What Japan needs is “power, action, and determination”! Kiyofumi Iwata, Kazuhisa Shimada, and Tomohisa Takei, “National Defense Prohibitions”
Sankei Shimbun Press Press release: October 23, 2024 What Japan needs is “power, action, and determination”! Kiyofumi Iwata, Kazuhisa Shimada, and Tomohisa Takei, “National Defense Prohibitions” Sankei Shimbun Publishing, a member of the Sankei Shimbun Group, has released “National Defense Taboos: Defense ‘Team Abe’ Breaks the Seal” by Kiyofumi Iwata, Kazuhisa Shimada, and Tomohisa Takei (list price: 1,210 yen). It can be purchased at bookstores nationwide and online stores such as Amazon. [Official website] http://www.sankei-books.co.jp/
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/22608/1798/22608-1798-f9ad3cdc26364e1fdb9c6e25773fae86-973×1500.jpg Looking at the recent actions of the Chinese military, the political deterrence against China left behind by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been lost, and China, seeing through the fluidity of Japanese politics, is accelerating its unilateral changes to the status quo through force. It might be. The defense “Team Abe” consisting of the former Chief of the Ground Staff, former Vice-Minister of Defense Affairs, and former Chief of the Maritime Staff will break the seal on issues of China, Taiwan, nuclear power, the Constitution, and Yasukuni that are not talked about in Japanese politics. This is a shocking book that eliminates taboos. [Author profile] ・Kiyofumi Iwata Born in 1957. Former Army General, Chief of Ground Staff. After graduating from the National Defense Academy (electrical engineering), he joined the Ground Self-Defense Force in 1979. After serving in a tank unit, he studied at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Kansas). After serving as commander of the 71st Tank Regiment, director of personnel affairs at the Ground Staff, commander of the 7th Division, vice chief of the Joint Staff, and commander-in-chief of the Northern Area, he was appointed as the 34th Chief of the Ground Staff in 2013. Retired in 2016. ・Kazuhisa Shimada Born in 1962. Former Vice-Minister of Defense. After graduating from Keio University Faculty of Law, Department of Law, joined the Defense Agency in 1985. He has served as Director of the Defense Planning Division, Director of the Defense Policy Division, Deputy Director-General of the Minister’s Secretariat, Cabinet Counselor (Security and Crisis Management), and Lecturer at Keio University Graduate School. During the second Abe administration, he served as secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2019. After serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, he was appointed Vice-Minister of Defense Affairs in 2020. Retired in 2022, served as policy advisor to the Minister of Defense and advisor to the Cabinet Secretariat (in charge of defense policy). Currently vice chairman of the Japan Strategic Research Forum, chairman of the National Federation of Defense Associations, and visiting professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy. ・Tomohisa Takei Born in 1957. Former Admiral, Chief of the Maritime Staff. After graduating from the National Defense Academy (electrical engineering), he joined the Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1979. Completed the Graduate School of Area Studies at the University of Tsukuba (Master of Area Studies), and graduated from the Command Course at the U.S. Naval War College. In 2014, he became the 32nd Chief of the Maritime Staff after serving as the Director-General of Defense of the Maritime Staff, the Ominato Regional Chief of Staff, the Vice Chief of the Maritime Staff, and the Yokosuka Regional Chief of Staff. Retired in 2016. In 2017, he was a professor at the U.S. Naval War College and a special international fellow at the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations. Currently special advisor to Sanba Industries Co., Ltd. Senior Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
