Ministry Of Defense (Japan)
The Ministry of Defense (防衛省, Bōei-shō?) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Japan. It is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and is the largest organ of the Japanese government: in 2009, fixed personnel numbered 271,094, including 248,303 military perssonel. The Ministry of Defense, as cabinet-level ministry, is required by Article 66 of the constitution to be completely subordinate to civilian authority. Its head is the Minister of Defense. Before its transition to a cabinet-level ministry, it was the Japan Defense Agency (防衛庁, Bōei-chō?), an agency of the Cabinet Office.
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