, and maintaining the country's national security and the Ja
The Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Ichigaya, Tokyo (市ヶ谷陸軍士官学校), built by the second French Military Mission to Japan, on the ground of today's Ministry of Defense (1874 photograph)
General Hiroaki Uchikura, the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
Shinjirō Koizumi
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Shinjirō Koizumi is a Japanese politician serving as the Minister of Defense since October 2025. He previously served as the Minister of the Environment from September 2019 to October 2021 and Ministe
Ministry of Defense (Japan)
…National Defense Academy students, SDF reserve personnel, ready reserve SDF personnel, etc.) Annual budget 7.9 trillion yen Minister responsible Shinjirō Koizumi, Minister of Defense Deputy Ministers responsible Masahisa Miyazaki, State Minister Shinji Yoshida, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yohei Wakabayashi…
Official portrait, 2025
Koizumi meeting with President Ma Ying-jeou during his 2013 visit to Taiwan
Official portrait, 2020
Koizumi with Ko Shibasaki in 2019.