Yamato Tapped as Japan's Top Defense Bureaucrat

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Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided Tuesday to appoint Taro Yamato, director-general of the Defense Ministry’s Bureau of Defense Policy, as the next administrative vice minister of defense. In the appointment dated Aug. 1, Yamato will take over the top bureaucrat post from Kazuo Masuda. The government also decided that Hajime Aoyagi, head of the ministry’s Bureau…

Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided Tuesday to appoint Taro Yamato, director-general of the Defense Ministry’s Bureau of Defense Policy, as the next administrative vice minister of defense. In the appointment dated Aug. 1, Yamato will take over the top bureaucrat post from Kazuo Masuda. The government also decided that Hajime Aoyagi, head of the ministry’s Bureau…