Minister of Defense of Japan

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cabinet position government office

The Minister of Defense of Japan is the cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the country’s Self-Defense Forces and directing national defense policy.

Aliases (2)

Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency ×1
防衛大臣 ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position → government office →
appointedBy	Emperor of Japan → Prime Minister of Japan →
appointedFor	pleasure of the Prime Minister →
appointmentProcess	nominated by the Prime Minister and formally appointed by the Emperor →
category	Government of Japan positions → Japanese ministers of defense →
country	Japan →
formationDate	2007-01-09 →
hasAuthorityOver	Japan Air Self-Defense Force → Japan Ground Self-Defense Force → Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force →
headOf	Ministry of Defense of Japan →
isCabinetMember	true →
jurisdiction	Government of Japan → Japan →
legalBasis	Constitution of Japan → Ministry of Defense Establishment Law →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Tokyo →
memberOf	National Security Council of Japan →
nativeLabel	防衛大臣 →
nativeLabelLanguage	Japanese →
officeHolderOf	Japanese Minister of Defense →
officeType	ministerial post →
oversees	defense budget of Japan → defense procurement in Japan → military operations of the Japan Self-Defense Forces →
participatesIn	Japan–US security cooperation → formulation of Japan’s security policy →
partOf	Cabinet of Japan →
predecessorOffice	Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency →
rank	senior cabinet minister →
reportsTo	Prime Minister of Japan →
residence	Tokyo →
responsibleFor	Japan Self-Defense Forces → civilian control of the military in Japan → defense diplomacy of Japan → defense planning → disaster relief operations by the Self-Defense Forces → international peacekeeping operations involving the Self-Defense Forces → military readiness of Japan → national defense policy of Japan →
seat	Tokyo →
style	His Excellency →
symbol	Emblem of the Ministry of Defense of Japan →
termLength	no fixed term →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Taro Kono → Taro Kono → Taro Kono →	positionHeld
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force → Maritime Staff Office →	subordinateTo
Chief of Staff, JMSDF →	appointedBy
Ministers of State (Japan) →	includesOffice
Japan Ministry of Defense →	ministerialPost
Japan Self-Defense Forces →	ministerResponsible
Minister of Defense of Japan ("防衛大臣") →	nativeLabel
Minister of Defense of Japan ("Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency") →	predecessorOffice
Army Minister of Japan →	replacedBy