Gen Nakatani
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Gen Nakatani (中谷 元 Nakatani Gen, born October 14, 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as head of the Japan Defense Agency[1][2] in the first cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi.
NB: Gen is a personal name, not an abbreviation of General. Military personnel are forbidden from serving in Japanese cabinets under the current Japanese Constitution of 1946/1947. (He is a RETIRED Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer.)
[edit] References
- ^ Ko Shu-ling; J. Michael Cole (6 October 2010). "Security experts warn on China threat". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/10/06/2003484677/2. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ Sachiko Sakamaki; Takashi Hirokawa (26 May 2009). "Japan Should Consider Pre-emptive Strikes, LDP Lawmaker Says". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aVoR7GOucg_k. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
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