Background
Sugiyama Shigeru was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 1902.
Sugiyama Shigeru was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 1902.
He graduated from Military Staff College (1924).
Shigeru Sugiyama served in the New Guinea campaign in World War II (1943). He became dai-ichi keisatsu-sho (1st senior police officer) and chief of 3rd Department of Dai-ichi Bakuryo Kanbu (1st Staff Section) of Police Reserve Force (1952).
Appointed hoan-kan-ho (security inspector) of National Security Force (1953). Became general in Self-Defense Force (1954). Chief of Staff (since 1957) of Defense Agency.