About Ministry
Biographical Sketch
Minister of Defense
HAMADA yasukazu
State Minister of Defense
INO toshiro
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
KIMURA jiro
ONODA kimi
Organization
History
On January 9, 2007, 53 years after the establishment of the Defense Agency in 1954, the Ministry of Defense was born.
| 1950.7.8 | General Macarthur authorizes the establishment of the National Police Reserve. |
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| 1951.9.8 | 49 countries sign Peace Treaty with Japan. |
| 1952.8.1 | National Safety Agency established. |
| 1952.8.1 | National Safety College (predecessor of the National Institute for Defense Studies) established. |
| 1952.8.1 | Technical Research and Development Institute established. |
| 1952.10.15 | National Safety Force inaugurated. |
| 1953.4.1 | National Safety Academy (predecessor of National Defense Academy) established. |
| 1954.7.1 | Defense Agency established; Ground, Maritime, and Air self-Defense Forces inaugurated. |
| 1954.7.1 | Central Procurement Office (predecessor of Central Contract Office) established |
| 1962.11.1 | Defense Facilities Administration Agency established. |
| 1974.4.25 | National Defense Medical College established. |
| 1997.1.20 | Defense Intelligence Headquarters established. |
| 2000.5.8 | Defense Agency moves to the Ichigaya buildings. |
| 2007.1.9 | Transition to the Ministry of Defense. |
| 2015.10.1 | Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency established. |