Education
Mie University.
一川 保夫
Mie University.
A native of Komatsu, Ishikawa and graduate of Mie University, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1965 to 1990, and had served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture for two terms since 1991. After losing also his proportional seat in 2005, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007. In 2011, under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda"s cabinet, he was selected as Minister of Defense
In December 2011 he was the subject of a censure motion from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party for failing to know the details of the 1995 rape where three United States servicemen kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl.
Tanaka was sacked as director of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, and in the cabinet reshuffle of January 13, 2012 Ichikawa was replaced by Naoki Tanaka.