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Japanese politician (born 1942)

Yasuo Ichikawa
一川 保夫
Official portrait, 2011
Minister of Defence
In office2 September 2011 – 13 January 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Toshimi Kitazawa
Succeeded by	Naoki Tanaka
Member of the House of Councillors
In office29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013
Preceded by	Tetsuo Kutsukake
Succeeded by	Syuji Yamada
Constituency	Ishikawa at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
In office25 October 1996 – 8 August 2005
Constituency	Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR
Member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly
In office30 April 1991 – 1 October 1996
Constituency	Komatsu, Ishikawa
Personal details
Born	(1942-02-06) 6 February 1942 (age 82)Komatsu, Japan
Political party	CDP (2022–present)
Other politicalaffiliations	LDP (1976–1993)JRP (1993–1994)NFP (1994–1997)LP (1998–2003)DPJ (2003–2017)
Alma mater	Mie University

Yasuo Ichikawa (一川 保夫, Ichikawa Yasuo, born February 6, 1942) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who served as the Minister of Defence from 2011 to 2012.

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. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party by proportional representation – he failed to win the Ishikawa 2nd district from Liberal Democrat Yoshirō Mori four times in a row. 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.[1]

In December 2011 he was the subject of a censure motion from the opposition LDP for failing to know the details of the 1995 rape where three US servicemen kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. This followed his subordinate Satoshi Tanaka speaking with reporters in a bar and using euphemisms for sexual assault to discuss moving the US Futenma airbase. Tanaka was sacked as director of the Okinawa Defense Bureau,[2] and in the cabinet reshuffle of January 13, 2012 Ichikawa was replaced by Naoki Tanaka.[3]

1. ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
2. ^ The Japan Times Upper House censures ministers - Ichikawa, Yamaoka censured in Diet December 10, 2011 Retrieved on August 16, 2012
3. ^ The Japan Times New Noda Cabinet on tax push January 14, 2012 Retrieved on August 16, 2012

• 政治家情報 〜一川 保夫〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-24.
• Official website in Japanese.